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A.G. GancarskiDecember 14, 2015

In a six-candidate House District 11 field to replace Janet Adkins perpetual GOP candidate Jack Daniels stands out in that he’s raised no money so far. In an email to FloridaPolitics.com, sent 1:34 a.m. Monday, Daniels says that’s his strategy. “I sincerely believe that I will make history by winning that seat without accepting any money. I […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 1, 2015

The vote, much like the Jaguars’ game against New England this year, was never in doubt. With heavy backing from the Lenny Curry administration throughout the process, Jacksonville City Council’s Recreation, Community Development, Public Health, and Safety Committee unanimously OK’d the city’s $45 million allocation for the improvements to EverBank Field, which include a covered practice […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 24, 2015

The penultimate Jacksonville City Council meeting of the year, on “getaway day” before Thanksgiving break unofficially begins, had, in theory, a light agenda with expected heavy public comment on the HRO and related issues. In practice, though the agenda was light and the public comment was robust, the HRO commentary was surprisingly muted. The agenda […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 17, 2015

Jacksonville City Council committee meetings rarely resemble an episode of “Survivor.” But the Recreation, Community Development, Public Health, and Safety Committee started three short: Katrina Brown, Sam Newby, and Reggie Brown were not in the house. Reggie Brown did materialize a few minutes in, however. And then Katrina Brown got in just before 10 a.m. […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 10, 2015

In the third to the last Jacksonville City council meeting of 2016, the agenda had a couple of interesting items. Perhaps most interesting: two bills that would restore a pay cut made in 2010. As council went through some lengthy recognition ceremonies, a phalanx of police officers stood in the back of the room. Police […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 3, 2015

On Tuesday morning, the Jacksonville Recreation, Community Development, Public Health and Safety Committee handled a number of bills. One such: 2015-428, a bill from the Capital Improvement Project committee, which Councilwoman Lori Boyer discussed. “The real reason this particular bill was referred to RCDPHS,” said Boyer, was that it “provides that the administration in the […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 2, 2015

The one-day “Jeb Can Fix It” Florida tour Tuesday made its third and final stop in Jacksonville with the Bush campaign’s attempt to reverse flagging poll numbers and waning insider buy-in. His event in Tampa saw him compare himself to Abraham Lincoln, saying, “If Lincoln was alive today, imagine the foolishness he’d have to suffer” […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 27, 2015

Jacksonville’s City Council meeting on Tuesday night was light in terms of agenda items; expectations going in were for some fireworks on the Planning Commission removal of Lisa King and Joey McKinnon, and, perhaps, council scrutiny of the embattled Inspector General Thomas Cline. As expected, King and McKinnon were removed in favor of Lenny Curry […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2015

One of the interesting things about the current permutation of the Jacksonville City Council’s Neighborhood Improvement and Enhancement Committee is how many complaints there are about it from the regulars. Not enough items on the agenda. They don’t do anything anymore. If you scratched the surface, you might hear similar complaints from those on City […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 8, 2015

The persistent, percussive oomph of oom-pah polka filled the air, drowning out the off-record conversations among elected officials and those they represent in Hemming Plaza on Wednesday night, as Jacksonville’s storied Art Walk held its third Oktoberfest celebration. The main attraction for political watchers: Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, who was joined by longtime Jaguars mascot Curtis “Jaxson […]

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HD 11 Jack Daniels: “I just can’t be a political whore”

2nd Jax city panel, recreation committee, OKs Jaguars’ amphitheater bill

Jax City Council light on agenda, heavy on public comment

Jax health and safety committee clashes, then punts, on “prohibited outdoor storage” issue

As police officers look on, Jax City Council punts on its own pay raise

Jax RCDPHS committee OKs capital improvement bill, LEAP $, Riverside dog park funds

Can Jeb Bush “fix it”? A shaky Jacksonville appearance raises doubts.

Jax City Council OKs Planning Commission moves, scrutinizes inspector general

Jax NICE Committee, against all odds, passes a bill

Lenny Curry leads Jax Artwalk Oktoberfest celebration