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A.G. GancarskiOctober 26, 2017

“The best is yet to come for Duval — you will see my name on the ballot.” Multiple sources have confirmed that former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown told a crowd of Democrats Wednesday evening that he has at least one more campaign in him. And one source confirms the quote above from the meeting of the […]

Phil AmmannOctober 20, 2017

Politics in Northeast Florida — except when hot-button social issues like lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights or Confederate monuments are in play — is often a matter of mechanics. Much of what we see in this week’s Bold: a matter of fundamentals, blocking and tackling. We see it with our region’s two congressmen, raising […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017

U.S. Reps. John Rutherford and Al Lawson, a Republican and Democrat representing Jacksonville, have joined forces on a new piece of veteran-friendly legislation. HR 3965 — the “Veterans Armed for Success Act” — would appropriate $5M for job-related training and “transition assistance” for military veterans. That $5M would go to eligible organizations in the form of federal […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 16, 2017

Neither of Jacksonville’s two first-term U.S. Congressmen have officially filed for re-election. However, Republican John Rutherford of Congressional District 4 and Democrat Al Lawson of CD 5 continue to sock money away for that inevitability. Of the two, Rutherford had the more active third quarter of 2017. Rutherford’s total receipts are now up to $241,484, with $146,044 […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 20, 2017

Wednesday saw House Speaker Paul Ryan stop briefly in Jacksonville, as part of a three-stop tour of Irma damage in Florida. A corollary, equally important story: the Florida Delegation setting aside partisan concerns to meet the post-storm needs of the Sunshine State, while discussing the way forward. In Jacksonville, Ryan saw the Duval Emergency Operations Center, […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 14, 2017

Rep. Al Lawson has been in Jacksonville this week, helping out with post-Irma relief efforts, and meeting with local political leaders, such as the Mayor and the City Council President. And though he shares Mayor Lenny Curry‘s confidence that Jacksonville is financially positioned to shoulder the recovery burden until FEMA reimbursement comes through, the first-term Democrat from […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 8, 2017

Rep. Al Lawson‘s Congressional District 5 sprawls from Tallahassee to Jacksonville, and a common thread in much of his district is food scarcity. If Hurricane Irma makes landfall as expected, food scarcity issues could be a reality for many Floridians; Lawson, a member of the House Agricultural Committee, asserted Friday that Florida should “petition the U.S. […]

Scott PowersAugust 30, 2017

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz now has gotten the other ten Florida Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to join her call for a one-day Florida Legislature special session to replace Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith‘s statue in the U.S. Capitol. “We must denounce symbols of what supremacy and stand up for love and […]

Scott PowersAugust 29, 2017

Nine of Florida’s 11 Democratic members of Congress signed a letter Tuesday urging President Donald Trump to reconsider his recently announced ban on transgendered people in the military. “There is no place for discrimination in our Armed Forces or indeed anywhere else in American society,” the letter signed by most Democrats in the U.S. House […]

Peter SchorschAugust 25, 2017

Over the weekend, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry took to Twitter, ruminating on youth football practice and game tape from last year. Curry coaches his son’s team and takes it very seriously. The mayor discussed repeating patterns of behavior shown on the field, adding a barb at the end: “People are predictable.” Preparing to coach & Watching youth […]

Tag: Al Lawson

Alvin Brown prepares to primary Al Lawson for U.S. House seat

Jacksonville Bold for 10.20.17 — Winning is everything

John Rutherford bill would help veterans transition to business world

John Rutherford, Al Lawson continue to build re-election war chests

For Florida Delegation, Irma aid trumps partisan politics

Al Lawson is fighting for Jax FEMA funds

Al Lawson calls for federal food assistance post-Irma

Florida Democrats in Congress call for Florida special session to replace statue

Nine Florida Democrats urge Donald Trump to rescind transgender ban

Jacksonville Bold for 8.25.17 — People are predictable