A.G. GancarskiFebruary 25, 2019
8min414
Jacksonville candidates up and down the ballot pitched Northside voters Monday.
Tag: Albert WilcoxCrowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 25, 2019A.G. GancarskiFebruary 18, 2019
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With four weeks until Jacksonville’s First Election, Democratic City Council candidate Albert Wilcox is working to underscore a point. In Wilcox’s view, the race is one between him and two better-funded candidates, who are splitting the loyalties of Jacksonville’s business community. Tameka Gaines Holly has roughly $33,000 on hand. Appointed incumbent Ju’Coby Pittman has roughly $30,000. Each of […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 14, 2018
3min273
Note: A previous version of this article indicated that a Council colleague of Brown’s, who had been pulled over by police, was arrested. He was merely interrogated. We regret the confusion. Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown has drawn no fewer than seven challengers for her District 8 seat. Six of them were from her own Democratic […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2018
3min323
Let the “four more years” chants begin for two first-term Jacksonville City Council members. On Tuesday, Democratic Councilwoman Katrina Brown launched her bid for re-election in District 8. Days before that, Republican Al Ferraro launched his re-election bid in District 2. Brown and Ferraro face different paths to re-election. Brown has issues other incumbents don’t. She has […]
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 13, 2018
6min844
Local Jacksonville candidates continue fundraising for the 2019 elections, and a leit motif is the relative uncompetitiveness of cash dashes thus far. The carnage starts in the race for Sheriff, where new entry Tony Cummings sputtered in his first campaign finance report, bringing in an anemic $525. That’s a car payment, but not nearly enough to […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 22, 20184min248
How vulnerable is Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown? Fourteen months out from the first election, Brown (who hasn’t yet filed for re-election) already has six people lined up to replace her. Community activist Tameka Gaines Holly filed this month. A Leadership Jacksonville graduate with an aversion to taking strong positions on issues, she will attempt […]