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A.G. GancarskiNovember 30, 2015

A packed Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee meeting Monday included what Chairman Bill Gulliford described as a “dog and pony show” related to Jaguars stadium upgrades and an update on the Police and Fire Pension Fund imbroglio, among other issues. If this were pro wrestling, it would be a supercard. Paul Harden, the Jacksonville Jaguars’ superlobbyist, was on […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 17, 2015

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FloridaPolitics.com has learned that LaTanya Peterson resigned her position with the Lenny Curry administration late last week. Peterson, a former director of African-American voter outreach for the RPOF, is the first high profile departure from the administration. Peterson had been serving in intergovernmental affairs, as a liaison between the mayor’s office and City Council. Speaking […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 16, 2015

A crowded agenda greeted the seven stalwart members of the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee on Monday, including economic development incentive deals. Some highlights: An economic development deal with Fidelity Global Brokerage group was approved. The city throws in $360,000 and the state, $1.44 million; 300 jobs would be created. Another one, “Project Revere,” creating […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 10, 2015

At the end of the Jacksonville City Council meeting on Tuesday night, Councilman Bill Gulliford pressed for executive branch cooperation on getting PFPF reform, which would start with getting a new director in place and putting the controversial tenure of former director and current consultant John Keane into the history books and out of the present tense. […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 26, 2015

In a bill to be introduced at Jacksonville’s City Council this week, the name of Jeanne Miller will be advanced for membership to the Jacksonville Transportation Authority Board. Miller would replace Ali Korman Shelton, who is one of the senior staffers in the administration of Lenny Curry. Miller, the Executive Director of the Jacksonville Civic Council, has worked in the […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 16, 2015

It appears that the Florida Department of Transportation and the city of Jacksonville are in a disagreement regarding a lapsed Joint Participation Agreement and encumbrance concerning the Mayport/St Johns River Ferry Operations project and Federal Land Access Program money is at stake. An email from Paige Johnston of the General Counsel office to Councilman John Crescimbeni lays […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 7, 2015

During the budget deliberations of the late summer, concerns were raised about Jacksonville’s Public Service Grants process. Complaints ranged from arbitrary scoring and a less-than-committed group of scorers to a process that had been overtly politicized in the past. To that end, Council President Greg Anderson authorized a committee to look into refining the process […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 6, 2015

Whispers prior to Tuesday’s Jacksonville City Council Rules Committee meeting predicted a council member or two might say something about the wave of board and commission replacement appointments that dominated the agenda. Planning Commission Chairwoman Lisa King, whose replacement by Donald Adkison was on the agenda for the second reading, was in the house. So was […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 15, 2015

Fireworks emerged in Tuesday’s meeting of the Jacksonville City Council Rules Committee when Councilman Tommy Hazouri stood in opposition to the appointment of Kirk Wendland as Economic Development Officer during what otherwise was an uncontroversial group of appointments. Hazouri has not been thrilled with Mayor Lenny Curry‘s approach to composition of independent boards, yet this […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 14, 2015

On Monday, the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee mulled a packed agenda, including pushing forward on inquiring into the validity of the Police and Fire Pension Fund Senior Staff Voluntary Retirement Plan, a measure that will yet again be considered by the full Council next Monday. • 2014-769, which was referred back to Finance under […]

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Jax Finance Committee OKs amphitheater deal

Latanya Peterson leaves Lenny Curry administration

Jax Finance Committee approves economic development deals

Jax Council tensions on post-audit PFPF come to light

Jeanne Miller proposed for JTA Board

FDOT, Jacksonville in ferry funding flap

Jax Public Service Grants committee wrestles with process

Tommy Hazouri: Lenny Curry board moves “emasculate” consolidated government

In Rules Committee, Tommy Hazouri opposes Kirk Wendland’s appointment to Office of Economic Development

Jax City Council Finance Committee OKs PFPF probe