Wes WolfeMay 18, 2022
3min0
'I am proud to call him a friend and I am genuinely grateful for his support.'
Tag: Ander CrenshawImage via Palatka Main Street.
Wes WolfeMay 18, 2022
Jacob OglesNovember 1, 2021
4min950
Trips to Disney World after Crenshaw's retirement do not count as legitimate campaign expenses.
Staff ReportsJune 9, 2021
36min1681
Critical race theory is the political hot potato of the moment.
A.G. GancarskiJune 1, 2017
3min239
The gubernatorial campaign of Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam continues apace, with $13.4M raised between the campaign account and Putnam’s “Florida Grown” political committee. That money helps obscure minor staff moves, like the dumping of a campaign manager in late-May … a story FloridaPolitics.com brought to you first. And more money is on the way, courtesy […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 16, 2017
5min233
The city of Jacksonville’s municipal code has taken a gradualist approach to tobacco prohibition — and it’s not done yet, if a recently-filed bill is any indication. In 1973, the consolidated city passed an ordinance banning smoking in various places in the city. Then, a fortnight later, a second ordinance was passed clarifying that prohibition […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 20172min610
Former Congressman Ander Crenshaw has moved on from Capitol Hill to a prominent D.C. law and lobbying firm: King & Spalding. Crenshaw, who represented the Jacksonville area from 1993 to 2016, will serve as senior counsel in the Government Advocacy and Public Policy practice in King & Spalding’s Washington, D.C., office. “King & Spalding’s roster of former government […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 28, 2016
33min274
Subpoenas with a side of sauce. That’s one way to sum up the year. In Jacksonville politics, 2016 started with subpoenas being delivered to Rep. Corrine Brown and her clique at a barbecue place on the Northside. And it ended with a raid on Councilwoman Katrina Brown’s familial barbecue sauce plant on the Westside. Katrina […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 27, 2016
18min843
When 2016 kicked off, the world was different, and our political prognoses reflected those false assurances. We didn’t imagine President Donald Trump on a national level. We figured Hillary Clinton would end up taking on Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio in the general election. And we expected the rhetoric would sound like the previous two or three campaigns. Regarding #jaxpol, we had a pretty good […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 14, 2016
8min358
On Wednesday, Congressman-elect John Rutherford addressed Jacksonville’s Southside Business Men’s Club at their weekly meeting. Well before the program began, Rutherford was talking to club members like old friends. And people at tables were swapping Rutherford stories. Not a surprise, given the former Jacksonville Sheriff’s deep roots in the community, and fourteen years in the club. One […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 20163min362
The October quarterly campaign finance report for John Rutherford, a Republican running in Florida’s 4th Congressional District, is in. Throughout his campaign to replace outgoing Congressman Ander Crenshaw, Rutherford has run an efficient, lean operation; the October numbers offer no deviation from that trend. All told, as of the October quarterly report, Rutherford has $31,742 on hand. […]