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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 28, 2015

On Friday, 4th District State Attorney Angela Corey followed up on her Fraternal Order of Police endorsement with one from the Jacksonville Association of Firefighters. A statement from her campaign: “Our re-election campaign is honored to announce we have received the endorsement of the Jacksonville Association of Fire Fighters, I.A.F.F. Local 122! We are so grateful […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 23, 2015

At the NO-FLAC forum in Northwest Jacksonville on Tuesday night, State Attorney Angela Corey and her 2016 opponent, Wes White, had a memorable interaction The panelists faced a moderator’s question regarding what their oaths were about, which elicited an interesting response from White, which essentially baited Corey into a heated reply. White asserted that for a lawyer, the pursuit […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 21, 2015

The Northeast Florida Accountability Forum Corp. plans a forum for constitutional officers and candidates called “Constitutionally, What’s *Your* Understanding Of Your Oath; and Of Your Duties, Obligations, and Responsibilities To Your Constituents?” at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Jacksonville, The forum will be held at the Legends Center at 5054 Soutel Drive. Event organizer Eunice Barnum said in […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 21, 2015

Some things are constant. The sun rises in the east. Rainy days and Mondays always got Karen Carpenter down. And Jacksonville’s local Fraternal Order of Police surprised precisely no one with its Friday afternoon endorsement of Angela Corey‘s re-election bid for State Attorney of the 4th Circuit. Citing Corey’s “proven track record of enforcing the law,” and […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 9, 2015

Circuit 4 State Attorney Angela Corey widened her fundraising lead over her challenger, Wes White, in August. Corey’s $16,488 in August brought her total to $185,678. White’s $3,500 brought his tally up to $17,750. Notable August contributions for Corey include $1,000 donations from J.B. Coxwell Contracting, John David Coxwell, Helen Coxwell, and former mayor John Peyton’s Gate Petroleum. Meanwhile, White had […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 19, 2015

The Florida Times-Union ran a piece on Wednesday afternoon detailing the grounds for the attorney for Michael Dunn appealing his murder conviction for the killing of Jordan Davis. Interestingly, my own journalism figured into the appeal. One of the grounds for appeal: a juror was removed from the trial because he made a joke about prosecuting attorney Angela Corey. […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 10, 2015

What 4th District State Attorney Angela Corey describes as a “grassroots” campaign has an awful lot of long green at its base. About $179,000 of it, according to the July report. Of the $42,635 raised by the Corey campaign in July, many donations came from assistant state attorneys and members of the law enforcement community. Her […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 5, 2015

Bishop John Guns, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, Sheriff Mike Williams, and Councilwoman Katrina Brown convened at a Wednesday morning press conference promoting the “One City, One Jacksonville Leadership Week for Young Men.” The one-week “leadership academy” for 100 teenage boys from the urban core precedes the new school year, encompassing Aug. 17 through 21. Pastor Guns, in kicking off the […]

Melissa RossJuly 27, 2015

Northeast Florida State Attorney candidate Wes White says the issue of untested rape kits in Florida’s Fourth Circuit runs far deeper than his many beefs with Angela Corey. “I think we live in a country where it requires 35 women to bring a claim against someone like Bill Cosby before law enforcement officials will pay […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 23, 2015

Outside the Duval County Courthouse on Thursday morning, State Attorney’s Office candidate Wes White had harsh criticism for the incumbent, Angela Corey, about her office’s handling of rape kits. First Coast News reported this week that in about 2,000 cases, DNA evidence was left “sitting on a shelf,” unexamined for proof of rape. That follows […]

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