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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 6, 2017

Jacksonville City Council President Anna Brosche will not be talking to the Urban League Thursday about Confederate monuments after all. The meeting was rescheduled “due to Hurricane Irma’s possible disruptions,” and the event organizer noted at 3:29 on Wednesday afternoon that Brosche “sends her regrets.” We spoke to Brosche, who at one point advocated the removal […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 6, 2017

Even as Jacksonville’s Mayor and City Council President stand shoulder to shoulder during storm prep pressers, they diverge on another storm of a different matter. That storm is a Category 5, but of a different type: namely, the future of the city’s Confederate monuments. Council President Anna Brosche was provided an inventory by Jacksonville’s Parks […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 31, 2017

Jacksonville City Council President Anna Brosche requested an inventory of the city’s Confederate monuments from the Parks Department, and it was provided this week. What it reveals: three monuments, put in place between 1898 and 1926; and eight historic markers. The monuments include the Confederate Monument in Hemming Park, the ‘Monument to the Women of the […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 25, 2017

Jacksonville City Council President Anna Brosche doesn’t line up with Councilmen John Crescimbeni and Tommy Hazouri on many issues. Evidence of that was provided this week, with Brosche rejecting their call for a public workshop on dredging the St. Johns River. While they may not see eye to eye on one of the biggest environmental and economic issues […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 24, 2017

On Valentine’s Day, the Jacksonville City Council voted to expand the city’s Human Rights Ordinance to include LGBT people. On Thursday, a group of local Christian conservatives, backed by the Liberty Counsel, united under the banner of Empower Jacksonville to challenge that law — and all laws that citizens deem to be “unjust.” Empower Jacksonville seeks […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 23, 2017

Tuesday night saw the Jacksonville City Council reject a bill that would authorize an Aug. 2018 referendum to extend the current two-term limit to three for most city elected officials. The bill, sponsored by second-term Councilman Matt Schellenberg, would have applied to every office but that of mayor. It failed 6-11, however, despite Council President Anna Brosche supporting […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 22, 2017

Two of Jacksonville City Council President Anna Brosche‘s most prominent antagonists on the Council (Tommy Hazouri and John Crescimbeni) have called for a public workshop on JAXPORT dredging. But Brosche made the call Tuesday, saying that’s not happening. Noting that there have been “several years of public consideration” of the project already, Brosche asserted that the workshop would […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 22, 2017

Two sheets of paper illustrate the gap between current reality and future needs for the Republican Party of Duval County. The first sheet of paper shows the Duval GOP’s current financial situation. Spoiler alert: they may need to hold a bake sale soon. July was not a huge month for “income,” with $94 coming in. […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 21, 2017

Last week, the Jacksonville Environmental Protection Board called for a public workshop on dredging the St. Johns River. While it appears that some members of the Jacksonville City Council, as of Friday, were open to a shade meeting due to JAXPORT‘s concerns about legal exposure, JEPB Chair Nick Howland backed the call for a hearing in the […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 21, 2017

Last week in Jacksonville politics, it was the Anna Brosche show. She was at the center of every news cycle for a provocative proposal to mothball Confederate monuments. There are some who would say that, just as Jacksonville was set to experience a solar eclipse Monday afternoon, there was a commensurate eclipse of political capital for […]

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