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A.G. GancarskiJanuary 19, 2016

The story in the Jax City Council VP race on Tuesday afternoon: Aaron Bowman and John Crescimbeni each got backing from the other party in dueling 3:00 p.m. meetings. Bowman met with Tommy Hazouri, and the co-sponsors of the HRO expansion bill had what amounted to a mutual admiration society. Bowman told Hazouri that he was the first […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 18, 2016

Wu-Tang Clan’s immortal question “Can it all be so simple?” does not apply to the race to be the next Jacksonville City Council vice president. By the end of Tuesday, four candidates will have emerged. What looked to be at first glance a binary contest for City Council vice president-elect now appears headed toward a […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 12, 2016

““Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.” — John Adams “If we’d had a referendum in 1965, I’d still be on the back of the bus.” — Denise Hunt A light legislative agenda on Jacksonville’s City Council was offset by dozens of […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 11, 2016

Two of the most powerful (and quotable) people on Jacksonville’s City Council, Finance Chairman Bill Gulliford and John Crescimbeni, met Monday afternoon to talk about Council leadership, specifically the latter’s VP bid. Crescimbeni, one of seven Council Democrats, is seeking the City Council vice presidency later this year, along with at least one other candidate (Rules […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 5, 2016

On Monday, the Jacksonville City Council Neighborhood Improvement and Community Enhancement Committee kicked off 2016. The ad hoc committee has become a source of consternation for many on Council, who note that it is unable to take action, and is just a deliberative committee. Some highlights included a further discussion of Land Bank issues and […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 4, 2016

The holiday break is officially over at Jacksonville’s City Council. The Monday Finance Committee meeting: highlighted by Jax Mayor Lenny Curry introducing his pension unfunded liability payoff plan, ahead of the Legislative Session in Tallahassee this month. Curry discussed his “proposed solution for funding unfunded pension liabilities,” one he said does not involve a new tax, […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 31, 2015

In a memo, Jacksonville City Council’s Special Committee on Public Service Grants’ final recommendations were rendered. The Tuesday memo, from Committee Chairwoman Anna Brosche to Council President Greg Anderson, codifies recommendations arrived at through a series of meetings this fall. The recommendations are intended to address major problems with the public service grants project, including issues […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 15, 2015

The Block by Block study, first launched to the public in October from the Jessie Ball DuPont Fund, offered a “detailed new analysis of Jacksonville’s housing markets designed to help inform decisions about Jacksonville’s future.” On Tuesday morning, with the City Council calendar winding down for the holidays, Jacksonville City Council members Anna Brosche, Garrett Dennis, and Bill Gulliford discussed […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 7, 2015

Could the recent Jax Chamber Leadership trip lead to a Better Jacksonville Plan part 2, modeled after the Oklahoma City vision? Or will the pension crisis preclude such an ambitious vision? On Monday, Council Member and JAX USA Senior VP Aaron Bowman, Council President Greg Anderson, and Council Member Anna Lopez Brosche, along with Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 1, 2015

Rules, the third Jacksonville City Council committee deliberating the bill, approved the EverBank Field amphitheater package on Tuesday afternoon without even a moment of committee discussion. The bill allocates $90 million for stadium improvements, including a new amphitheater, a covered practice field, and other enhancements to the Sports Complex. With no discussion at all, Rules […]

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Jax Council VP race sees two endorsers cross party lines

Jax Council VP race to Balkanize on Tuesday

HRO expansion talk roils Jax City Council

Bill Gulliford backs John Crescimbeni for Jax Council VP

Jax NICE Committee kicks off 2016, discusses “Spring Clean Jacksonville”

Lenny Curry unfunded liability payoff plan highlights Jax Finance committee meeting

Jax Special Committee on Public Service Grants makes final recommendations

Jacksonville City Council members discuss vacant house crisis

Jax Mayor, Council members talk OKC Chamber trip, PFPF pension issues

With no discussion, Jax Rules Committee greenlights Jags stadium improvements