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A.G. GancarskiDecember 29, 2016

Jacksonville politics is like a Southern family reunion: there are characters of all types. The 2017 list points out ten of those members of the #Jaxpol family who are uniquely positioned to be in the headlines for one reason or another. We are hoping that 2016 was an outlier year for scandals, and are not projecting […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 20, 2016

Those who were around in the 1970s remember the ubiquitous ERA YES buttons and bumper stickers promoting the Equal Rights Amendment. Though the ERA never made it to the U.S. Constitution, as the amendment failed to be ratified by 3/4 of the states by 1982, the ERA will yet again be considered (and likely not […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 5, 2016

A new era began for the Duval Democrats Monday night. As expected, the Duval Democrats elected Sen. Audrey Gibson to be the new party chair. The Democratic conclave saw a majority of Democratic city council members on hand: John Crescimbeni, Joyce Morgan, Reggie Brown, Garrett Dennis and Reggie Gaffney. School Board Chair Paula Wright was also on hand. (Notable: Councilwoman Morgan’s council […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 30, 2016

The Duval County Legislative Delegation selected a new chair and a new vice-chair on Wednesday, during a meeting in Jacksonville. Stepping down from the chair: Mia Jones, who reminded the new members that “home is where the rubber meets the road,” and to not fall into the trap of putting state issues over local concerns. Selected […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 30, 2016

Northeast Florida Sens. Aaron Bean, Rob Bradley, Audrey Gibson, and Travis Hutson all have new committee assignments. Happily for Northeast Florida, the first three listed will be in a position to have say over the upper house’s purse strings in the coming Session. Bean will be one of three First Coast Delegation Members on the Appropriations Committee, with leadership […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 28, 2016

The Duval County Legislative Delegation has a lot of new faces and a crowded agenda in front of it on Wednesday afternoon, when they convene at Jacksonville’s city hall. New to the body: Republican Reps. Cord Byrd of House District 11 and Clay Yarborough in HD 12, Democratic Rep. Tracie Davis of House District 13, Democratic […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 28, 2016

People interested in running for leadership positions in the Duval County Democratic Party are encouraged to declare their candidacies by Monday, asserts an internal email from the party. While candidates can be nominated from the floor on Dec. 5, which is election night, it follows that most candidates who want to be taken seriously will […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 21, 2016

The Duval County Democratic Party is seeking a new chair and the frontrunner is Sen. Audrey Gibson. Yet Gibson is facing one challenger who is calling her out for putting “politics over people.” Jimmy Deininger, Gibson’s opponent in the December election, notes that “our local party is in a state of dysfunction, and to overcome this […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 21, 2016

Last March, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and members of the Duval delegation convened at Jacksonville’s City Hall, to discuss “what winning looks like.” The city got 90 percent of its appropriations goals. Jacksonville got money for public safety, such as the COPS program, and infrastructure needs, asking for $2 million and getting $1.8 million. And […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 18, 2016

Over 500 families can count on having a better Thanksgiving this year, thanks to a group of Jacksonville politicians who will host a farm share event Saturday. The food giveaway is on a first come, first serve basis, and kicks off at 9 a.m. at parking lot 4 of Florida State College — Jacksonville’s downtown campus. The […]

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