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Jim RosicaJanuary 27, 2016

In the first step of a long process, a House panel approved a measure that would allow Jacksonville to “repurpose” a local public-works tax to plug a $2.6 billion hole in the city’s public pension plans. The Finance and Tax Committee cleared the plan (HB 1297), which is backed by Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry. It would use money […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 25, 2016

Another one in an informal series of epistles from Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry to Jacksonville employees went out Friday: this on the pension tax. Curry updated employees on his trip to Tallahassee earlier in January: “Last week,” wrote Curry, “I traveled to Tallahassee to meet with state Senators and Representatives about a proposed solution for the […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 11, 2016

2016-17, the bill repurposing Jacksonville’s Better Jacksonville Plan 1/2 cent sales tax for unfunded liability pension relief, is sponsored by the entire City Council. The bill resolves that relevant Florida statute “should be amended in order to permit counties with an already existing 1/2 penny sales surtax for infrastructure to extend and repurpose such tax for […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 6, 2016

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For those who might wonder whether former Jacksonville Mayor John Delaney supports the Lenny Curry administration bid to devote the half-cent sales tax to defray the unfunded pension liability, wonder no more. “I support it 100 percent,” Delaney told FloridaPolitics.com on Wednesday evening. Delaney has talked with members of the Duval Legislative Delegation, and will do whatever […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 6, 2016

As members of the Lenny Curry administration will tell you, details regarding the proposal to extend the Better Jacksonville Plan half-cent sales tax until 2060 to pay off unfunded pension liability are still being ironed out. That includes in Tallahassee, where two variations on the same bill will be introduced, one in each chamber. State Rep. […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 30, 2015

In 2000, the Better Jacksonville Plan, an ambitious initiative passed via referendum to institute a sales tax increase for various infrastructure improvements, passed by a comfortable margin. Though it now seems like a historical footnote, one might be surprised to know that even though all money has been encumbered for the BJP, there are still […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 23, 2015

On Wednesday morning, Jacksonville Councilmembers Lori Boyer and Tommy Hazouri, along with Council President Greg Anderson and the city’s Chief Administrative Officer, Sam Mousa, convened to discuss the future of Jacksonville Transportation Authority road projects that are behind schedule for completion. Among them, intersection improvements at Old St. Augustine and Greenland Road, stretches of Kernan and Girvin […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 9, 2015

The draft version of the Jacksonville Economic Development subcommittee report, presented in a Thursday morning meeting at the University of North Florida, features the subtitle “Ideas for Today and Tomorrow.” Former Jacksonville Mayor John Delaney, architect of the last great push toward progress in the form of the Better Jacksonville Plan, chairs the group so recommendations […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 9, 2015

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This upcoming season for the Jacksonville Suns marks the end of an era in Jacksonville, as the Bragan family is set to sell the Double A affiliate of the Miami Marlins at the end of the season to Ken Babby, who already owns the successful franchise, the Akron RubberDucks. The Bragans bought the Suns in 1984 for $330,000 and […]

Tag: Better Jacksonville Plan

House panel OKs Jacksonville pension tax

Lenny Curry pitches pension tax to Jax employees

Entire Jax City Council co-sponsors Lenny Curry pension tax resolution

John Delaney on Jax pension sales tax: “I support it 100%”

Travis Cummings, Rob Bradley discuss Jax pension tax proposal

Better Jacksonville Plan still alive at 15

Jax officials discuss road construction backlog with transportation authority

Economic Development committee presents 2nd Better Jacksonville Plan

Bragans sell Jacksonville Suns after 31 successful seasons