Tag: Bill Gulliford

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 2, 2018
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2018 began for the Jacksonville City Council with some holdover business from 2017: a proposed lessening of residency distance requirements for sexual predators. The bill has been around since September, and is headed toward the graveyard of dead bills. Councilors spiked it by a 2-5 margin Tuesday in the Neighborhoods, Community Services, Public Health and […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 14, 2017
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The opioid overdose epidemic continues in Jacksonville, and a Jacksonville City Council Special Committee is still addressing the matter. Even as legislators mull a path forward on treatment, the city is also considering legal action against pharmaceutical companies — continuing a trend we are seeing nationwide. Committee Chairman Bill Gulliford told a story of a 29 […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 6, 2017
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A Jacksonville City Council bill that would lower distance requirements between the residences of sexual predators and day care centers/schools was deferred Monday in its first committee. Current ordinance mandates a 2,500 feet distance; the bill would lower the distance to 1,500 feet, which is still higher than the state requirement of 1,000 feet. Councilman Bill Gulliford, the […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017
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On Monday and Tuesday, Jacksonville City Council panels OK’d a resolution (2017-674) to allow the city’s general counsel to “investigate and pursue” a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers. Full Council approval will be a formality and will almost certainly be conferred next week. The resolution calls out “pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors” as potential lawsuit targets, yet […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 9, 2017
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To the surprise of no one plugged into Jacksonville politics, Neptune Beach City Councilor Rory Diamond is making a play for the Jacksonville City Council. Diamond launched his campaign this week to replace termed-out Bill Gulliford in District 13, after setting up a political committee (“For the Beaches”) that will offer help as needed. Diamond, an […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 3, 2017
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Rory Diamond, a member of the Neptune Beach City Council, filed Tuesday to replace termed out Bill Gulliford on the Jacksonville City Council. Diamond, a former federal prosecutor and current CEO of “K9s for Warriors“, currently has no opposition on the 2019 ballot. Diamond was first elected in 2016; the Island Times reports that in 2014, a […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 26, 2017
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Jacksonville television viewers spent Friday evening watching footage of Jacksonville City Councilmenbers accusing local cops of racial profiling. On Tuesday evening, those Councilors — Reggie Gaffney, who was pulled over for driving with a tag he’d reported stolen; and Katrina Brown, driving behind Gaffney, who accused the officers of racially-profiling her Council colleague — will be two of 19 […]


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