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A.G. GancarskiJanuary 31, 2017

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Jacksonville’s big legislative accomplishment in the 2016 session was getting an unprecedented bill through Tallahassee, one which would allow the city to access the guaranteed revenue from a future sales tax extension, once it closed one of its three pension plans. As collective bargaining continues between the city and its unions, the 2017 session also […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 27, 2017

Friday was judgment day for former State Rep. Charles Van Zant and his wife, Katherine Van Zant, via a hearing of the state ethics commission. The ethics complaints against the former state representative and his wife involve failure to disclose ownership of a condo in Orange Park. The income and co-ownership of the condo with Mrs. […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 26, 2017

Friday is judgment day for former State Rep. Charles Van Zant and his wife, Katherine Van Zant. The two will be the stars of the show at Friday morning’s meeting of the state ethics commission. Former Rep. Charles Van Zant and his wife Katherine each face separate hearings covering the same material. The ethics complaints against the […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 12, 2017

A former Northeast Florida state legislator and his wife who failed in running to succeed him face state ethics commission hearings on Jan 27. Former Rep. Charles Van Zant and his wife Katherine each face separate hearings covering the same material. The ethics complaints against the former state representative and his wife involve failure to […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 31, 2016

The northeast Florida primaries have been in the books for almost 24 hours at this writing. A review of the winners — and the losers — goes beyond the election returns to look at what happened to create these outcomes that will, in historical retrospect, seem inevitable. Winners Lenny Curry — The chattering classes told him he couldn’t get […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 3, 2016

Recently, House District 19 Rep. Charles Van Zant paid eight years of back taxes on a home in Bradford County, for which he claimed a homestead exemption. The period in question extended between 2008 and 2016. The house in question is located at 127 S.E. 35th St. in Keystone Heights. It’s the same house Mrs. Van Zant claims […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 18, 2016

Charles Van Zant, the Clay County school district’s superintendent, sounded a note of defiance this week in response to the Barack Obama administration linking Title IX funding with permitting transgender students to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity. “This directive from the Obama administration does not carry the force of law, and you can […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 18, 2016

You can’t put a price on the value of earned media. And in Northeast Florida, there is no surer way to score earned media than by taking aim at school bathroom policies, as 4th circuit state attorney candidate Wes White and Clay County superintendent of schools Charles Van Zant can tell you. On Tuesday, White […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 12, 2016

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April’s fundraising story in the House District 19 GOP primary is familiar: Katherine Van Zant is well ahead, and Bobby Payne and Leslie Dougher trail. New money totaling $7,607 in April brought Van Zant, the wife of the incumbent Charles Van Zant, up to $137,740 raised. All told, Van Zant has just over $103,000 on hand. Much of Van […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 10, 2016

In House District 19, it’s all but certain that the Republican primary winner will replace Charles Van Zant in Tallahassee. If a new survey of 582 likely voters is valid, that seat will stay in the family. An internal poll of HD 19 likely primary voters shows Katherine Van Zant, wife of the term-limited incumbent, well ahead of […]

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Pushback emerges against bill closing FRS defined benefit plan to new cities

Ethics commission fines Charles Van Zant, wife for financial disclosure flubs

Leslie Dougher hammers Charles Van Zant ahead of Friday ethics meeting

Former Rep. Charles Van Zant and wife to face state ethics commission in January

A rundown of the winners and losers from northeast Florida’s primary elections

Why Charles Van Zant paid back his homestead exemption going back to 2008

Equality Florida to mobilize against Clay County school district bathroom policy

School restrooms, earned media, and Northeast Florida Politicians

GOP candidate Katherine Van Zant extends HD 19 money lead

Internal poll shows Katherine Van Zant leading in HD 19 GOP race