Drew DixonAugust 1, 2020
3min329
Dangerous conditions are already reported on Northeast Florida beaches.
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Drew DixonAugust 1, 2020
Guest AuthorMarch 30, 2017
6min854
Among Thomas Jefferson’s many famous sayings is this: “The government closest to the people, serves the people best.” Across our state and nation, that sentiment holds true for all who favor local control, whenever possible. But it seems as though our state lawmakers have forgotten this. For the past few years, state legislators in Tallahassee […]
Mitch PerryMarch 22, 2017
3min366
Legislation to make texting while driving a primary offense passed Wednesday unanimously by the Senate Transportation Committee. Miami Republican Rene Garcia sponsored the legislation (SB 144). Florida was one of the later states in the country to adopt anti-texting laws, not doing so until 2013. But the fact that it’s a secondary offense has led critics […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 25, 2016
8min370
Passed at Tuesday’s Jacksonville City Council meeting: an emergency appropriations bill to get dune restoration moving forward from Beach Blvd. up to 16th Street … and potentially south of Beach Blvd. as well. $7.5 million will be moved from the debt management fund for the work, with oversight from the mayor’s office’s CFO and Chief Administrative […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 12, 2016
8min190
As Hurricane Matthew becomes a memory, and yet another addition to the pantheon of tropical weather events affecting Northeast Florida, politicians — such as CFO Jeff Atwater, Sen. Aaron Bean, Jacksonville Beach Mayor Charlie Latham, and Atlantic Beach Mayor Mitch Reeves — convened on a rainy, windswept Jacksonville Beach Wednesday afternoon to discuss last week’s destruction and the […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 9, 2016
5min385
On Sunday, Governor Rick Scott toured damage caused by Hurricane Matthew in Jacksonville Beach. Scott, who has been adamant that President Obama expand his disaster declaration issued on Saturday, reiterated his desire to have that done. “We all pay our taxes,” the governor said, and “we ought to get reimbursed.” Meanwhile, the governor otherwise focused on the […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 7, 2016
3min244
On Friday afternoon, as the worst of Matthew threatened his city with hurricane conditions through nightfall, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry briefed media and a home audience on the storm. At his last briefing Friday morning, the message was “hunker down.” In the afternoon, the message was similar. “We are in the middle of it, so my […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 12, 2016
1min234
Beaches Biz, a subcommittee of JAXBIZ, the nonpartisan political arm of the JAX Chamber, announced Tuesday its endorsements in the Jacksonville Beach and Neptune Beach mayoral races. Incumbent Charlie Latham got the nod in Jacksonville Beach. In the open race in Neptune Beach, JAXBIZ is backing Elaine Brown. “Mayor Latham and former City Council President Brown have the experience […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 12, 2016
4min297
The Jacksonville City Council’s special committee on solid waste addressed on Thursday recycling in business, commercial, office, and multi-family dwelling units of 10 or more. Discussion revolved around the boom-or-bust nature of the recycling industry, as well as problems created by commodity prices and people’s approach to single-stream recycling. Councilman John Crescimbeni noted, mentioning several Florida municipalities, that […]
Drew WilsonApril 25, 2016
3min291
Republican House District 11 candidate Tom Taylor picked up endorsements from six of the seven members of Jacksonville Beach Council, his campaign announced Monday. Taylor is a former member of the council who served from 2008 through 2014 and is running in a crowded GOP primary for the HD 11 seat currently held by term-limited […]