Wes WolfeFebruary 1, 2023
4min0
Chris Hand said he isn’t interested in running for office himself.
Tag: Chris Hand
Wes WolfeFebruary 1, 2023
A.G. GancarskiOctober 7, 2019
9min688
The definitive history of Jacksonville government gets an update.
Staff ReportsOctober 4, 2019
31min1052
The first half-century of Consolidation.
Scott PowersDecember 21, 2018
9min567
Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis announced late Thursday he’s ready to take up the requested pardons for the Groveland Four immediately. Though he didn’t explicitly say he’s prepared to issue the pardons, DeSantis called the Groveland Four “victims” and expressed strong sympathy with the cause seeking belated justice for four young black men falsely accused of raping a […]
Staff ReportsNovember 29, 2018
35min267
Baseball terminology may be out of season, but no matter: this week’s developments show that all the work Northeast Florida lawmakers have done in recent months has paid off. For the second straight year, Fleming Island Republican Rob Bradley will helm Senate Appropriations. This year, a close ally is also handling the House budget. Gov. […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 14, 2018
4min273
Wednesday saw the first meeting of Jacksonville’s new “civil rights history task force,” a 28-person group that seeks to affirm — or more correctly, to promote and monetize — the city’s place in civil rights history. The genesis of the task force was earlier this year, when locals were irked by the city not being […]
Scott PowersJanuary 13, 2017
3min339
Someone might be forgiven for thinking that maybe Bob Graham and Chris Hand might not want to tell people how to fight city hall and win. Graham, of course, is Florida’s former U.S. Senator and former governor. Hand is a former aide of his who also served chief of staff – at city hall, in […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 14, 2016
6min206
Former Jacksonville mayoral Chief of Staff Chris Hand is a believer in representative democracy. Concomitant with those beliefs, a belief in reform, which he outlined this week in the Orlando Sentinel. The entire piece is worth a read, as Hand outlines problems with elections in the Sunshine State in 2016 … and potential solutions. One issue that bedevils […]
Melissa RossApril 15, 2016
3min324
Former Florida Governor and Senator Bob Graham will host a free environmental webinar next week for those interested in becoming politically engaged around environmental issues in the state. The online event is in partnership with the group 1000 Friends of Florida, and is set for next Tuesday, April 10 at noon. Billed as the state’s leading not-for-profit smart growth […]
Melissa RossFebruary 18, 20164min361
This week in Jacksonville, former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham rallied people upset with the Legislature over Amendment 1 funding by telling them to get vocal and train to become citizen-activists. “We have an organization called the Florida Conservation Coalition, and its purpose is to try to get citizens involved,” Graham said during an […]