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Phil AmmannFebruary 27, 2015

An Appeals Court ruled Thursday that the City of Jacksonville does not have to pay owners of a riverfront lot who claim the construction of a fire station lowered the property value. The next stop for the property-rights case could be the Florida Supreme Court. In a 9-5 decision, the 1st District Court of Appeal […]

Kevin MeerschaertFebruary 16, 2015

The Jacksonville City Council is expected to ask voters whether they are willing to pay an additional half-cent sales tax to pay off the city’s pension obligation. Councilman Bill Gulliford introduced a bill that would place the question on the city’s May election ballot. The higher tax rate would last 10 years with the money […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 25, 2015

By many metrics, the tenure of Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford has been a success. The JSO has not dealt with the scandals it dealt with during previous administrations, and he has built up his political bona fides to the point where it seemed to some observers — such as this writer — that he would […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 25, 2015

By many metrics, the tenure of Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford has been a success. The JSO has not dealt with the scandals it dealt with during previous administrations, and he has built up his political bona fides to the point where it seemed to some observers — such as this writer — that he would […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 17, 2015

After overnighting the application packet to Tallahassee, the City of Jacksonville and the NFL Jaguars learned their request for state funds for stadium upgrades is ready to consideration. Out of four petitioners in the running for part of a $7 million state fund, the Jaguars are the last to have its proposal judged complete. The […]

Julie DelegalJanuary 5, 2014

It’s a principle of our representative democracy that we, the people, don’t weigh in on every bit of minutia entailed in making laws and policy. The oft-quoted maxim, usually attributed to Prussian statesman Otto Von Bismark, posits that lawmaking, like sausage-making, is a process better left unviewed. But at what points in the “sausage-making” should […]

Tag: City of Jacksonville

Appeals court sides with City of Jacksonville in property-rights case

Sales tax bump for pension payoffs introduced for Jax ballot

Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford takes on the ‘culture of death’

Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford takes on the 'culture of death'

After delays, Jaguars application for state stadium money deemed complete

Julie Delegal: Voters benefit when the ‘sausage’ is made in public