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A.G. GancarskiApril 20, 2015

The names on the ballot in Jacksonville District 8 are Pat Lockett-Felder and Katrina Brown. They might as well be Denise Lee and Corrine Brown though. Though there are some less than scintillating Council races on the ballot in Jacksonville, this one is special. It’s Denise Lee doing what she can to score a setback against the Corrine Brown “Quick Pick” […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 14, 2015

For those who follow Jacksonville’s City Council (both masochists and those who are interested in public policy outcomes), outgoing District 8 Councilwoman Denise Lee has done as much as anyone to make those events “Must See TV.” The most iconoclastic Democrat on Council, she was one of two Dems to vote against the latest iteration of […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 2, 2015

An old adage posits that all politics is local. It’s especially true in Jacksonville’s City Council District 7, where accusations are flying about the two remaining candidates: Democrats George Spencer and Reggie Gaffney. At the heart of it is the Rev. Ken Adkins, who made known his vigorous opposition to Corrine Brown‘s “Quick Picks” prior to the primary election. […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 22, 2015

What has seemed like an endless Jacksonville mayoral campaign has finally reached its final few days. Mayor Alvin Brown was joined Sunday afternoon by cultural commentator Michael Eric Dyson and U.S. Reps. Corrine Brown and James Clyburn at an outdoor rally near Gateway Mall on Jacksonville’s Northside. Brown said before the event that he expects to win outright on […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 21, 2015

With early voting poised to wrap up Sunday, the three most viable Jacksonville mayoral campaigns — those of Republican challengers Bill Bishop and Lenny Curry, as well as that of the Democratic incumbent, Mayor Alvin Brown — are making a final push for votes ahead of Tuesday’s election. Bishop supporters are canvassing this weekend, as are Curry backers, […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 10, 2015

At the Duval County Supervisor of Elections office Tuesday for an Early Voting event, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown was in good humor, until I asked her about her voter information document, “Corrine’s Quick Picks.” A long-standing institution for Florida voters, it has come under increased scrutiny this year. I asked her about whether they were, as […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 10, 2015

At the Duval County Supervisor of Elections office Tuesday for an Early Voting event, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown was in good humor, until I asked her about her voter information document, “Corrine’s Quick Picks.” A long-standing institution for Florida voters, it has come under increased scrutiny this year. I asked her about whether they were, as […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 10, 2015

I spent two hours Monday night at a candidate forum involving hopefuls from the Northside Districts 2, 7, and 8, in which most of the candidates didn’t say much that was particularly novel, interesting, or quotable most of the time. That was fine, since I sat with the most outspoken person on City Council, the inimitable Denise […]

James CallMarch 4, 2015

At this pace, Florida’s political class may be exhausted by the end of March when budget writers begin deciding what will be left in and what will be taken out of a $77 billion dollar state spending plan. The state Capitol wakened Wednesday with word that Gov. Rick Scott had penned a commentary calling on […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 3, 2015

A few weeks back, there was talk of mass Democratic Party boycotts of the Benjamin Netanyahu speech to Congress Tuesday. That list has dwindled. Now, apparently, there will be just one boycott of the Israeli PM’s address from the Florida Democratic delegation: Rep. Corrine Brown of the 5th District. According to Brown spokesman David Simon, her boycott is rooted […]

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Jax District 8 race is one between two connected Dems

Jax District 7 race heating up; Ken Adkins adds pyrotechnics

Near campaign’s end, Alvin Brown, big-name guests make pitch at Northside rally

Jax mayoral campaigns make final weekend push

Corrine Brown defends "Quick Picks" as resentment festers

Corrine Brown defends “Quick Picks” as resentment festers

Could Denise Lee challenge Corrine Brown in 2016?

The day that was in Florida politics — March 4

Corrine Brown will no-show Netanyahu speech