A.G. GancarskiApril 8, 2020
4min539
Brown thinks COVID-19 would kill her.
Tag: Corrine Brown
A.G. GancarskiApril 8, 2020A.G. GancarskiOctober 2, 2019
5min692
They don't call it Dirty Duval for nothing.
A.G. GancarskiAugust 1, 2019
7min560
Brown doesn't want a "government lawyer."
A.G. GancarskiJune 19, 2018
2min279
Carla Wiley, a co-conspirator with Corrine Brown in the One Door for Education scheme to defraud that ended the congresswoman’s political career, wants an early release to a halfway house. However, the federal government opposed the motion Monday. [Government Opposition to Wiley Early Release] Wiley, who served as the CEO of the phony charity and is now […]
A.G. GancarskiJune 14, 2018
8min649
Two Jacksonville City Council members, Katrina Brown and Reggie Brown, are dealing with dozens of federal fraud charges. A 61-page indictment dropped in federal court late last month details 38 counts in a scheme to defraud. Federal prosecutors allege the Browns, who are not related, collaborated in a scheme that used shell companies as ways to extract, via transfers and […]
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 8, 2018
5min310
Rontel Batie is not the incumbent in the Democratic primary in Florida’s 5th Congressional District; that’s Al Lawson. Nor is he the former mayor of the biggest city in the district: that’s Alvin Brown. Nonetheless, Batie (who carried a meager $4,314 cash on hand out of 2017, compared to Lawson’s $100,531), asserts that “this race is far […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 30, 2018
12min704
As Florida Politics predicted since Corrine Brown‘s legal fate was still in doubt, former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown is making his move. Less than 24 hours after the former Democratic congresswoman reported to prison, Brown declared to the Florida Times-Union that he was running for Corrine Brown’s old seat. “These challenging times call for each of us to stand […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 30, 2018
6min342
A persistent pitter-pat has dripped from the rumor mill of Jacksonville politics for close to a year now, regarding the inevitable Jacksonville challenge to Al Lawson. Once Corrine Brown was out of the headlines, former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown would launch his run for Congress to take back Corrine’s seat. “Word in the halls is that former Jacksonville Mayor […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 22, 2018
4min310
Corrine Brown is expected to begin five years in prison no later than Jan. 29. A motion filed Monday would have delayed that 30 days, but it was quickly denied. The more interesting story, however, may be that one of President Donald Trump‘s personal attorneys may be an asset to the former congresswoman’s appeal. Brown, convicted […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 26, 2017
11min341
Another year is mercifully almost in the books, and with that comes another chance for this writer to offer self-recrimination for yearly predictions that looked good in January. — Prediction 1 [TRUE]: The Duval Delegation will struggle to deliver. On this one, I have to consider what the Mayor told me was the key priorities. […]