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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2018

For the city of Jacksonville, serving a summons on now suspended Councilwoman Katrina Brown apparently takes time. In May, the city filed suit against Brown, a first-term Democratic member of the Council’s Finance Committee, for breach of guaranty, relative to a defaulted loan of $380,000 to the Browns’ family business, CoWealth LLC. [COJ v Katrina Brown]. […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 8, 2017

The city of Jacksonville has been frustrated in attempts to clawback almost $640,000 from the city of Jacksonville in grants and loans from the businesses of a Jacksonville City Councilwoman’s family business. Earlier this summer, the city won a default judgement against CoWealth LLC for $222,000, related to failure to create any of the 56 jobs required, via […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 3, 2017

These have been tough times, financially speaking, for the business interests of the family of Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown. Last week, the city of Jacksonville won what is essentially a worthless default judgement of $222,000 against two businesses owned by the Councilwoman’s family (with the Councilwoman as title manager) related to a failed BBQ sauce […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 29, 2017

From sauce to loss, the story continues. Thursday sees a foreclosure auction of the former Jerome Brown BBQ sauce plant in Northwest Jacksonville. There is an interesting gap between the assessed value of the plant ($958,700) and the final judgement amount ($2,795,533.89). CoWealth LLC, one of Councilwoman Katrina Brown‘s family’s shell companies, entered into an economic development deal […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 22, 2017

The city of Jacksonville has a message for two shell corporations for which Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown is title manager. Pay us the $210,549.99 you owe us. And while you’re at it, tack on another $10,585.01 for interest, calculated back to June 2016, when the city of Jacksonville began to move toward litigation. An amended motion for […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2017

Though it’s the summer of 2017, things are heating up already in the 2019 race for Jacksonville City Council District 8. And reaction to a town hall event held by incumbent Councilwoman Katrina Brown won’t cool the temperature. Diallo Sekou, who filed this week to take on the embattled first-term Democrat, posted to Facebook last night his […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 12, 2017

The fallout continues from a failed economic development agreement between the city of Jacksonville and “CoWealth” and “Basic Products, LLC“, family businesses of Councilwoman Katrina Brown. For both businesses, Councilwoman Brown — a member of the Council’s Finance Committee — is listed in SunBiz as the title manager. Back in 2011, the Browns, via “CoWealth” (one of […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 19, 2017

In an illustration of what happens when economic incentives go wrong, the parents of Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown jointly and separately filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week. This filing by Jerome Brown and JoAnn Brown staved off a foreclosure hearing that was slated for a Jacksonville court on Monday, with BizCapital — the primary lendor and guarantor of […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 20, 2017

The ongoing legal battle between the city of Jacksonville and the family business of Councilwoman Katrina Brown was slated to continue Thursday in the Duval County Courthouse. However, the defendants failed to show. The issue Thursday: a “motion to strike” a response in the case from the councilwoman’s mother, which involves two Brown businesses — “CoWealth LLC” […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 27, 2017

Earlier this month, “KJB Specialties D/B/A Jerome Brown BBQ” a business owned by the family of Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. With that filing comes a need to work out details: among them, salaries of the company’s officers. Last week, the councilor’s parents, JoAnn Brown and Jerome Brown, filed motions for an emergency hearing […]

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Reps. Steve Womack and Jason Crow. Image via AP.

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