A.G. GancarskiFebruary 25, 2019
8min414
Jacksonville candidates up and down the ballot pitched Northside voters Monday.
Tag: Diallo-Sekou Seabrooks
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 25, 2019A.G. GancarskiJanuary 11, 2019
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Last year, Democrat Ju’Coby Pittman was the less controversial of the two appointees selected to fill in for Jacksonville City Council members suspended pending fraud charges. Pittman, appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to fill in for Katrina Brown in District 8, launched a campaign for the office late last year, amid what was and is a crowded field. December […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 29, 2018
6min320
Jacksonville held another iteration of its yearly jazz festival over Memorial Day weekend, but a number of local politicians critiqued a scheduling decision for the well-attended event. City decision makers did not use the Jacksonville Landing as a location for a festival stage; a move not altogether surprising given the continued legal back and forth between […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 14, 2018
3min273
Note: A previous version of this article indicated that a Council colleague of Brown’s, who had been pulled over by police, was arrested. He was merely interrogated. We regret the confusion. Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown has drawn no fewer than seven challengers for her District 8 seat. Six of them were from her own Democratic […]
A.G. GancarskiApril 16, 2018
8min727
Jacksonville City Council fundraising is picking up, less than a year before the March election. Below are ten insights (in no hierarchical order) into trends we are seeing in local races. —- Ron Salem holds serve: In the now-three-way race between Republicans Ron Salem and Bill Bishop and recently-filed Democrat Darren Mason in At Large […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 29, 2018
11min388
Duval County Democrats are dealing with unusual scrutiny and internal tension in the wake of remarks allegedly made by state committeeman John Parker at a dinner in January. The remarks were first discussed with Florida Politics in February, with James Deininger, the secretary of the Florida Senior Democratic Caucus, alleging that Parker made comments at […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 6, 2018
3min323
Let the “four more years” chants begin for two first-term Jacksonville City Council members. On Tuesday, Democratic Councilwoman Katrina Brown launched her bid for re-election in District 8. Days before that, Republican Al Ferraro launched his re-election bid in District 2. Brown and Ferraro face different paths to re-election. Brown has issues other incumbents don’t. She has […]
A.G. GancarskiJune 13, 2017
5min353
Embattled Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown has a challenger in her expected 2019 re-election bid: Diallo-Sekou Seabrooks. Seabrooks (generally referred to, and referred to herein, as “Diallo Sekou“), is a legit community activist who operates an urban farm, is pivotal in the activist group The Kemetic Empire, and who also operates summer camps for youth, […]