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A.G. GancarskiNovember 13, 2015

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In a Friday conversation, Neil Henrichsen, chairman of the Duval County Democratic Party, rendered specific criticisms of the $90 million capital improvement deal proposed to improve the EverBank Field part of the Sports Complex, which includes, among other things, a proposed amphitheater. Henrichsen’s take: Lenny Curry, in attempting to push through the deal via legislation last week, […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 9, 2015

With efforts to push the expansion of the Human Rights Ordinance to include LGBT people underway, the Duval County Democratic Party is bringing in one of the mayors mostly closely identified with similar legislation out west, in the form of Houston Mayor Annise Parker. Parker will be special guest speaker at a Duval DEC gala at […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 25, 2015

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District 14 City Council Candidate Jason Tetlak is a nice guy and a principled guy. No one will disagree with that. He may be too nice and too principled for the Duval County Democratic Party, according to an email chain obtained by this reporter. The drama started on February 19, when Richard Shieldhouse emailed Party Chair Neil Henrichsen […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 5, 2015

Gay marriage is now legal in the state of Florida. Despite this fact, many Courthouses – including in Duval County, where Ronnie Fussell serves as the Clerk of Court – have thwarted the ruling in spirit by discontinuing courthouse weddings for both same-sex and opposite-sex couples. The reaction to this has been relatively slow to […]

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