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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 […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 4, 2015

Hogan Focused on SOE; Curry still Faces Battle with Bishop. As reported last week, former 2011 Mayoral Candidate Mike Hogan, who was rumored to be in the Mayoral race as late as New Year’s Day, in fact is running for Supervisor of Elections in Duval County. This move obviously benefits the Republican Party in a […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 4, 2015

On New Year’s Eve, the Times Union reported that, in response to the imminent legalization of gay marriage in the state of Florida, courthouse weddings are a thing of the past in Duval, Clay and Baker Counties in Northeast Florida. The Tia Mitchell piece contained a treasure trove of horrifying details, such as this tidbit […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 8, 2014

The last two weeks have seen seismic change in the Duval County GOP. In the wake of Duval County Republican Party Secretary Kim Crenier’s explosive tweets on her personal account on the Ferguson verdict and aftermath, with one of them ending up crossposted on the @JaxGOP Twitter account, two Republican Party Officers have decided to […]

Phil AmmannDecember 2, 2014

Duval County School Board Member Jason Fischer is looking to take his brand of conservative values and education reforms to Tallahassee. The Jacksonville native and former CSX executive filed paperwork this week for a 2016 run as a Republican for House District 16, currently held by state Rep. Charles McBurney, who is serving his final […]

Gary FineoutSeptember 29, 2014

A two-year voter fraud investigation that centered on a company once aligned with the Republican Party of Florida has wrapped up with the arrest of a former employee. Four people, including William T. Hazard of Boynton Beach, wound up getting up charged over allegations of submitting false voter registration forms. State investigators looked at questionable […]

Julie DelegalJuly 17, 2014

Florida’s schools have been graded since FCAT began under Gov. Lawton Chiles in 1998. There weren’t any consequences for the first few years — no “turnaround” lists, no teacher bonuses — as schools were given the chance to adjust to the brand new test. Standards of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test have been ramped up […]

Julie DelegalMarch 2, 2014

Journalists at the Florida Times Union have set the Internet ablaze by publishing a Florida Department of Education database of teacher-evaluations information. The paper’s editors sued the state to force the release of the data and won their public records lawsuit that they filed in February of last year. While the paper lost at the district […]

Tag: Duval County

In Duval courthouse marriage debate, party does not predict position

Duval GOP a step closer to unity

A.G. Gancarski: Unhappy New Year – 1815? – in Duval, Clay, Baker counties

Duval County GOP shakeup: Rick Hartley and Kim Crenier stand down – Why now?

Duval County School Board Member Jason Fischer files to run for House District 16 seat

2 year voter fraud probe results in arrest

Julie Delegal: Charter school grades should alarm every Floridian

Julie Delegal: Educators upset with state’s system for assessing teacher performance