A.G. GancarskiDecember 18, 2020
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A.G. GancarskiDecember 18, 2020A.G. GancarskiMarch 20, 2018
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Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum addressed a crowd of Jacksonville Democrats Monday evening, his second Northeast Florida foray in three days. Gillum is no stranger to the region; in fact, he was campaigning here even in his pre-candidate phase. Though Gillum’s remarks were familiar to those who have heard his stump speech, they were welcome expressions for Democrats […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 20, 2017
6min244
On Thursday, Oct. 26, the Duval County Democratic Executive Committee brings a big name to town for a fundraiser. Former HUD Secretary Julian Castro, who may be in the mix for the 2020 Democratic Presidential race, is headed to Jacksonville for a fundraiser event designed to appeal to all price levels: a $50 “meet and greet” […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 21, 2016
4min226
The Duval County Democratic Party is seeking a new chair and the frontrunner is Sen. Audrey Gibson. Yet Gibson is facing one challenger who is calling her out for putting “politics over people.” Jimmy Deininger, Gibson’s opponent in the December election, notes that “our local party is in a state of dysfunction, and to overcome this […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 31, 2016
15min282
The northeast Florida primaries have been in the books for almost 24 hours at this writing. A review of the winners — and the losers — goes beyond the election returns to look at what happened to create these outcomes that will, in historical retrospect, seem inevitable. Winners Lenny Curry — The chattering classes told him he couldn’t get […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 24, 2016
5min185
What if someone called a press conference and Jacksonville City Council “public comment” broke out? That was the scene Wednesday as a half-dozen opponents of County Referendum 1 — the so-called “pension tax” vote, which would extend a current half-cent sales tax past its current sunset date in 2030 and devote it to the $2.85 billion […]
A.G. GancarskiApril 21, 2016
4min250
FloridaPolitics.com has learned that Jacksonville City Councilman Tommy Hazouri made political contributions from his office account, violating Florida Statute 106.141. Hazouri had two expenditures that could be defined as “political contributions” in Q4 2015. The first expenditure: a $250 Nov. 5 donation to the Florida Democratic Party, itemized as a “donation to send Young Democrats to South […]