A.G. GancarskiApril 8, 2024
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The Fraternal Order of Police wants big raises. The Mayor says a deal will get done.
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A.G. GancarskiApril 8, 2024A.G. GancarskiJuly 31, 2018
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The symbiotic relationship between Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and the city’s public safety unions was memorialized anew Tuesday, with the police and fire unions both endorsing Curry’s re-election. The Fraternal Order of Police endorsement lauded Curry for “budgets that give us the tools we need to do our jobs” and “the resources we need to take […]
A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2018
6min554
In a telephone interview Wednesday afternoon, former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown addressed current and past issues that still occlude his bid for the Democratic nomination in Florida’s 5th Congressional District. Among the issues: incumbent Congressman Al Lawson calling Brown “absent Alvin” and other issues from Brown’s mayoralty, including failure/unwillingness to get LGBT rights legislation through Council, and […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 30, 2018
2min633
U.S. Rep. Al Lawson‘s re-election campaign rolled out an endorsement Wednesday from the Jacksonville Fraternal Order of Police. The local is backing Lawson, a first-term Democrat from Tallahassee, in his primary challenge from Alvin Brown, a former Jacksonville Mayor. Brown didn’t even sit for an interview with the union — and given Lawson’s history of support for and from […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 14, 2018
3min604
Jacksonville’s local Fraternal Order of Police went bipartisan with its latest swath of endorsements for the state House, including choosing a Democrat over a field of Republicans running to replace Jay Fant. In House District 15, the FOP endorsed Tracye Polson over Republicans Wyman Duggan, Joseph Hogan, and Mark Zeigler. The language of the endorsement lauded Polson’s “dedication to her […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 14, 2017
4min257
In February, the Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund Board of Trustees balked at a Mar. 15 deadline to vote on the city’s latest pension plan. The board had worried that there would not be enough time to review the data of the new plan, which offers raises and uniformity of benefits for current employees, […]
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 11, 2017
5min323
The city of Jacksonville on Saturday struck a historic, revolutionary (and still tentative) pension accord with the Fraternal Order of Police and the Jacksonville Association of Firefighters. And not a moment too soon: Feb. 11 was the city’s “deadline” for the unions to take its offer. The deal offers long-delayed raises to current employees (a […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 2, 2016
11min347
Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown renewed her push for citizen review boards for police shootings on Friday morning. It’s a heavy lift, as charter precludes such a board; however, a sheriff’s office reform task force last month suggested that such a mechanism may be a worthwhile reform, even as the police union opposed it. Brown has prioritized […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 28, 2016
11min284
Steve Zona, the head of the Jacksonville branch of the Fraternal Order of Police, got some backup over the holiday weekend from leaders of the state and national FOP in the biggest debate his union has had in some time. They conveyed a clear message: the FOP has support in what looks to be a protracted […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 31, 2016
3min162
Not every candidate the Jacksonville Fraternal Order of Police endorsed won on Tuesday. Angela Corey lost by a more than a 2-to-1 margin in her race for re-election as 4th Circuit State Attorney. Donnie Horner, Dick Kravitz, and Terrance Freeman lost their races for the state House. It remains to be seen if Mark Hulsey won his race […]