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A.G. GancarskiAugust 21, 2015

On Thursday night, Tim McGraw played Jacksonville. Virtually everyone but this writer seemingly was there. Among those attending: three of the biggest power players in #jaxpol. Jax Chamber President Daniel Davis, Council President Greg Anderson, and, wearing a 10-gallon hat that his childhood idol Dusty Rhodes would have endorsed, Mayor Lenny Curry. Davis has spoken often in public, as recently […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 17, 2015

“August is a tough month if you’re on Finance, because you’re keeping up with your regular council work and the Finance Committee meetings,” Greg Anderson said Monday, providing a preamble to the regular Finance Committee meeting. There will be a special committee on public service grants, Anderson said, and in about two weeks there will […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 13, 2015

The Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee Budget Hearing Day One commenced with the administration overview, then a bracing 165-minute romp through capital improvement projects with Council Auditor Kirk Sherman. As the old song goes, “Let’s get this party started right; let’s get this party started quickly.” Overall, it was a very smooth session, with minor […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 11, 2015

As the new Jacksonville City Council settles in and bills wend their way through committees, Jacksonville City Council meetings haven’t truly heated up as they will during September’s budget deliberations. However, Jacksonville’s City Council is always a hotbed of entertainment and public interest, and Tuesday evening’s Council conclave was no exception. The Hemming Park funding […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 30, 2015

The sun shone brightly outside the Jax Chamber building, and inside the dispositions were no less sunny, as Jacksonville welcomed the Australian Macquarie Group to town. The company, in choosing Jacksonville for its southeastern operations, says it will bring 123 financial sector jobs to the Bold New City of the South. Saying he wished there […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 30, 2015

In the immortal words of Wyclef Jean, the Jacksonville City Council Special Committee on Capital Improvement Projects is “gone ’til November.” However, it did have one final meeting (aside from an expected cameo during August’s Finance Committee budget hearings) on Wednesday afternoon. Many fascinating topics were covered at the meeting, which included, at least for part […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 28, 2015

“City Council meetings are like Christmas twice a month. You know you’ll get a present. The question is whether it’s going to be a good one or a bad one,” Council President Greg Anderson said before the meeting The first City Council meeting of the new class was expected, going in, to be a quiet one. […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 27, 2015

Many Jacksonville residents are excited about the Jaguars resuming practice and play in the coming weeks. But for those who want a spectator sport sooner, there likely is no better place to be than the St. James Building on Tuesday, where the first City Council meeting of the new group will be underway. Unlike what […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 23, 2015

The Wednesday afternoon meeting of the Jacksonville City Council Capital Improvement Plan Special Committee was not a spectator sport. The CIP committee does a lot of the heavy lifting, respective to giving the larger council guidance on capital improvement projects, debt service, internal controls, cash transfers, and so much more. There are no discussions in […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 22, 2015

Optimism is the watchword at the St. James Building these days. You hear it from people on the outside, such as Jax Chamber Chairman Daniel Davis, who sent Curry a note this week that said it all: “Really glad that you are my mayor.” Spoiler alert: Don’t look for any drama when the Chamber gets […]

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