Tag: Harriet Pruette

A.G. GancarskiJune 1, 2016
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Criticism is mounting of the Aug. 30 Jacksonville pension tax referendum, which would, if passed, extend the half-cent infrastructure sales tax from 2030 until 2060, or whenever current pension debt is retired. The mayor of Neptune Beach, Harriet Pruette, emailed Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry in May, hoping to ensure the beach communities aren’t left out in the […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 24, 2016
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Though Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry hasn’t said the Jacksonville beach communities would suffer from any aspect of the potential extension of the half-cent sales tax, at least one beach community mayor, Harriet Pruette of Neptune Beach, is in a “trust but verify” mode. A letter from Pruette to Curry wants to know Curry’s “plans to ensure that […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 10, 2015
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The Jacksonville Beaches on the Fourth of July have a certain amount of public safety concerns. Townies cross the ditch, get blitzed, and act the fool. Since Independence Day 2011, when there was a bit of a melee at Jax Beach, there has been increased vigilance. That’s the price of doing business. Neptune Beach has […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 22, 2015
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Though this reporter’s focus has been on the Sam Mousa budget review marathon, Lenny Curry‘s transition committee meetings continue apace at Jacksonville University. Today, we are sitting in on a couple of these; the first, as the title suggests, is Operations, Human Resources, and Productivity. The big news out of this: a Neighborhoods Department, cut in recent […]

Melissa RossMarch 3, 2015
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The Lenny Curry campaign is pushing back against complaints about mailers its Together for a Greater Jacksonville PAC have sent to Republican and independent voters as the March 24 unitary election draws near. The mailings have been criticized as inflammatory in their messaging against incumbent Mayor Alvin Brown. Curry campaign manager Brian Hughes has quickly […]

Melissa RossMarch 3, 2015
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The Lenny Curry campaign is pushing back against complaints about mailers its Together for a Greater Jacksonville PAC have sent to Republican and independent voters as the March 24 unitary election draws near. The mailings have been criticized as inflammatory in their messaging against incumbent Mayor Alvin Brown. Curry campaign manager Brian Hughes has quickly […]


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