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A.G. GancarskiJanuary 29, 2016

The most interesting part of the State of the Franchise event for the Jacksonville Jaguars, for this writer, came at the end. In a press gaggle, where the same sports reporters went through the same tired questions about London and relocation, this reporter was finally able to push forward and get a question in. There […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 28, 2016

Where does Lenny Curry fall on the expansion of Jacksonville’s Human Rights Ordinance to the LGBT community? The decision, which he pledged to make by the end of January, is imminent, said Kerri Stewart, Curry’s Chief of Staff, Thursday. Stewart added that he has been locked in “discernment,” as Council President Greg Anderson described it earlier this month. However, […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 28, 2016

On Thursday morning, Lori Boyer met with Aaron Bowman and current Council President Greg Anderson, soliciting and receiving their support for her Jacksonville City Council presidency bid. The Boyer ascension to the top spot is a foregone conclusion at this point. The utility of these meetings: finding out the priorities of other Council members. Bowman, locked in a […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 26, 2016

The JAX Chamber of Commerce board of directors in a prepared statement Tuesday “reaffirmed its 1992 Declaration of Community Values and urged the Jacksonville City Council to pass an all-inclusive ordinance to ensure everyone in our community has equal protection against discrimination.” “The Chamber has a long history of leading on issues of equality in […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 19, 2016

A week after anti-HRO Roy Bay shocked Jacksonville with confessing child molestation at City Council Public Comment (a phrase I never expected to type), he’s got a new look and a new story. He told WJXT on Tuesday that he had molested young boys in the 1970s and 1980s, after being sold into sex slavery to a man […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 19, 2016

In a packed conference room, Jax City Council members, media, and activists convened to discuss the Committee of the Whole process Tuesday. Council President Greg Anderson, by necessity, reiterated much of what he’s said already on the subject, saying that the process would encompass the current bills, in addition to anything that may be coming from […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 19, 2016

For the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality, it’s all About the Benjamins on Jan. 29. A $100 suggested contribution is the price of admission for the Jacksonville Equality Affair. Speaking at the event: JCE Chair Dan Merkan, Councilman Tommy Hazouri, and Bishop Lorenzo Hall. Sponsorship opportunities start at $200, with the top end of the range exceeded only by […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 19, 2016

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On Tuesday morning, Doyle Carter joined John Crescimbeni, Aaron Bowman, and Matt Schellenberg in the Jacksonville City Council vice president race. The public notice meeting he called to this effect had plenty of room for whomever, though. No one showed except the councilman, his assistant, a staffer from the mayor’s office, and this reporter. During the half hour meeting, Carter […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 15, 2016

Several Jacksonville City Council members on Friday gave their take on the comments Roy Bay made this week in public comment on HRO expansion. Bay, perceived by some people as a plant put up to make a false connection between the serial child molestation he confessed to and homosexuality, shocked those watching in the room and at […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 14, 2016

Roy Bay‘s comments in front of Jacksonville’s City Council shocked the city Tuesday. On Thursday, though, he said he’s moved downstate, as the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says it’s looking into his statements. The Jacksonville man, a member of the Evangel Temple, described a lurid past for himself as he spoke against the city’s proposed expansion […]

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