A.G. GancarskiOctober 3, 2023
6min0
Legislative committees have been united in their opposition. Will the full Council follow?
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A.G. GancarskiOctober 3, 2023A.G. GancarskiApril 16, 2020
4min535
Charter schools will get their cut.
A.G. GancarskiApril 15, 2020
5min691
What a difference a year makes.
A.G. GancarskiApril 7, 2020
4min732
Can a sales tax hike sell in post-COVID 19 world?
A.G. GancarskiAugust 20, 2019
6min237
"We have a lot of Council business."
A.G. GancarskiJune 18, 2019
5min660
"Deferring ... means this bill may never come up again."
A.G. GancarskiDecember 5, 2017
7min371
The opioid overdose crisis in Jacksonville has taxed city resources on a number of fronts, including those not visible to the public, such as the Medical Examiner’s office. Numerous city hall conversations this year have spotlighted the pressures created by the unnatural and unbudgeted deaths of the overdose crisis. WJXT reported on a cry for […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 25, 2017
3min209
Members of the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee asserted that they felt “targeted” by a poll from the political committee Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams ahead of their inevitable vote to authorize the hire of 100 new police officers. They asserted that the poll was an attempt to pressure them into voting to authorize the hires, before […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 25, 2017
6min259
The Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee put Sheriff Mike Williams through the wringer during this year’s budget process. They pushed back against budget asks two weeks ago, compelling the Sheriff to return Friday morning, where he spent roughly an hour answering questions related to a poll his political committee ran. Among the items in suspension: 100 […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 25, 2017
7min354
Friday saw the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee move toward wrapping up budget deliberations. However, there was still some unfinished business with various departments. And the most interesting bit of business was political business — not budgetary. — The big enchilada: the 100 new police officers and other proposals from JSO, which were not approved […]