Tag: jacksonville city council
Supporters celebrate the opening of a wheel-chair accessible playground at Anastasia State Park. Image via Florida State Parks Foundation.

A.G. GancarskiApril 22, 2018
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Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Brown filed weeks ago to run in the Democratic primary versus Senate Democratic Leader-designate Audrey Gibson. Yet he’s living a double life of sorts, as he remains on the Council. If Brown were running for a federal office, Friday would have been “resign to run” day. But as it is, he’s both an active […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 19, 2018
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On Tuesday, the board of Jacksonville’s public utility JEA picked former board member Aaron Zahn as its new interim CEO to serve for the next year. Meanwhile, CFO Melissa Dykes, passed over the CEO opening, will receive some sort of role change. Zahn and Dykes appeared at Thursday’s meeting of the Jacksonville City Council special committee on the […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 10, 2018
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Jacksonville City Council President Anna Brosche kicked off an “open government task force” Tuesday, with a conclave of community leaders exploring the concept of transparency. Featuring a host of characters ranging from co-chairs Hank Coxe and Sherry Magill to politicians Audrey Moran and Jim Overton to former Florida Times-Union columnist Ron Littlepage, the group will “undertake an in-depth review of Jacksonville’s legislative process and the […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 9, 2018
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For those who might want to challenge Republican Rory Diamond as he runs to succeed termed-out Bill Gulliford on the Jacksonville City Council, it’s getting late. Diamond, whose campaign is being handled by Lenny Curry‘s political adviser Tim Baker, banked another respectable month of fundraising in March, raising $8,350. He now has raised $119,000, with over $113,000 on hand. […]


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