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A.G. GancarskiNovember 17, 2016

Jacksonville’s Carlucci family is inextricably linked with Jacksonville history. Joe Carlucci was a councilman from the days of consolidation. Matt Carlucci carried on the family’s tradition of public service, serving three terms on the council, including a stint as president. Now Carlucci is the chairman of the Florida Commission on Ethics. Yet his time there is nearing an […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 16, 2016

On Wednesday, the Finance Committee of the Jacksonville City Council became the third and final committee to approve revisions to the Tourist Development Council schematic. The bill was approved 5-1, with Aaron Bowman in dissent. A sticking point in committees in previous days was a provision in the bill that the current and most recent council […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 15, 2016

At a press availability Tuesday afternoon across the street from the Cleveland Arms apartment complex, a group of Jacksonville City Council members united to declare that enough is enough when it comes to gun violence. To that end, they are proposing solutions to an epidemic that has seen multiple people shot — most in Northwest Jacksonville […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 9, 2016

On an otherwise light agenda for the Jacksonville City Council Wednesday evening, the panel unanimously approved Project Mountain, a package which brings capital investment and business expansion to one of the city’s most economically challenged areas. The bill “authorizes execution of an economic development agreement between the City and Project Mountain (company name temporarily confidential)” […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 2, 2016

When Jacksonville City Council President Lori Boyer took the helm this summer, she sought to expand the council’s role as a policymaking body. Primary to that charge were “special committees,” set to immediately follow the regular committee meetings every two weeks. Though some council members have voiced concerns that the special committees present a time burden, committee […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 2, 2016

Progress on the eventual re-development of the Jacksonville Shipyards likely will be measured in months, if not years, if a Wednesday meeting of the Jacksonville City Council’s Finance Committee is any indication. Back in 2014, an ordinance was passed by the same legislative body to fund cleanup of the Shipyards in advance of a sale […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 26, 2016

Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown, a member of the Finance Committee, continues to be plagued by financial issues related to a family businesses. In September, the Florida Times-Union reported that the Brown family company, “Cowealth,” was looking to sell a building bought to house a barbecue sauce plant in Northwest Jacksonville, in the wake of non-performance […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 25, 2016

Tuesday’s meeting of the Jacksonville City Council involved the body’s second attempt to finally resolve the zoning for a proposed microbrewery in the Urban Core’s Springfield neighborhood. The holdup? The microbrewery, to be called “6th and Main”, is within a 1,500-foot minimum distance of several churches and a school. Such proximity violates city ordinance and required […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2016

For a second time this fall, Tuesday’s meeting of the Jacksonville City Council’s Land Use and Zoning committee voted in favor of allowing a microbrewery to open in Springfield at 1636 N. Main St. The vote was 4-1 in favor this time, with Doyle Carter the sole opponent. But it took a long, long time to get there. […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 13, 2016

On Thursday, Jacksonville City Council members Scott Wilson, John Crescimbeni, and Greg Anderson convened to discuss an issue of interest to Wilson: commercial corridors in need of re-development. Wilson, elected in 2015, has contended Jacksonville’s economic incentives policy doesn’t accommodate his district on Jacksonville’s Southside, where many neighborhoods have economic issues, but don’t qualify for incentives in the city’s recently […]

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(L-R) Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Shlomo Danzinger, Charles Burkett. Images via the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, Shlomo Danzinger and the Assocciated Press.

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