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A.G. GancarskiAugust 12, 2015

It’s the most exciting time of the year in #jaxpol: the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee budget hearings start Thursday! For those upset that Jacksonville lacks a Disney-style theme park attraction, no worries: the next couple of weeks offers a veritable thrill ride through a mystery maze of line items, subfunds, and allocations. And you […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 11, 2015

As the new Jacksonville City Council settles in and bills wend their way through committees, Jacksonville City Council meetings haven’t truly heated up as they will during September’s budget deliberations. However, Jacksonville’s City Council is always a hotbed of entertainment and public interest, and Tuesday evening’s Council conclave was no exception. The Hemming Park funding […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 28, 2015

“City Council meetings are like Christmas twice a month. You know you’ll get a present. The question is whether it’s going to be a good one or a bad one,” Council President Greg Anderson said before the meeting The first City Council meeting of the new class was expected, going in, to be a quiet one. […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 2, 2015

Jacksonville City Council is headed for summer break … but not before a lunch meeting with Mayor Lenny Curry and Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa. Spox Bill Spann told me, going in, that this would be more of a high-level overview than a deep dive meeting. Time will tell. And so will this blog. 12:00: Council members are filing […]

Melissa RossJune 30, 2015

Calling public safety and the city’s stretched finances his top priorities, new Jacksonville City Council president Greg Anderson says the city is heading into “an exciting time” as a new mayor and council are sworn in July 1. “If we can create an environment where the executive and legislative branches are working together, Jacksonville is […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 29, 2015

The Jacksonville City Council calendar is officially in a lull, with a fifth week break transitioning into a summer break, but with new faces in Duval County’s executive and legislative branches, it probably is a good idea that the mayor and the new council members meet. And on Thursday at high noon, they shall. Curry, […]

Melissa RossJune 29, 2015

With reaction continuing to pour in after the Friday Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage, Jacksonville LGBT activists say they’re ready to take another crack at updating the city’s human rights ordinance. “We’re trying again,” says Jacksonville attorney and activist Jimmy Midyette, who chairs the Northeast Florida LGBT Leadership PAC, and thinks the climate is now a […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 25, 2015

One of the best pieces of clickbait all day Wednesday in Jacksonville was the one about a proposal in front of city council to ban people from parking “backed in” to their driveways. WJXT and The Florida Times-Union both had their takes on it. And the Facebook posts for both blew up with righteous indignation. If […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 23, 2015

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In a long debate, Ordinance 2015-327, prohibiting collection bins for thrift stores and the like, passed 17-1 at Tuesday night’s Jacksonville City Council meeting. The sole abstaining vote was Councilman Reggie Brown, who essentially argued that banning such bins was a value judgement. Reggie Gaffney made a similar contention; however, he ultimately voted for the bill. Speaking […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 23, 2015

The big news coming out of the Jacksonville City Council meeting: the repeal of 2015-436, the ordinance passed two weeks ago issuing a moratorium on Charlotte’s Web cultivation, processing, and distribution. Recall that two weeks ago, as almost the very last act in the Council meeting, the Council passed the moratorium by a unanimous vote. […]

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Jax City Council budget hearings start Thursday

Jax City Council approves Hemming Park deal 18-1

Jacksonville City Council: July 28, 2015 recap

Lenny Curry, Jax City Council hold first lunch meeting

Greg Anderson on new Jax mayor, council: “We’ve got a new day”

Lenny Curry to meet with Jacksonville City Council Thursday

With same-sex marriage now legal coast to coast, Jax activists eye city’s HRO once again

Prediction: Jacksonville City Council will not ban backing into your driveway

Collection bins prohibited in Jacksonville, backyard hens approved

Jacksonville City Council repeals Charlotte’s Web moratorium