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A.G. GancarskiJune 22, 2018

Arguably, the most iconoclastic Democrat in the Florida Legislature, Rep. Kim Daniels appeared poised to sail to re-election. Now, she will have a primary challenge from Duval County School Board Chair Paula Wright. Wright qualified just before the noon Friday deadline and told Florida Politics that education issues are motivating her run. When asked to appraise Daniels’ […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 19, 2018

Monday brought good news for the city of Jacksonville, as the First District Court of Appeal rebuffed five plaintiffs challenging the city’s pension reform referendum of 2016. The city prevailed in circuit court last year over plaintiffs Joseph Andrews, Connie Benham, Dr. Juan P. Gray, Lynn Price and Reverend Levy Wilcox. They objected to the wording of the […]

Danny McAuliffeJune 18, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott is accepting invitations to participate in three fall debates leading up to the November election, in which he will try to oust incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. Among the network hosts: CNN, Telemundo 51 in Miami, and Jacksonville’s WJXT Channel 4 (co-hosted by the Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute). Dates and […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 18, 2018

With less than a year before Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry faces the voters, a “good news/bad news” scenario awaits his political operation. The good news: there’s no viable competition filed to run against him yet, even as one could make the argument that City Council antagonists Anna Brosche and Garrett Dennis have sounded like candidates for a while. The […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 18, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry kicked off his administration’s summer jobs program Monday, rebranded as the “Mayor’s Youth at Work Partnership.” Now in its 12th year, the program will serve 350 youth aged 16-21 between June 18 and July 27. They will have job opportunities; 20 hour-a-week gigs with both the city and the private sector. The goal […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 11, 2018

Rep. Clay Yarborough, a first-term Republican incumbent in Southside Jacksonville’s House District 12, put more distance between himself and Democratic challenger Tim Yost with May fundraising. Yarborough brought in $5,400 off of eight contributions, including maximum $1,000 contributions from Chemours, Advance America, and Comcast Yarborough has over $105,000 on hand, and no primary competition, as he prepares […]

Staff ReportsJune 8, 2018

Two of our top stories this week deal with primary battles for Congressional seats. They are interesting for what is said — and what is not. Mike Waltz is pushing fellow Republican John Ward to withdraw from the race in Florida’s 6th Congressional District. Waltz, like many across the political spectrum, believe that Ward saying that recent Puerto […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 6, 2018

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It’s rare that a Debt Affordabilty Study qualifies as a good-news story, but in the case of Jacksonville, most metrics are bullish. Debt service costs and debt per capita are below targets, while reserve funds are trending toward their targets. “Through recent strong financial management, as recognized by the ratings agencies, a strong economy, low […]

Peter SchorschJune 1, 2018

The literary field of semiotics, as articulated by French theorist Ferdinand de Saussure, boils down to a relationship between signs and their intended meaning. The ultimate meaning of those signs is not fixed; rather, it moves with cultural interpretation. As we find ourselves now less than three months before primary elections for the 2018 ballot, we […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 31, 2018

Jacksonville mayoral candidate Connell Crooms, running without party affiliation, got some coverage this week for calling incumbent Mayor Lenny Curry a “racist bully.” “It seems for the sake of professional decorum, the people of color on city council are too afraid to say what black people in Jacksonville have long been saying: Lenny Curry is […]

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Paula Wright to challenge Kim Daniels in HD 14 Dem primary

Jacksonville wins appeal of pension reform lawsuit

Rick Scott accepts trio of fall debates

Lenny Curry critics ‘chirp’ about strongman tactics, transparency issues, stalled agenda

Jacksonville youth summer jobs program to emphasize ‘career pathways’

Clay Yarborough expands cash lead over Democratic challenger in HD 12

Jacksonville Bold for 6.8.18 — Tribal warfare

Strong metrics abound in Jacksonville debt affordability study

Jacksonville Bold for 6.1.18 — Signs and symbols

Connell Crooms doubles down on ‘racist bully’ claim against Lenny Curry