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Phil AmmannOctober 27, 2017

When it comes to statewide races in 2018, does Northeast Florida have a dog in the hunt? That’s a matter of interpretation. One of our big scoops this week — Congressman Ron DeSantis (insiders affirm) is ramping up for a possible run for Florida governor. DeSantis’ wife is on local television; he represents a district […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 20, 2017

Friday saw Gov. Rick Scott‘s Department of Economic Opportunity release September job numbers for Northeast Florida, a mixed bag in the wake of Irma. The good news, via the DEO: the Jacksonville area’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.4 percent in September, down 1.4 points from September 2016. Unemployment rates ranged from 2.7 percent in St. Johns […]

Phil AmmannOctober 20, 2017

Politics in Northeast Florida — except when hot-button social issues like lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights or Confederate monuments are in play — is often a matter of mechanics. Much of what we see in this week’s Bold: a matter of fundamentals, blocking and tackling. We see it with our region’s two congressmen, raising […]

Staff ReportsOctober 19, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott ordered flags at half-staff to honor former state Rep. James F. “Jim” Tullis, who died Saturday. Tullis represented District 17, which included Jacksonville, in the Florida House of Representatives for one term between 1999 and 2000. He graduated with a degree in business and economics from Jacksonville University in 1965, and he was an […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 16, 2017

$90,000,000 is one step closer for the acqusition, rebranding and rehab of four of Jacksonville’s most troubled low-income housing developments, which contain 768 units total. Jacksonville City Council resolution 2017-671, which would authorize $90,000,000 in Jacksonville Housing Finance Authority bonds for Millennia Housing Management (MHM) to “finance, acquire, rehab & equip four Multifamily Rental Housing Developments,” was approved by Council […]

Phil AmmannOctober 13, 2017

Jacksonville Bold is intended to appeal to a discerning audience, particularly to those who see politics for what it truly is — a confluence of money, power and timing. We see evidence of that in every Bold — and this week is no different, as Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry’s Kids Hope Alliance reform bill advanced through […]

Phil AmmannOctober 6, 2017

Jacksonville politics are returning to normal after a wild summer that included a newly assertive City Council flexing its muscles over Mayor Lenny Curry’s budget, followed by impacts from Hurricane Irma that are only now receding. Politicians, as you will read below, are still working to pick up the pieces, as photo ops are now replaced […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 6, 2017

The Duval County Emergency Operations Center is best known to Jacksonville locals from briefings during and after tropical storms. The facility, in a former Federal Reserve building, has a retro feel — and outdated elevators that need nearly three-quarters of a million dollars to refurbish, per internal emails obtained by FloridaPolitics.com. ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation offered a […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 29, 2017

What a month for Jacksonville. We survived it all. We survived Hurricane Irma and its floods that turned downtown to a lake and brought the river into some of the finest homes in Avondale and San Marco. Then, we survived the politicians’ photo ops. We saw the Jaguars court opprobrium when some knelt for the […]

Scott PowersSeptember 28, 2017

Enterprise Florida President Pete Antonacci said Thursday that pursuit of a new east coast headquarters planned by Amazon is his organization’s top priority right now, as the state’s economic development corporation coordinates bids from at least four different Sunshine State cities and encourages them to emphasize tax giveaway incentives. Speaking to the Florida Chamber of […]

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Jacksonville Bold for 10.27.17 — Looking toward 2018

Jacksonville area sees lower unemployment in September

Jacksonville Bold for 10.20.17 — Winning is everything

Flags at half-staff for former Jax Rep. Jim Tullis

Full Jax Council to vote on $90M for Section 8 complexes

Jacksonville Bold for 10.13.17 — Power, money and timing

Jacksonville Bold for 10.6.17 — After the storm

Jax could spend $700K+ on EOC elevators

Jacksonville Bold for 9.29.17 — Wake me up when September ends

Pete Antonacci: Amazon proposals to be as ‘incentive-bearing’ as possible