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

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2018
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Brian Hughes, chief of staff for Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, has been cleared of charges that he violated any laws in an interaction earlier this week with a City Council staffer. Hughes had been accused of “accosting” Jeneen Sanders, assistant to Council President Anna Brosche, in a conversation over Curry’s office not being copied on an email from […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 13, 2018
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Former U.S. Senator and Florida Gov. Bob Graham addressed a packed room Tuesday in Jacksonville at the North Florida Land Trust’s annual meeting. Graham, the keynote speaker at the event, discussed water issues and tenets of effective lobbying. Water, Graham said, would be a “continuing challenge” for Florida, due to anticipated population growth and development. Currently, […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 12, 2018
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On Monday, Jacksonville City Council President Anna Brosche rolled out a proposal for a task force on civil rights history. Via a draft memo, Brosche advanced a proposal for a 25 person task force, chaired by School Board member Warren Jones and Ju’Coby Pittman. Board members include, but are not limited to, Chris Hand, Hope McMath, Tony Allegretti, Marcus Pollard, Ennis Davis, Isaiah […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 8, 2018
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Empower Jacksonville, a group seeking to allow referendums to change Jacksonville’s charter, received a major, perhaps fatal, setback Thursday from the city’s Office of General Counsel. Empower Jacksonville, associated with the Liberty Counsel, wanted two ballot items voted on in August 2018. The first: a referendum to change the city’s charter to allow citizens to challenge […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 8, 2018
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As Jacksonville considers the increasingly less hypothetical question of whether or not to sell its public utility, JEA, a bill (2018-101) filed this week would earmark any proceeds. The bill, filed by Republican City Councilman Matt Schellenberg, would set up a restricted reserve account, which would require a two-thirds vote to access funds therein. In a conversation Thursday […]


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