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A.G. GancarskiJanuary 23, 2015

The war of words regarding the first Alvin Brown commercial of his r-eelection campaign continued yesterday with a press release from the Curry campaign that made new claims that the “He Cut His Own Pay” spot was dishonest. The second press release from Team Curry specifically took issue with the involvement of local developer and […]

Julie DelegalJanuary 22, 2015

Jacksonville needs to get on top of police-and-fire pension reform, and failing to do it now amounts to playing politics with taxpayer money. And contrary to what a recent direct mail piece would have us believe, it’s not the mayor who’s playing fast and loose with our tax dollars. Our past rates of payment on […]

Melissa RossJanuary 20, 2015

Monday night’s Duval County Republican Party gathering ended with the endorsement of Jacksonville mayoral candidate Lenny Curry (albeit with some complications). But the meeting had another unexpected bit of drama when 26-year-old Jesse Wilson, a former Republican City Council candidate, writer for Void Magazine, and supporter of Republican mayoral candidate Bill Bishop, was kicked out of […]

Melissa RossJanuary 20, 2015

Monday night’s Duval County Republican Party gathering ended with the endorsement of Jacksonville mayoral candidate Lenny Curry (albeit with some complications). But the meeting had another unexpected bit of drama when 26-year-old Jesse Wilson, a former Republican City Council candidate, writer for Void Magazine, and supporter of Republican mayoral candidate Bill Bishop, was kicked out of […]

Melissa RossJanuary 16, 2015

It wasn’t your typical night out at the movies. At a recent Jacksonville screening of the MLK biopic Selma, a who’s who of the city’s African-American business and political elite hobnobbed in the crowd, buying popcorn and snapping selfies with the rest of the moviegoers. Community activist Chevara Orrin, the daughter of the late civil […]

Melissa RossJanuary 16, 2015

It wasn’t your typical night out at the movies. At a recent Jacksonville screening of the MLK biopic Selma, a who’s who of the city’s African-American business and political elite hobnobbed in the crowd, buying popcorn and snapping selfies with the rest of the moviegoers. Community activist Chevara Orrin, the daughter of the late civil […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 16, 2015

The Mayor’s Policy Proposals Get Criticized from the Right, as His Non-Position on Courthouse Weddings Gets Critiqued Elsewhere Jacksonville’s 28th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast, held at the Prime Osborn Convention Center today, seemed like it would be a relatively anodyne affair at the outset. But this is the political season in Jacksonville and […]

Julie DelegalJanuary 14, 2015

I live in paradise. A broad, blue river runs through my city, crossed by seven bridges – three or four of them works of art in themselves. The skyline at night, sparkling in the mirror-blackness of the St. Johns, never fails to take my breath away. I love Jacksonville as I would a member of […]

Julie DelegalJanuary 14, 2015

I live in paradise. A broad, blue river runs through my city, crossed by seven bridges – three or four of them works of art in themselves. The skyline at night, sparkling in the mirror-blackness of the St. Johns, never fails to take my breath away. I love Jacksonville as I would a member of […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 11, 2015

Jacksonville wants change and opportunity, says the latest email from Republican candidate Lenny Curry, who is in “full swing” and ready to make his bid for Mayor official this week. Change and leadership are exactly what Curry is promising voters he will bring to the mayor’s office, as he announces a qualifying kickoff event on Wednesday. […]

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Duval Democrats dispute Lenny Curry camp commercial claim

Julie Delegal: Pension politics squanders millions in Jax tax dollars

Young Jax Republican tossed from meeting bemoans ‘divisiveness’ of local, national GOP

Young Jax Republican tossed from meeting bemoans 'divisiveness' of local, national GOP

Jacksonville’s black Democrats say Alvin Brown carries weight of being ‘first’

Jacksonville's black Democrats say Alvin Brown carries weight of being 'first'

Civil Rights (and wrongs) at Duval County MLK Jr. Breakfast

Julie Delegal: Axe Handle Saturday dims; Civil Rights Saturday shines

Julie Delegal: New milestone joins Axe Handle Saturday – Civil Rights Saturday

Email insights: Lenny Curry makes it official, promises change, leadership