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A.G. GancarskiOctober 30, 2015

Whodini posed the immortal question: “Friends – how many of us have them?” In the case of U.S. Representative Corrine Brown, she has plenty, including two groups of them: “Friends of Corrine Brown” and her new posse, “Friends of Congresswoman Corrine Brown.” And in a Friday afternoon email, the latter group warned about a “Republican dirty trick” […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 28, 2015

[Updated 3:10 PM with Lenny Curry comments] In a Wednesday afternoon press conference, Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee Chair Bill Gulliford put the perpetually embattled Police and Fire Pension Fund on blast, in the wake of the long-awaited results of the forensic audit. Adding to the intrigue: former PFPF director John Keane had not seen the […]

Melissa RossOctober 21, 2015

An emailed report from the National Immigration Justice Center (NIJC) claims widespread abuse of detained immigrants at the Baker County Detention Center. The report, “Lives in Peril: How Ineffective Inspections Make ICE Complicit in Immigration Detention Abuse” was released by the National Immigration Justice Center (NIJC) and Detention Watch Network (DWN). The report draws on information […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 9, 2015

As James Rosica reported, Florida Judge Terry Lewis on Friday endorsed the Congressional Districts map drawn by League of Women Voters of Florida and Common Cause. That was a setback for U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, who issued a news release signalling her opposition to what she called an attempt to disenfranchise minority voters in CD 5. As she […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 7, 2015

Cord Byrd is one of six candidates in the crowded HD 11 primary to replace term-limited Janet Adkins, and odds aren’t necessarily with him. With just under $9,000 in the bank, he trails Donnie Horner and Sheri Treadwell in the race for campaign cash. Despite this, Byrd has a distinction the other candidates in that primary […]

Ryan RaySeptember 25, 2015

Democratic state Senate candidate Andrew Korge came out swinging against Republican Rep. Janet Adkins on Thursday. Korge, son of major Democratic bundler Chris Korge, called Adkins’ private comments published in POLITICO Florida discussing how to defeat U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown by manipulating her district to include more black prison inmates “disgusting” in a statement Thursday evening. “Representative Adkins should be ashamed […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 24, 2015

During Public Comment at the end of the Duval Delegation Meeting, Pastor Kenneth Adkins spoke on Janet Adkins‘s “inside ball game” comments about the redistricting of Corrine Brown’s CD 5, which were first reported in Politico. No, the two Adkinses are not related. This ensured that, despite the best efforts of the chairwoman’s agenda, the biggest political controversy […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 24, 2015

Though the most newsworthy thing related to the Duval Legislative Delegation this week was state Rep. Janet Adkins‘ comments about the efficacy of packing prisons into Rep. Corrine Brown‘s CD 5, that wasn’t on the agenda. Instead, the big items involved two pending pieces of legislation: the J-1 Bill, which would relax requirements of restaurants […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 24, 2015

In a Thursday morning statement, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown responded to Wednesday’s reports that State House Rep. Janet Adkins advocated packing Brown’s district with prisoners to complicate Brown’s path to re-election. Brown asserted, in a written statement, that “I have been saying from the outset” that the redrawn boundaries of District 5 make it a […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 24, 2015

The Duval County Legislative Delegation meets Thursday at Jacksonville’s City Hall. Had Janet Adkins not made her now widely reported comments about the redrawn 5th Congressional District of Corrine Brown there might not have been so much attention on the meeting. Adkins had commented at a recent Republican Party meeting that by “reducing the percentage […]

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Email insights: “Friends of Congresswoman Corrine Brown” on “Republican dirty trick”

Bill Gulliford blasts Jax PFPF in wake of forensic audit

Email insights: Report details immigrant abuse at Baker County Detention Center

Corrine Brown blasts “partisan” map, lawyers up

HD 11 candidate Cord Byrd to participate in Jacksonville gun control forum

Andrew Korge slams Janet Adkins’ comments on black prisoners in CD 5

Janet Adkins dodges media questions on prison-packed CD 5 comments

Duval Legislative Delegation backs J-1, St. Johns River bills

Corrine Brown responds to Janet Adkins comments on prison-packed CD 5 map

Janet Adkins’ comment heightens interest in Duval Legislative Delegation meeting