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A.G. GancarskiMay 19, 2017

In an illustration of what happens when economic incentives go wrong, the parents of Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown jointly and separately filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week. This filing by Jerome Brown and JoAnn Brown staved off a foreclosure hearing that was slated for a Jacksonville court on Monday, with BizCapital — the primary lendor and guarantor of […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 20, 2017

The ongoing legal battle between the city of Jacksonville and the family business of Councilwoman Katrina Brown was slated to continue Thursday in the Duval County Courthouse. However, the defendants failed to show. The issue Thursday: a “motion to strike” a response in the case from the councilwoman’s mother, which involves two Brown businesses — “CoWealth LLC” […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 27, 2017

Earlier this month, “KJB Specialties D/B/A Jerome Brown BBQ” a business owned by the family of Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy. With that filing comes a need to work out details: among them, salaries of the company’s officers. Last week, the councilor’s parents, JoAnn Brown and Jerome Brown, filed motions for an emergency hearing […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 23, 2017

Hours before the Thursday morning meeting of the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee, we can report that a member’s business faces a foreclosure suit. CoWealth LLC, the family business of Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown, was named Tuesday as a co-defendant in a foreclosure suit filed by BizCapital of New Orleans. Other co-defendants include two more Brown […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 2, 2017

CoWealth, the family business of Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown, closed out 2016 by paying its delinquent 2015 property taxes. JoAnn Brown, the Councilwoman’s mother, paid the balance of $22,515.69 in full on Dec. 30. CoWealth was raided in December, in a multi-jurisdictional effort that included the FBI, the IRS, HUD, the Small Business Administration and the […]

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From sauce to loss: Jax Councilor’s parents serve up double helping of Chapter 11

Jax councilor’s mother no-shows hearing in lawsuit with city

Emergency hearing looms in Jax councilor’s family biz bankruptcy case

Jax City Councilwoman’s business hit with yet another foreclosure suit

Katrina Brown’s family business finally pays 2015 property taxes