A.G. GancarskiFebruary 16, 2023
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Prominent pastors back leading Democrat in recent poll.
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A.G. GancarskiFebruary 16, 2023A.G. GancarskiDecember 14, 2017
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It’s day two of the Omarosa Manigault news cycle … and (quelle surprise), there is a Jacksonville connection. Manigault, the wife of Jacksonville pastor John Allen Newman, was a local connection to the White House. However, since the advent of the tenure of White House chief of staff John Kelly, Manigault was on her way out. She’s still […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 15, 2016
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“I’ve heard it loud and clear tonight. People don’t trust the government. People don’t trust City Council. I heard it tonight; a gentleman said he didn’t trust me.” Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry has two weeks left to sell County Referendum 1, which would secure a dedicated revenue source (and an actuarial solution) for the $2.7 billion […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 3, 2015
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Ahead of the Thursday evening Human Rights Ordinance Jacksonville “Community Conversation” on religious issues related to expanding the HRO to the LGBT community, the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality held an afternoon presser with some of the 75 faith leaders who support a fully-inclusive HRO. Among those faith leaders in support: Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry‘s own pastor, Bruce […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 3, 2015
2min284
Confounding the critics who charged Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry with practicing “scorched earth politics” in his recent decisions regarding positions on Independent Authority boards, the Curry administration is preparing legislation to appoint Reverend John Allen Newman to the JAXPORT board, according to an email from Curry to senior staff. As well, Curry is appointing John Baker, the former […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 5, 2015
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Bishop John Guns, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, Sheriff Mike Williams, and Councilwoman Katrina Brown convened at a Wednesday morning press conference promoting the “One City, One Jacksonville Leadership Week for Young Men.” The one-week “leadership academy” for 100 teenage boys from the urban core precedes the new school year, encompassing Aug. 17 through 21. Pastor Guns, in kicking off the […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 21, 2015
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A tide of violence flows through the streets of Jacksonville, and no neighborhood is exempt. From the battlegrounds of the Westside, where two girls were shot in the head on a school bus this month, to Grand Park and Soutel, to Arlington and Mandarin, violence has become a reality. The lead story on the news […]
A.G. GancarskiApril 28, 2015
6min161
When pastors come together for a media event, know that it’s going to start off with prayer. And that prayer gives an idea as to the interpretive bias of the person speaking. The prayer starting off the latest in a series of events with faith leaders offering solutions to Jacksonville’s epidemic of violent crime offered […]