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A.G. GancarskiAugust 21, 2015

Adults, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said, are all “nice and political” when they talk with politicians. However, talking to young men, such as the about 100 graduates of the One City One Jacksonville Leadership Academy Curry spoke with Friday morning in a no-holds-barred Q&A at City Hall, demands more candor and realism. “You know if someone’s BSing you,” […]

Melissa RossAugust 19, 2015

The Reverend John Guns lights up with enthusiasm as he talks about the new back-to-school initiative in Jacksonville designed to support and encourage male students from 6th through 12th grades — one with strong buy-in from the city’s mayor, sheriff, and school superintendent. “It’s an exciting week,” said Guns during an appearance on WJCT’s First Coast Connect. […]

Melissa RossAugust 17, 2015

As former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush continues to take heat over calling Common Core education standards “poisonous,” Duval County’s superintendent is taking a more positive spin about the new state curriculum being unveiled this fall. “We’re going to see another level of instruction at the elementary level, especially when it comes to writing and reading,” Superintendent Nikolai […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 12, 2015

On Twitter on Monday, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry tweeted out a question that qualifies as real talk. “If today were the last day of your life, would you want to be doing what you’re doing?” Curry devotes himself to affirmatively answering that question as much as anyone in Jacksonville politics in recent memory. His joie de vivre is […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 11, 2015

On Monday evening at Bethel Baptist Church in downtown Jacksonville, more than 100 African-American men (and a couple of white guys, too) answered Bishop John Guns’ Call for 1,000 Men. Among them were two of the most important men in the city: Charles Moreland, the Community Engagement director for the Lenny Curry administration; and Nikolai Vitti, Duval County schools […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 10, 2015

Back in May, Bishop John Guns, his Save Our Sons organization, and a group of local pastors made a call for 1,000 men to join them in Duval County Public Schools during the last week. The idea was to get men to be in the halls at the start and the end of the school day, […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 5, 2015

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. GancarskiAugust 4, 2015

The symbiotic political relationship between Bishop John Guns and Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry continues, with a Wednesday morning press conference set to begin the “One City, One Jacksonville Leadership Week for Young Men.” The week precedes the new school year, encompassing Aug. 17 through 21. Guns’ organization Operation Save Our Sons will collaborate with the Jacksonville Sheriff […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 13, 2015

Jacksonville, this summer, is Bishop John Guns’ town. We just happen to live here. Those who were following the Lenny Curry Transition Committees are aware, of course, that Guns was on the Prevention, Intervention, and At Risk Youth committee. However, most became aware of how central Guns could be to the Curry administration when he […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 2, 2015

When Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry arrived at city hall a few minutes after 6 for Wednesday night’s open house, the media awaited at the front steps for a promised “availability.” As he walked from his white SUV a bluegrass band played Me and Bobby McGee in Hemming Park about 100 yards away. Then a funny […]

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Lenny Curry talks real with 1C1J Leadership Academy grads

John Guns: one city/one Jacksonville “an exciting week”

Nikolai Vitti: Florida Standards will be “another level of instruction”

Lenny Curry and Mike Williams’ “historic moment”

Nikolai Vitti, Charles Moreland answer Call for 1,000 Men

John Guns renews call for 1,000 men

Jax mayor and sheriff fulfill 1C1J inauguration promise

John Guns, Lenny Curry to “ride” once more

Jacksonville finds its “Let’s Ride!” moment

Lenny Curry, Mike Williams “listening and connecting” at Art Walk