Tag: Johnny Gaffney

A.G. GancarskiJune 29, 2015
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One veteran Democratic city council member endorsed Lenny Curry. The other one vilified Alvin Brown‘s ads accusing Curry of wanting to “turn back the clock” as “race-baiting.” They were together on the council. Now Johnny Gaffney and Denise Lee will be together on Curry’s staff. Gaffney was appointed as the mayor’s liaison to Boards and Commissions and Lee was […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 29, 2015
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With just two days to go until Lenny Curry is inaugurated as Jacksonville mayor on Wednesday, the mayor-elect’s transition committees continued, albeit with some glitches, at Jacksonville University. The Prevention, Intervention, and At-Risk Youth committee was hampered by some key no-shows. Co-chairs Johnny Gaffney and Paul Perez were absent. Thus, it was left to Jon Heymann, of the Jacksonville Children’s Commission, […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 2, 2015
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Late Tuesday afternoon, Mayor-elect Lenny Curry announced his transition policy committee leaders. The names include both Republicans and Democrats, giving insight into his stated desire to be a “mayor for all of Jacksonville.” The subcommittee chairs are : The Honorable John Delaney, president, University of North Florida – Chair for “Economic Development” The Rev. Fred Newbill, pastor, […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 11, 2015
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The Jacksonville election takes place in less than two weeks, and one trend that has emerged is infighting between the Duval Democratic Party and African-American Democrats, who have salient criticisms of how party business is conducted. Exhibit A: Denise Lee‘s critique of the latest doorknocker from the Alvin Brown campaign escaped official comment from the Brown campaign. […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 8, 2015
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A doorknocker showing up on the front doors of houses in predominately African-American neighborhoods on the Northside and Northwest Jacksonville, as opposed to predominately white, Hispanic, or Asian-American neighborhoods, makes some tough claims about Republican mayoral candidate Lenny Curry. It calls him “divisive and dangerous,” a “partisan Republican” who “worked to block the voting rights of […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 7, 2015
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At the Lenny Curry headquarters opening in Avondale on Thursday night, former City Councilman Johnny Gaffney talked to a room full of Curry supporters about the heat he has gotten for bucking the Democratic Party and backing Curry. “My phone is blowing up. It’s hot; got to call 911 to put it out,” Gaffney said, adding that he […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 7, 2015
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UPDATED at 5:30 p.m. with response from Alvin Brown Campaign: A little more than an hour after Alvin Brown unveiled a series of endorsements that were at once bipartisan and less than surprising, Lenny Curry countered with a meaningful bipartisan endorsement of his own on Thursday afternoon, just steps away from City Hall and in the same Hemming […]


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