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A.G. GancarskiApril 8, 2016

FloridaPolitics.com can’t be everywhere at once. And regrettably, we were not present for the almost two hours that Jacksonville City Councilman John Crescimbeni spent with Councilman Tommy Hazouri and Councilwoman Katrina Brown. We were, however, able to hear the audio recording. And it spoke to the problems Crescimbeni is having, regarding getting over 10 pledges in his run […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 3, 2016

Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown, in what some will frame as a response to a Florida Times-Union article delineating the slow progress at her family’s city-subsidized barbeque sauce company, notes that “we are currently still hiring” in a Sunday morning Facebook post. Resumes are to be sent to [email protected] and there will be live interviews […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 26, 2016

On a crisp Friday morning, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry thrilled some onlookers and alarmed others when he took command of a excavator to begin the deconstruction of a blighted, 12-unit apartment complex on Payne Street. This creative destruction was for a good cause: a prelude to the development of Payne Avenue Walk, a 12-unit affordable single family home […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 18, 2016

Of late, Jacksonville media has been trying to reconcile what seemed to be a pro-HRO expansion position during the 2015 campaign with more muted support by candidates this time around. Councilwoman Katrina Brown was one candidate identified as pro-HRO expansion, according to comments she made to The Florida Times-Union last year, that were given a new […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 17, 2016

In recent months, a bill designed to increase the value of property that can be donated to non-profits and for-profits from $25,000 to $50,000 has been moving through Jacksonville’s City Council. The goal of the bill: to spur development in areas prone to blight. The bill moved through Finance Monday, and had Recreation, Community Development, […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 13, 2016

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Despite Tommy Hazouri choosing to withdraw the HRO expansion bill (and taking the slings and arrows of character assassination from HRO expansion advocates in the process), the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality remains steadfast in its commitment to a fully inclusive bill. A long statement from the JCE had a couple of interesting sentences. One of them: “We […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 11, 2016

One of the roughest Jacksonville ZIP codes, 32209, was a place of epiphany for Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry on the campaign trail. Slayings and abject poverty in the area shocked his conscience, in a way roughly analogous to John F. Kennedy visiting Appalachia during the 1960 campaign. Curry vowed to address the crime, the blight, the […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 2, 2016

Votes have consequences. The decision during September’s budget night vote to move $330,799 from stormwater budgets to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department to fund safety officers had big consequences. A lawsuit from the Concerned Taxpayers of Duval County resulted in a settlement, which required cure legislation to affirm the budget night decision. The wrinkle in […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 18, 2016

In life, the Gospel Teachings of Martin Luther King, Jr. ineluctably informed his political perspective and stances. Nearly half a century since his passing, Dr. King is a canonical figure in American politics. This is true also in Jacksonville, where the annual MLK parade is one of the biggest events for politicos to show out […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 9, 2016

Despite the best efforts of Jacksonville City Council President Greg Anderson to ensure a linear process in terms of considering expansion of the Human Rights Ordinance, via Committee of the Whole discussions, out of state political operatives seem intent on ensuring that the circus comes to Council Chambers. New radio ads, reported on by Action News Jax, […]

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John Crescimbeni works to overcome trust gap in Jax Council VP race

Jax Councilwoman’s BBQ sauce plant is hiring… finally

Lenny Curry, demolition man

Katrina Brown: “HRO was not my campaign”

NW Jax pushback stalls housing donation bill in Council committee

On HRO, no compromise for Jax Coalition for Equality

Lenny Curry on blight: “We’re here and we’re ready to take action”

Safety officer cure legislation spurs spirited Jax Council committee budget debate

At Jax MLK parade, the personal is political, and The Dream lives on

Anti-HRO radio ads pressure Jax Council members