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A.G. GancarskiDecember 29, 2015

Despite the handwringing in certain quarters about JEA’s annual bond ratings agency trip to New York earlier in December, JEA says it was “excellent.” An email from JEA CFO Melissa Dykes to Kerri Stewart, Chief of Staff of the Lenny Curry administration, credits the Jacksonville mayor. “The rating agency meetings were excellent. In particular, we have received […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 18, 2015

Could the Jacksonville Big Ticket concert festival be imperiled by the EverBank Field amphitheater deal? The promoter worries, according to city emails. Saying he was “very nervous about our future in Jacksonville,” in light of the $90 million stadium improvement package that includes an amphitheater, promoter Danny Hayes emailed the Lenny Curry administration officials this month. […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 25, 2015

If you’re reading this, you likely have a positive relationship with the Thanksgiving holiday. This should be especially true for the doughty stalwarts of the #JaxPol universe, where seemingly everyone, from the congressional level down to City Council, have tangible things for which they should be grateful. U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, for one, can be grateful […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 3, 2015

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In its sixth year, Jacksonville’s Riverside Arts Market has come to serve many purposes. It anchors the community, giving residents of Riverside, and beyond, a destination on Saturdays, where they can buy local produce, crafts, and more, and listen to local music while they do so. It also provides employment opportunities for the hundreds of […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 7, 2015

[Updated at 7:16 p.m] In Tuesday’s meeting of the Jacksonville City Council Rules Committee, Councilman Tommy Hazouri voted against Russ Thomas being appointed to the Jacksonville Aviation Authority. This came as a surprise to Thomas, who received a very genial voicemail from Hazouri, pledging what seemed to be unconditional support before the vote. “Hey Russ, […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 6, 2015

The slogan of the Jacksonville Block by Block event, put on by the Jessie Ball Dupont Fund and the Reinvestment Fund, is a simple six word declaration. Our homes. Our neighborhoods. Our opportunities. On Tuesday morning, a cavalcade of Jacksonville civic leaders converged at the Jessie Ball Dupont Center (formerly the Haydon Burns Library) in […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 3, 2015

Councilman Reggie Gaffney has been a busy man these days, as a member of the Finance Committee that spent much of August wrestling with Jacksonville’s municipal budget. The Jacksonville Democrat’s been so busy, in fact, that his Community Rehabilitation Center came perilously close to missing a grant deadline, as his executive assistant, Jill Kestner, wrote to Mayor Lenny […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 28, 2015

Florida Politics has learned that Kerri Stewart, chief of staff for the Lenny Curry administration, and representatives for the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality are slated to have a meeting in the near future regarding expanding the Human Rights Ordinance to the LGBT community. On Monday, Jimmy Midyette of the JCE emailed Stewart. “Leaders of the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 27, 2015

Thursday morning’s Jacksonville Finance Committee budget hearing includes a cavalcade of departments. Interesting talkers include the Human Rights Commission, Downtown Vision, the Jacksonville Journey, and the Jacksonville Children’s Commission. The latter department occasioned a robust discussion of salary raises in independent authorities, with accord from senior administration members and council members that the process needed […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 24, 2015

On Monday afternoon, Jacksonville City Council members Bill Gulliford and Lori Boyer were joined by Kerri Stewart, Chief of Staff for the Lenny Curry administration, to hash out the details of 2015-519, a bill that would raise the admissible value of donated properties from $25K to $50K. This bill has not been without controversy. In Finance Committee last week, […]

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JEA credits Lenny Curry on “excellent” ratings agency meetings

Big Ticket in trouble? Promoter “very nervous” about Jacksonville future

Thanksgiving, the #JaxPol edition

Riverside Arts Market facing permitting trouble?

A look at Tommy Hazouri’s change of heart on Russ Thomas

Jacksonville Block by Block validates city housing, neighborhoods policy approach

The grant deadline Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Gaffney almost missed

HRO meeting imminent between Jax Coalition for Equality, Lenny Curry administration

Lenny Curry addresses Jax Finance Committee budget hearing

Jax City Council subcommittee discusses property donation bill