A.G. GancarskiApril 3, 2019
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Vinyard headed the DEP under Gov. Rick Scott.
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A.G. GancarskiApril 3, 2019A.G. GancarskiJuly 10, 2017
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Welcome back to politics, Matt Carlucci. If people weren’t taking your 2019 run for Jacksonville City Council At Large Seat 4 seriously, they are now. Carlucci, the recent former head of the Florida Ethics Commission, paced the field of 2019 hopefuls with a blockbuster June, bringing in $60,000 in his first month in the field. Among […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 29, 2016
2min283
Fourth Circuit State Attorney-elect Melissa Nelson scored a resounding victory over incumbent Angela Corey in the GOP primary at the end of August. Though she has no general election opposition, Nelson’s political committee, “First Coast Values”, continues to raise and spend copiously. Since the end of August, “First Coast Values” has raised, in total, $138,800. First […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 15, 2016
3min241
As early voting kicks off in Duval County, a passel of current and former Jacksonville city councilmen endorsed Clay Yarborough in House District 12. The endorsers: Michael Corrigan, Al Ferraro, Bill Gulliford, Kevin Hyde, Matt Schellenberg, and Richard Clark. Corrigan, Gulliford, and Clark are all former council presidents. However, Clark is the most significant endorsement in this case. Clark was, […]
A.G. GancarskiAugust 11, 2016
4min269
Though two former Jacksonville City Council presidents, Bill Bishop and Stephen Joost, went to the press in opposition to County Referendum 1, which would authorize the extension of the half-cent sales tax through 2060 to deal with the $2.8 billion unfunded actuarial liability on public pensions, five more came out in support of the measure Thursday. Former […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 15, 2016
2min160
Lake Ray, a Republican running in Florida’s 4th Congressional District, has over $142,000 on hand as of June 30, according to his Federal Election Commission filing. Of that total, $100,000 comes from a personal loan to his campaign. Beyond the loan, Ray has raised $68,750 and spent $26,321. Among the bigger names on his contributor […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 24, 2016
1min393
University of North Florida Board of Trustees meetings will look more like a City Council reunion going forward. On Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott announced three appointments to the board. Two of the three are former presidents of the Jacksonville City Council. Stephen Joost, a two-term Republican councilman who notably endorsed Alvin Brown in the mayoral election, […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 20, 2015
4min184
At UF Health in Jacksonville on Friday, civic leaders such as Ed Burr and former mayor John Delaney, sounded the alarm about a $95 million funding shortfall that could imperil the existence of Northeast Florida’s only Level I trauma center, safety net hospital, and academic research center. Speaking on behalf of the JAX Chamber and the Jacksonville Civic […]