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A.G. GancarskiApril 7, 2016

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It wasn’t too long ago that the Duval County GOP was shaken by a scandal involving a party officer saying, regarding the riots in Ferguson: “A suggestion for Ferguson — fire hoses. Grt big fire hoses, serious water pressure. Knock those thugs over. They probly need a shower anyway.” Since then, that party official (Kim […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 30, 2015

An interesting email from the Republican Party of Duval County arrived in local inboxes late Tuesday night, less than an hour from the Inauguration Day of Lenny Curry. Entitled “Lenny Curry and Bill Spann resign leadership positions,” the email addressed Curry’s departure in real detail, with a complete letter from Mayor Curry, in which he resigned his State […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 30, 2015

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Many of the major hires have been made by the Lenny Curry administration, and the only prominent name from the local GOP so far was Bill Spann, an REC member and a party officer. As of midnight Tuesday, Spann will no longer be Duval Republican Executive Committee Secretary. As he writes to Party Chairman Robin Lumb, Spann […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 30, 2014

“It was a big decision, but ultimately it became the right thing to do.” That’s what Robin Lumb told the Jax Daily Record this week regarding his plans not to run again for City Council, or for Supervisor of Elections (a race in which he held a fundraising advantage over other declared candidates). Lumb intends, […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 8, 2014

The last two weeks have seen seismic change in the Duval County GOP. In the wake of Duval County Republican Party Secretary Kim Crenier’s explosive tweets on her personal account on the Ferguson verdict and aftermath, with one of them ending up crossposted on the @JaxGOP Twitter account, two Republican Party Officers have decided to […]

Julie DelegalDecember 7, 2014

On the Monday before Thanksgiving, something obscene happened in Jacksonville. The indecency I’m talking about didn’t have anything to do with the photography exhibit at Jacksonville’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). A nude photograph of a relaxed pregnant woman enjoying the sunbeams caught the attention of Jacksonville City Councilman Clay Yarborough, who deemed it pornographic […]

Tag: Kim Crenier

Duval GOP committeewoman and convention delegate implies Barack Obama is Muslim

Duval GOP announces Lenny Curry, Bill Spann departures

Lenny Curry spox Bill Spann resigns from Duval Republican Executive Committee

Lumbfounded: Robin stands down for Duval SOE

Duval County GOP shakeup: Rick Hartley and Kim Crenier stand down – Why now?

Julie Delegal: The REAL obscenity: GOP leaders should know it when they see it