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Phil AmmannAugust 4, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is all about loyalty, and much of this edition comes back to the idea of one’s squad as a result. For example, there’s Curry’s candidate in the House District 15 race to succeed Jay Fant, who is running for Attorney General instead of pursuing re-election. And then there’s the push to […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 4, 2017

Interesting times in Duval County, where State Rep. Jason Fischer has been calling for an audit of Duval County Public Schools. And it appears there is a showdown imminent between the Duval Delegation and the Mayor’s Office on one side and the Duval County School District on the other. In a letter sent Thursday to the […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 2, 2017

More financial ethics issues have emerged for Rep. Kim Daniels. And they could lead to action in the Florida House against the Jacksonville Democrat. The Florida Ethics Commission found probable cause to believe that Daniels filed inaccurate Form 6s, representing financial disclosures for 2012, 2013, and 2014. Kim Daniels FEC investigation. Daniels failed to list properties owned […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 10, 2017

2016 financial disclosure statements are rolling in, and among them is that of Jacksonville Democratic Rep. Kim Daniels. Daniels, a charismatic preacher first elected to the Florida House last year, is thriving in the professional sphere — a prosperity spawned by interests in two ministries. Kim Daniels Ministries International, listed as a secondary source of income, […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 6, 2017

A Tuesday morning Jacksonville City Council committee saw an update on the city’s ShotSpotter program from Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Homeland Security Chief Robert Connor. This much-ballyhooed anti-crime tool does what its name suggests: it identifies, via sound, where a bullet’s origin might be. For law enforcement, this provides an important tool; for those married to […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 10, 2017

State Rep. Kim Daniels, an iconoclastic Jacksonville Democrat representing House District 14 in Northwest Jacksonville, filed for re-election last week. Daniels’ filing means that every member of the Duval Delegation has filed for some 2018 office, as Rep. Jay Fant filed to replace termed-out Pam Bondi as Attorney General last week also. Daniels’ major legislative […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 4, 2017

When it comes to Gov. Rick Scott and Northeast Florida, is there such a thing as too much of a good thing? For the fourth time since the beginning of March, Gov. Scott was in Jacksonville Tuesday, as Scott held another “business roundtable” with Mayor Lenny Curry and other Jacksonville notables, including former mayor and UNF President […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 20, 2017

When Gov. Rick Scott comes to your town to hold a “Fighting for Florida’s Jobs” round table, that means your GOP State Representatives crossed him on an incentive vote. Scott started off March in Rep. Travis Cummings‘ district, where he repeatedly jabbed at Cummings and Rep. Paul Renner for opposing Enterprise Florida and Visit Florida. Cummings was just one […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 16, 2017

Readers looking for a deal on a storied home in Davie, FL, may want to keep Apr. 12 open, as that is the date of the foreclosure sale on Rep. Kim Daniels‘ former “parsonage.” Freedom Mortgage Corporation, the plaintiff, is selling a home once co-owned by Spoken Word Ministries, Rep. Daniels, and her former husband, Ardell Daniels. The […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 16, 2017

Jacksonville may be Ground Zero for the debate about economic incentives. Local leaders want them, but the local Florida House delegation does not. This week, yet another prominent person in Jacksonville’s City Hall sounded the alarm for state incentives via Enterprise Florida. The Jacksonville Daily Record reports that local OED head Kirk Wendland made the case for […]

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Jacksonville Bold for 8.4.17 — Squad goals

Kim Daniels becomes first Democrat to call for Duval Schools audit

Ethics Commission finds probable cause for Kim Daniels’ dodgy financial disclosures

Despite foreclosure auction, Kim Daniels prospers

Jacksonville’s ShotSpotter identifies ‘when, where, and what’ of gunshots

Kim Daniels files for re-election to Florida House

Encore performance: Rick Scott messages economic incentives in Jacksonville

Rick Scott harangues Duval Delegation, pushes incentives in Jacksonville

April foreclosure sale for Kim Daniels’ $800K ‘parsonage’

Jacksonville leaders’ arguments for state incentives fall on deaf ears in Tallahassee