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A.G. GancarskiMarch 19, 2015

At a media availability Thursday with a group of supporters on Jacksonville’s Northbank Riverwalk in the recently revitalized Brooklyn neighborhood, Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown unveiled a list of 100 accomplishments during the the last four years in Jacksonville. He argued strenuously that he has been a nonpartisan mayor who has put Jacksonville first, a “conservative Democrat” […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 9, 2015

A few days before early voting began, a thirty second Lenny Curry ad, paid for by the Republican Party of Florida, hit Jacksonville airwaves to remind voters anew that Sheriff John Rutherford supports Curry for Mayor. The ad, which does not mention Mayor Alvin Brown, with whom the Sheriff has some longstanding disagreements, takes a positive approach to the issue. […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 9, 2015

A few days before early voting began, a thirty second Lenny Curry ad, paid for by the Republican Party of Florida, hit Jacksonville airwaves to remind voters anew that Sheriff John Rutherford supports Curry for Mayor. The ad, which does not mention Mayor Alvin Brown, with whom the Sheriff has some longstanding disagreements, takes a positive approach to the issue. […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 8, 2015

Lenny Curry‘s campaign yesterday issued a lengthy policy document just in time for early voting. At first glance, it hearkens back to policies from former Mayor John Peyton, while bringing in some new ideas as well. Developing the now-familiar themes of the Curry plan — emphases on public safety, expanding economic opportunity, improved educational opportunities, […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 8, 2015

Lenny Curry‘s campaign yesterday issued a lengthy policy document just in time for early voting. At first glance, it hearkens back to policies from former Mayor John Peyton, while bringing in some new ideas as well. Developing the now-familiar themes of the Curry plan — emphases on public safety, expanding economic opportunity, improved educational opportunities, […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 14, 2015

Two weeks ago, we reported on a Lenny Curry ad that WJXT TV refused to run, on the grounds that it used quotes from its news personalities to support its claims about the Alvin Brown Campaign. With longtime anchor Tom Wills describing the station as “caught in the crossfire” of the “first attack ad from the Mayor’s race,” WJXT ran […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 13, 2015

With complications from the Liberty Street collapse in Jacksonville still a major news story, the Lenny Curry campaign issued a statement regarding its take on what it perceives to be a “failure to lead” by the Alvin Brown Administration. “The lack of urgency displayed by the mayor’s office after the Liberty Street collapse is irresponsible,” Curry claimed. “Brown’s absence of a plan […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 13, 2015

With complications from the Liberty Street collapse in Jacksonville still a major news story, the Lenny Curry campaign issued a statement regarding its take on what it perceives to be a “failure to lead” by the Alvin Brown Administration. “The lack of urgency displayed by the mayor’s office after the Liberty Street collapse is irresponsible,” Curry claimed. “Brown’s absence of a plan […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 12, 2015

The mailpieces keep coming from the Lenny Curry PAC. Yesterday we covered an attack on “liberal” Bill Bishop, and today, the subject is the Democratic incumbent, Mayor Alvin Brown, who according to the Together for a Greater Jacksonville mailing, “sure can tell a good story” but “isn’t telling the whole truth.” The Jacksonville Campaign is starting to heat up. […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 12, 2015

With a proposal for a half-cent sales tax increase advocated by Mayoral Candidate Bill Bishop and made by City Councilman Bill Gulliford during the Council Meeting this week, Mayoral Candidate Lenny Curry drew a line of demarcation between himself and Republicans who support tax hikes today, via an unambiguously worded press release in which he proposed an […]

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Alvin Brown touts his 100 accomplishments and thanks Bill Bishop

John Rutherford: "Lenny Curry's plan will make our city safe again"

John Rutherford: “Lenny Curry’s plan will make our city safe again”

Lenny Curry's plan elicits strong reaction from Alvin Brown campaign

Lenny Curry’s plan elicits strong reaction from Alvin Brown campaign

WJXT anchor Jennifer Waugh recoils against Lenny Curry ad

Lenny Curry charges Alvin Brown with "failure to lead" in "Liberty Street crisis"

Lenny Curry charges Alvin Brown with “failure to lead” in “Liberty Street crisis”

Lenny Curry and Alvin Brown campaign war of words over Jax PAC mailpiece

Lenny Curry slams calls for tax hikes in "times of crisis", advocates emergency audit of Jax finances