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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 14, 2017

The visual for television cameras was vivid: Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry up in a bucket truck, on the scene of a JEA restoration. But what can’t be seen is worth noting as well: crews from all over the country, many of them responding to Jacksonville’s plight as seen on television news, coursing in to help with […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 13, 2017

FloridaPolitics.com patched into a call Tuesday involving the Jacksonville City Council and a representative of the Mayor’s Office; the hot topic was JEA power restoration. A representative of the Mayor’s Office noted that Curry had been “stern” with JEA CEO Paul McElroy, whose storm restoration efforts seemed to be moving slowly Tuesday. More than 163,000 customers […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 13, 2017

Rep. Kim Daniels was among the myriad Jacksonville politicians at a Wednesday presser promoting an Irma relief fund. However, she was the only one who had claimed that “prophets” knew that Irma would hit Florida. “Nothing happens except God reveal it to prophets first,” Daniels observed as the death-dealing superstorm enveloped the peninsula. We asked Daniels […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 13, 2017

Hurricane Irma left its mark on Jacksonville: massive floods in low-lying areas, wind damage, and other impacts. And Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry — now fully in what he calls “recovery mode” — seeks to ensure that impacted Northeast Floridians have what they need to defray immediate impacts and recover their lives. On Wednesday at the Legends […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 12, 2017

Hurricane Irma’s impact stopped being felt in Jacksonville Monday afternoon, and it was soon thereafter that Gov. Rick Scott was in town. Scott, who added Duval County to his ask for a major disaster declaration post-Irma on Monday evening, visited a local hurricane shelter with New York Mets’ minor league prospect Tim Tebow, a legend in these […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 12, 2017

Ahead of the 2018 midterms, the Republican National Committee has brought on a new political director for Florida. Andrew Brey, who previously served on U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio‘s presidential campaign, has been in the post since July. Brey has also worked for the Republican Party of Florida as field director in support of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 12, 2017

Daring rescues from floodwaters and a general co-branding of the media and the government characterized Monday, as Irma churned away from Jacksonville at long last. But attention turned to more quotidian details Wednesday — namely the large swathes of town still out of power. Southside neighborhoods, from Brierwood to Mandarin, along with large swathes of […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 11, 2017

A walk through Jacksonville’s Avondale neighborhood Monday morning revealed the destruction Hurricane Irma had wrought. But even as the storm was headed out, more danger follows Monday afternoon, via record high tides. Avondale, along with Riverside and Downtown, got the worst of the flooding; Avondale also got some of the most brutal winds, the kind […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 11, 2017

The morning of Sept. 11, 2017 saw the Jacksonville area waking up to the devastation left by Hurricane Irma, even without a direct hit as suffered out west. Onshore flow rocked Jacksonville’s beaches in the wake of Matthew. Flood waters coursed through St. Augustine, yet again, along with low-lying areas, such as Downtown, Riverside, Old […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2017

Even as Irma bears down on the West Coast of Florida, the mammoth impacts of the storm are felt in the state’s Northeast corner. On Sunday night, Jacksonville got ready for a night that is expected to bring 12 hours of tropical storm force winds, massive flooding of low-lying areas, and other impacts. “I’m praying […]

Tag: Lenny Curry

Bucket list: Lenny Curry talks power restoration

Lenny Curry ‘frustrated’ with lack of clarity on power restoration timetable

Kim Daniels asserts again that Irma striking Florida was God’s will

Lenny Curry rolls out Irma relief fund

After Irma, state politicians descend on Jacksonville

National Republicans hire new Florida state director

With 163K still in the dark, Jax slogs out of Irma

Jacksonville riverfront residents face new threats from record high tide

Irma wallops Jacksonville: historic floods, 250K+ without power

Lenny Curry: ‘I’m praying for the city, praying for you’