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Phil AmmannJuly 14, 2017

As the Jacksonville City Council wraps up its two-week break, Councilmembers will get a first peek at Mayor Lenny Curry’s budget Monday. They already know at least some of what to expect: a $100 million capital improvement budget and $8.4 million for Edward Waters College. Now the question is: Will everyone play ball? A.G. Gancarski […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 12, 2017

As those in the political game are acutely aware, fundraising is the oxygen that sustains campaigns. June for Northeast Florida legislators and committees was no exception — virtually everyone in the region did some fundraising, and all of that was in a certain context — one that makes it possible to ascertain the success or […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 11, 2017

The history of soccer in Jacksonville is longer than some new arrivals might think. From 1980, when the Jacksonville Tea Men started off in the North American Soccer League, to today, when the Jacksonville Armada play locally, soccer has had a foothold here for decades. Even in 2016, the U.S. National Team played in Jacksonville […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 10, 2017

While May was the month for the Jacksonville donor class to pony up for Paul Renner ahead of his win of the 2022 Speaker slot, June saw a return of a familiar pattern. That pattern: big-dollar donations to the political committee of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry. All told, June saw $110,000 in new money, much of it from […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 30, 2017

For Paul Renner, the path to winning Friday’s 2022 Florida House Speaker election in Orlando — with 16 votes in the first round — was not a sure thing. First of all, he lost his first election for the House — a three-vote defeat to Rep. Jay Fant, a current Attorney General candidate, in House District […]

Phil AmmannJune 30, 2017

Summer doldrums, finally, in Jacksonville City Hall for the next couple of weeks … until the Mayor introduces his budget to Council July 17. The installation of a new Council President, supplanting old power dynamics with a new hierarchy. And there are questions. Will institutional knowledge still be there? Will the budget go as smoothly […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 30, 2017

The question as of Friday morning in Jacksonville: will “stronger together” work better for the new City Council President than for Hillary Clinton? Anna Brosche was elected Jacksonville City Council President weeks back. On Thursday night she assumed the role officially. The installation ceremony sprawled out over two hours, and included a selection from an […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 29, 2017

In a move that will certainly shore up union support for his likely-uncontested re-election bid, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry rolled out a paid family leave proposal Thursday for all city employees. Family leave for city workers was an agenda item for Curry, which the administration had to get pension reform resolved to make happen. This is, […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 28, 2017

Jacksonville City Council President-Designate Anna Brosche was not Mayor Lenny Curry‘s first choice for Council President – a term starting later this week — according to some sources. But the two first-term Republicans are pragmatists, and with Curry a believer in the importance of relationship building, a notable event on the Mayor’s Tuesday schedule was a meeting with […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 28, 2017

Duval County’s beaches took a hit from Hurricane Matthew last year. As another Hurricane Season is upon us, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, Beaches Mayors, and Jacksonville City Councilman Bill Gulliford discussed beach restoration on Wednesday in Atlantic Beach. Among those efforts: beach re-nourishment, planting of dune vegetation, dune restoration, and other efforts via the U.S. Army Corps of […]

Tag: Lenny Curry

Jacksonville Bold for 7.14.17 — Playtime is over

June fundraising in Northeast Florida told many stories

Jacksonville a ‘strong candidate’ to host 2026 FIFA World Cup action

Lenny Curry committee clears $110K in June fundraising

Paul Renner wins, and so does ‘Team Northeast Florida’

Jacksonville Bold for 6.30.17 — City Hall Confidential

‘Stronger Together,’ says new Jax City Council President Anna Brosche

Union head, Council leaders laud Lenny Curry family leave proposal

Anna Brosche, Lenny Curry discuss the path forward

Lenny Curry on beach restoration: ‘We’re done’