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A.G. GancarskiJune 22, 2017

Weeks after issuing a Tweet that could reasonably be interpreted to support President Donald Trump‘s decision to break the Paris Accord, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry still fields questions on the subject. Curry responded to a citizen email this week on the matter, elaborating on statements he made in a presser that was — before his Tweet — focused on […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 21, 2017

Electric buses in Jacksonville? They could be here sooner than one thinks. Richard Clark of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority contacted Mayor Lenny Curry for support on a federal grant application last week. “JTA is submitting a Low-No grant application for electric buses that will help serve the Amazon facility on the Northside. This will be the […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 20, 2017

Just months ago, Jacksonville passed its pension reform package, which will give the city approximately $150M of budget relief from costs of its unfunded pension liability in terms of next year’s budget. While raises for city workers, to be phased in over the next three fiscal years, will consume a lot of that relief, rest […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 19, 2017

In May 2016, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and Councilman Garrett Dennis came together to announce a drowning prevention initiative. Swim lessons for children in poorer areas of town were paid for by private grants, and at the time it was one of those stories that some observers didn’t even think was worthy of coverage. Over a year […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 19, 2017

A little over two weeks ago, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and a number of City Council members called a presser to announce a stopgap resolution of a problem months in the making: insufficient funding for summer camps. The Jacksonville Children’s Commission, which greenlighted the process, was trying to privilege quality over quantity. Yet, as camp […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2017

As part of our continuing coverage of the budget process in Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry’s office, we were on hand for Friday’s consideration of non-departmental expenditures heading into the next fiscal year. The biggest news? A potential increase of the city’s emergency reserve level, something that was discussed in Jacksonville City Council committees months back. The city […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2017

A takeaway from a conversation we had with Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry on Thursday evening: Big changes are coming to children’s programs in Jacksonville, and the Mayor is frustrated with how the city is handling public safety right now. When Curry was on the campaign trail in the Spring of 2015, he pledged to turn around trends […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 15, 2017

New Town is one of those Jacksonville neighborhoods where most new development is that of the franchised corporate variety. That could change soon, as the Jax Chamber, JP Morgan, and the city of Jacksonville are collaborating to let local small business owners know what resources are available. Among those resources, discussed during a Thursday evening […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 15, 2017

When Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry ran for office, he pledged to revive the Jacksonville Journey. Once in office, Curry took steps to do just that, reviving and rebranding the John Peyton initiative as Jax Journey, a Version 2.0 of the original. As Curry nears the halfway mark of his first term, his office deals with the reality of […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 15, 2017

President Donald Trump barely carried Duval County in 2016. Yet, for Jacksonville power brokers, the Trump era has meant access to the White House. The most recent manifestation of that was just this week, as a JAX Chamber delegation was received by one of the more important people in Trump’s orbit: Omarosa Manigault. Manigault has a […]

Tag: Lenny Curry

Lenny Curry clarifies – again – Paris Accord position

JTA seeks city support for electric bus grant

Hard choices loom for Lenny Curry’s staff in Jax capital budget

What $200K for swim lessons says about Jax fiscal philosophy

How reform might look for Jacksonville’s children programs

Jacksonville considers raising emergency reserve level

Lenny Curry: ‘Big reforms are coming’ to Jax children’s programs

Microloans, economic development for Jax New Town small businesses

Looming reforms cast cloud over Jax Journey budget

For Jacksonville, Donald Trump means White House access