Tag: Lenny Curry

A.G. GancarskiDecember 16, 2016
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For the first time since the acrimonious election of 2015, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and his predecessor, Alvin Brown, met in the mayor’s suite. Curry and Brown, in a brief appearance in the lobby of the mayor’s office, smiled for the camera, with Curry saying they were “just catching up.” Curry’s spokeswoman, Marsha Oliver, noted that “Mr. Brown […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 15, 2016
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On Thursday, Patrol and Enforcement Director Michelle Cook of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, presented a “good news/bad news” scenario. As she told the Jacksonville Journey Oversight Committee, the good news is that the JSO “violence reduction strategy” is working in some of the city’s more crime-plagued areas. The bad news: violent crime is spiking elsewhere in […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 12, 2016
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On Monday afternoon, FloridaPolitics.com caught up with Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams and got his thoughts on an issue of key importance to the rank and file. Specifically, the pension negotiations currently underway between the city of Jacksonville and the Fraternal Order of Police. Sheriff Williams and Mayor Lenny Curry have messaged symbiotically on public safety concerns; however, […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 12, 2016
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File this under: “your tax dollars at work.” (Even as belts apparently fall short.) Jan Bartell, a greeter at the Cedar Hills branch of the Duval County Tax Collector’s Office, reached out to Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry for some help with an issue of community comportment recently. That issue: an epidemic of “saggy pants” at her Westside […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 10, 2016
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Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry broke recent protocol on his Twitter account with a couple of enthusiastic Tweets about President-elect Donald Trump. The Tweets, issued on Friday evening upon the mayor’s return from the city’s annual bond rating trip, speak to an alignment the Jacksonville mayor has had with Trump going back years. “President elect .@realDonaldTrump using football […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 8, 2016
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Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry wants new city hires on defined contribution plans. Public safety unions want the Florida Retirement System. And Rick Scott will let the locals figure it out, he said Thursday in Jacksonville. “That’s clearly a local decision. This community will make a decision on that,” the governor said. “I think what’s important with regard […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 7, 2016
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[Updated: 6:40 p.m. with commentary from Mike Weinstein, at the bottom of the piece.] In the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee Wednesday, Mike Weinstein, the city’s CFO, and Tim Johnson, the director of the Police and Fire Pension Fund, discussed a “waiver” in pension cost allocations that had been controversial in recent news cycles. Their joint appearance was […]


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