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A.G. GancarskiOctober 28, 2016

Ending a period of two months without contributions, the political committee of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry broke that dormancy during the most recent reporting period. “Build Something That Lasts” collected $8,500 from Oct. 15 to Oct. 21; all contributions were made on Oct. 20. Among the contributors: US Assure — an insurance company helmed by Ty Petway, one of the […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 27, 2016

Note: a previous version of this piece asserted a connection between the family of Jacksonville CAO Sam Mousa and J.B. Coxwell. That connection was limited to Mousa having been an employee in the past. No current connection exists. We regret the error. Duval County and Jacksonville were spared the absolute worst of Hurricane Matthew’s fearsome […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 25, 2016

Passed at Tuesday’s Jacksonville City Council meeting: an emergency appropriations bill to get dune restoration moving forward from Beach Blvd. up to 16th Street … and potentially south of Beach Blvd. as well. $7.5 million will be moved from the debt management fund for the work, with oversight from the mayor’s office’s CFO and Chief Administrative […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2016

On Monday in Jacksonville, Gov. Rick Scott and Mayor Lenny Curry convened to discuss response to and recovery from Hurricane Matthew. In the fourth floor of Jacksonville’s Emergency Operations Center, Scott and Curry met along with a panoply of other state and city stakeholders. Media was allowed to observe a couple minutes of that meeting, in which the governor […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2016

Technically, neither Florida Gov. Rick Scott nor Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry have ever lost an election. Scott was elected governor twice and Curry was elected mayor once in their only bids for elected office. Both men, however, have invested significant political capital in the candidacy of Donald Trump for president, and most expectations are that Trump will lose “big […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2016

A fun #jaxpol mystery of 2015 — accounting for $27,000 worth of missing employee incentive debit cards from the Alvin Brown administration — petered out this month. “City debit cards reported missing were in a safe all along,” reported the Jax Daily Record. In November 2015, Curry directed the inspector general to look into the debit card issue and to connect with […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2016

Everyone knows what October in Jacksonville is famous for: clearly, our local celebration of ‘National Seafood Month,” which always earns a commemoration from a local politician. Last October, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry proclaimed it to be “Seafood Nutrition Partnership” month. As GroceryHeadquarters.com reported contemporaneously, Curry was “delighted to share in the observance of Seafood Nutrition Partnership Month.” “The […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 18, 2016

An ongoing saga of the Lenny Curry administration in Jacksonville has been how to deal with the Senior Staff Voluntary Retirement Plan of the Police and Fire Pension Fund. Earlier this year, the Curry administration opted to scuttle the plan. Though it’s taken some time, a legal challenge may yet manifest from one of Florida’s top lawyers. The […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 18, 2016

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry doesn’t make every JEA Board meeting. But he made the one after Hurricane Matthew on Tuesday. Curry’s attendance, once FloridaPolitics.com reported it last week, has been a matter of some speculation, especially since JEA CEO Paul McElroy said last week he was out of town during Hurricane Matthew, as JEA imposed an unreachable […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 18, 2016

After Hurricane Matthew, some Northeast Florida counties in the path of the storm have a leg up on others. Action News Jax reported Tuesday that Volusia, Flagler, Putnam, and St. Johns counties are now eligible for Individual Assistance, which helps facilitate temporary housing for the displaced and small business loans for affected businesses. Left out of […]

Tag: Lenny Curry

Lenny Curry political committee takes in $8,500 in last reporting period

Jacksonville continues ‘aggressive’ approach to post-Matthew cleanup

Jacksonville City Council OKs $7.5 M for dune restoration

Rick Scott, Lenny Curry talk Hurricane Matthew response, recovery

Rick Scott, Lenny Curry less than emphatic in stretch run support of Donald Trump

Lenny Curry defends missing debit card investigation

Audrey Gibson celebrates ‘National Seafood Month’ with Jacksonville seniors

Jacksonville may face legal challenge on phasing out special pension plan

Hurricane Matthew blowback and reax dominate JEA Board meeting

Many NE Florida counties have gotten a full disaster declaration, but Duval waits