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A.G. GancarskiNovember 13, 2015

The news media has raised questions lately about the Lenny Curry administration’s ambitious $90 million capital improvement plan for EverBank Field, which includes a covered practice facility and an amphitheater. Shad Khan would pay $45 million as the private half of the public-private partnership and $45 million would be paid by the city, financed and […]

Jim RosicaNovember 13, 2015

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry gave a warning to Sunshine Summit attendees milling about in the hall. “You might want to come back in,” he said. “I’m getting ready to tell you how conservatives win elections.” The Republican Curry, former chair of the state GOP, beat incumbent Democratic Mayor Alvin Brown last year. He castigated Brown as putting […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 13, 2015

In a letter dated November 6, Reverend Gene Youngblood, best known for scuttling his son’s City Council campaign with a sign that read “homosexuals must repent or go to hell” outside his church, expressed some concerns about the “community conversations” scheduled to start next week on the subject of the Human Rights Ordinance expansion to LGBT […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 9, 2015

The first thing you might notice, when you walk into the Alternative to Out of School Suspension facility at Southside Middle School, is that it’s like a time warp. Its wood-paneled walls seem like something from the Hans Tanzler administration, and spotlight a non-negotiable truth in neighborhoods receiving Jacksonville Journey program dollars. Namely, they are […]

Melissa RossNovember 9, 2015

They didn’t make their original goal of electing NINE in ’15. Instead, only four women currently sit on the Jacksonville City Council in the year 2015 – Lori Boyer, Joyce Morgan, Anna Brosche, and Katrina Brown. But the “9 in 15“ movement isn’t going away. Not by a long shot. That was the message sent by powerful North Florida philanthropist Pam Paul at a weekend luncheon […]

Melissa RossNovember 6, 2015

A bipartisan summit on criminal justice reform is expected to draw local and national thought leaders to Jacksonville this month. Operation Reform, sponsored by #Cut50, the Ford Foundation and Operation New Hope, will focus on re-entry solutions for people leaving incarceration, and reducing recidivism through employment. This was a major focus of the Jacksonville Journey, […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 5, 2015

Not exactly an October surprise, but Build Something That Lasts, a committee established by supporters of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry “to advance conservative principles and … support political causes and potentially candidates who reflect the same vision for the future of Jacksonville and Northeast Florida,” had a big fundraising month. It raised $94,500, with the […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 5, 2015

Arguably the most monumental election of Tuesday night, for those in Northeast Florida, wasn’t the St. Johns County Sales Tax referendum, but half a continent away: Houston voters rejected their city’s equal rights ordinance. The margin wasn’t close: 61 to 39 percent. The issue had been into a so-called “bathroom ordinance,” with opponents somehow reducing […]

Melissa RossNovember 4, 2015

In the wake of last night’s defeat of an anti-discrimination ordinance in Houston, activists with the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality say they’re going to work overtime to educate the public – and prepare to do battle against any potential scare tactics that could be mounted to defeat an expanded HRO in Duval County. Prop. 1, known […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 4, 2015

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry appointed the city’s first African American spokeswoman, in the form of the tireless Marsha Oliver. From the easy requests to the tough questions, Oliver handles them with promptness and aplomb, and as she settles into her role, she is moving into a leadership position herself. One example of such: her invitation […]

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For Lenny Curry administration, amphitheater is “quality of life” issue

Lenny Curry, Richard Corcoran talk about cronyism, courage

Reverend Gene Youngblood gives Lenny Curry advice on HRO community conversations

Lenny Curry’s “day of Journey” spotlights Jax Journey initiatives

Jax “9 in 15” women’s leadership movement gears up for round two

Operation Reform Summit seeks bipartisan approach to criminal justice reform

Build Something That Lasts has blockbuster October; Shad Khan is in

Despite fall of Houston HERO, “fully inclusive” Jax HRO push is full steam ahead

After Houston, Jax LGBT activists say they’ve got their work cut out

Lenny Curry spox Marsha Oliver to participate in workplace diversity panel