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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 25, 2015

Ready for Hillary? The Clinton campaign thought that the Jacksonville mayor was, Florida Politics has learned. A staff member from the Hillary Clinton campaign reached out to the Mayor’s Office to try to secure a key endorsement as part of a larger bundle of endorsements the campaign is readying for Monday. Time was when an endorsement from […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 25, 2015

“I have decided to resign from the board of JEA,” wrote former Vice Chair Peter Bower, because “the atmosphere for public service has become poisonous and detrimental.” Knowing Lenny Curry reasonably well at this point, I’m sure that, as he read this, his thinking went something like this… Don’t let the door hit you in […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 24, 2015

Though the most newsworthy thing related to the Duval Legislative Delegation this week was state Rep. Janet Adkins‘ comments about the efficacy of packing prisons into Rep. Corrine Brown‘s CD 5, that wasn’t on the agenda. Instead, the big items involved two pending pieces of legislation: the J-1 Bill, which would relax requirements of restaurants […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 23, 2015

“Promises made, promises kept.” That was a tagline of the mayoral campaign of Alvin Brown. The phrase didn’t get him re-elected, but it applies just as well to the first Lenny Curry budget. New police officers? Eighty are in there: 40 regular police officers, and 40 community service officers, essential for the “prevention and intervention” pieces […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 23, 2015

At the NO-FLAC forum in Northwest Jacksonville on Tuesday night, State Attorney Angela Corey and her 2016 opponent, Wes White, had a memorable interaction The panelists faced a moderator’s question regarding what their oaths were about, which elicited an interesting response from White, which essentially baited Corey into a heated reply. White asserted that for a lawyer, the pursuit […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 22, 2015

At Large Jacksonville Councilman Tommy Hazouri experienced numerous budget processes as mayor, as state legislator, and as Duval County School Board member. However, Monday night’s budget was his first as Jacksonville City Council member. During the floor amendments portion of the program, he scored a coup after a reconsideration. A shift of $330,779 from drainage […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 22, 2015

Sitting in his office on the fourth floor of Jacksonville’s City Hall just twelve hours after the Fiscal Year 2016 budget was approved by Council, District 7 Councilman Reggie Gaffney is interested in what comes next. “Now that the budget’s over,” Gaffney said, he intends to “turn [his] attention to downtown development.” His timeframe is compact. […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 22, 2015

They didn’t pop bottles in the Council Chambers of Jacksonville’s City Hall after the FY 16 Budget passed. However, they might as well have. Florida Politics spoke to Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa after the budget was approved, and he called it a “great budget.” Equally great: the dynamic with City Council. “We defer to […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 22, 2015

Early next week, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is scheduling one on one meetings with JEA Board members, in the wake of some serious issues he and his administration has with scripted comments made by board members related to a pay increase for the JEA CEO. In the wake of the scheduling of those meetings, he […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 21, 2015

The Jacksonville City Council officially approved the FY 16 budget and related bills on Monday evening. Leading off the meeting, Council President Greg Anderson quipped, regarding the jampacked Chambers, “I wonder why you’re all here tonight.” The Capital Improvement Plan was approved without discussion or exception (though a floor amendment at the end changed that), as […]

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Hillary Clinton campaign seeks endorsement from Jacksonville mayor

The end of Peter Bower, and what it means for Jacksonville’s boards

Duval Legislative Delegation backs J-1, St. Johns River bills

First Lenny Curry budget completes narrative arc of campaign

Wes White, Angela Corey spar at NW Jax forum

Tommy Hazouri talks budget, HRO, agenda going forward

With Jax budget done, Reggie Gaffney looks ahead

Jacksonville’s collaborative budget process vindicates Lenny Curry’s vision

JEA Board member accuses Lenny Curry of paranoia-induced purge

Jax City Council approves FY16 budget