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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 17, 2015

It’s a familiar sight in Jacksonville. Governor Rick Scott comes to town and says a few words. Mayor Lenny Curry is by his side, along with a few Council members. On Thursday morning, it happened again. Scott came to town to give a Young Entrepreneur Award to Dane Grey, the 29 year old owner of Elite […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 17, 2015

Ahead of Thursday’s surprisingly dramatic Jacksonville Planning Commission meeting, in which Commissioners Lisa King and Joey McKinnon, who have been asked to resign, in fact intend to show up and fulfill their duties, a couple of things are clear after conversations Florida Politics had with the mayor and several Council members on Thursday morning. Jacksonville […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 17, 2015

In Jacksonville politics, the mood in recent months has been the Era of Good Feeling. The budget process went as smoothly as could be hoped during the Finance Committee meetings of August. A lot of positive momentum was in play. As the board removals and replacements have mounted in Jacksonville’s independent commissions and boards in recent weeks, there […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 16, 2015

The Lenny Curry administration may want Lisa King off the Jacksonvile Planning Commission, but she has no intention of going. So it looks like Curry has a scrap on his hands. Florida Politics obtained a letter from King to Mayor Curry telling him, “I respectfully decline to resign from the Planning Commission.” “I am convinced […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 16, 2015

A proposal to appoint four new members to Jacksonville’s Planning Commission will be considered at next week’s City Council meeting, Florida Politics has learned. The moves comes despite two of the members slated for replacement have not yet resigned. The situation will likely dismay and inflame critics of the Lenny Curry administration’s board appointment policy. […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2015

On Thursday, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry recorded a number of scripts for the promotional efforts of various city departments. He was requested not to wear a green shirt or tie; good thing he’s not a Notre Dame fan. Florida Politics requested and received copies of those scripts. The Film and Television Office script, as one might expect, […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 9, 2015

Florida Politics has learned that a “meet-and-greet” meeting with “no fixed agenda” is planned Friday between members of the Lenny Curry administration, including the mayor and Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa, and the Florida Department of Transportation. Among the issues to be discussed, according to an email from Mousa, are area transportation issues. Those could include matters […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 9, 2015

The eagle eye of Nate Monroe of the Florida Times-Union caught this one yesterday. A few months back, the Build Something That Lasts Political Action Committee was formed, very quietly. The Chairman, Eric Robinson, is based in Venice and Tallahassee, and is the registered agent for a couple of dozen PACs statewide. The group thus far has […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 8, 2015

The Tuesday night Jacksonville City Council meeting was expected, for the most part, to be quiet. The principal drama of the budget is forestalled until Sept. 21 meeting, and the big talker, going in, was expected to be the Police and Fire Pension Fund’s senior staff retirement plan. In the wake of the retirement of Police and […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 5, 2015

Florida Politics has learned that former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has contacted Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry to promote an undetermined job candidacy from a current executive of the Chicago White Sox. “I am writing to you to recommend a colleague of mine, Greg Hopwood, for a position within the City of Jacksonville, FL,” Daley wrote to […]

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Rick Scott, Lenny Curry trumpet job creation in Jacksonville on Thursday

Despite criticism on Planning Commission moves, Lenny Curry stands ground, with Council support

The civics lesson of the Lisa King and Joey McKinnon situation

Lisa King refuses to quit Jax planning panel; showdown with mayor imminent

4 tapped to join Jax Planning Commission, but 2 holdouts haven’t resigned

Lenny Curry’s video scripts: “Jacksonville is all about action”

Meeting planned between Lenny Curry administration, FDOT on Friday

What could “Build Something That Lasts” do?

Jax Council refers PFPF Senior Staff retirement plan legality question to Finance

Richard Daley recommending White Sox exec for Jacksonville role