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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 4, 2015

The most energizing moment of the joint inauguration of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and Sheriff Mike Williams was when Bishop John Guns delivered a stirring speech, predicated on a simple call to action, a resolution to cross barriers like party lines and neighborhood boundaries. Let’s ride. 2 words; 8 letters; one purpose. That call to action has been used […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 4, 2015

In football, offensive coordinators often like to script their first 15 plays. That allows them to see what the defense will allow them to do, and what the defense won’t. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, who coaches his son’s youth football team, is acutely aware of that principle, as he shows the Bold New City of the […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 3, 2015

Last month, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry sent a letter to Jerry Abramson, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for President Barack Obama. The subject? A Jacksonville Transportation Authority TIGER Grant application related to the Northeast Florida Multimodal Transportation Corridors, which we reported on previously. The letter of support from Curry contends that “the project connects economically challenged neighborhoods to key […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 3, 2015

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Following in a tradition of Jacksonville mayors who embrace the Navy presence in the Bold New City of the South, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry has made it a priority to embrace local military early in his term. That trend continues next week when Curry will videotape a brief cameo appearance in the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast 75th […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 3, 2015

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Confounding the critics who charged Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry with practicing “scorched earth politics” in his recent decisions regarding positions on Independent Authority boards, the Curry administration is preparing legislation to appoint Reverend John Allen Newman to the JAXPORT board, according to an email from Curry to senior staff. As well, Curry is appointing John Baker, the former […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 2, 2015

The Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee continued its budget deliberations on Wednesday afternoon, with an eye toward same-day finalization of the budget. UF Health’s contribution from the city of Jacksonville was another cleanup item on the agenda. $26,275,594 is the proposed amount, unchanged from the previous year. Councilman Reggie Gaffney wondered what any extra money would go […]

Melissa RossSeptember 2, 2015

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, whose inauguration motto was “One City, One Jacksonville,” recently made a very high-profile and symbolic hire to drive that point home when he appointed Marsha Oliver as his new spokesperson. Oliver is not only a registered Democrat, she’s also the first African-American female to hold the spox job at City Hall. […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 2, 2015

In Jacksonville, Ron Littlepage is generally held up as the dean of local opinion columnists. When he writes something, people pay attention. That was the case with his Tuesday column, in which he wrote: Mayor Lenny Curry has famously declared: “One City, One Jacksonville.” Now two months into his administration, a disturbing trend has developed as […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 1, 2015

The first day of September was a bad day on Wall Street. Yet September began with good news for Florida Gov. Rick Scott, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, and Metal Container, which makes among other things 1.5 million aluminum bottles a day for the beer barons at Anheuser-Busch. Metal Container brought Scott and Curry together with a […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 1, 2015

The Jacksonville Public Library has had a rough decade. Ten years of budget cuts have taken the beleaguered JPL past the point of efficiency into the realm of austerity. However, of late there has been hope, says Barbara Gubbin, JPL director. In welcoming Mayor Lenny Curry, Gubbin mentioned that she and her staff have been on “tenterhooks,” […]

Tag: Lenny Curry

Proposed tagline for Jax Journey reboot: “Let’s Ride”

With budget all but finished, what’s Lenny Curry’s next step?

Citing 1C1J, Lenny Curry pushes Obama White House on TIGER Grant

Lenny Curry to appear in USN Fleet Readiness Center documentary

John Allen Newman, former Alvin Brown endorser, reappointed to JAXPORT board

Jax Finance Committee wrestles with UF Health funding woes

New Lenny Curry spox Marsha Oliver: “This is a fun, interesting time for our city”

Ron Littlepage parses semantics of “One City, One Jacksonville”

Rick Scott, Lenny Curry trumpet job creation in NW Jax

For Lenny Curry and Jax Public Library, JAXREADS embodies 1C1J