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A.G. GancarskiJune 18, 2015

The final Lenny Curry transition team budget meeting of Thursday morning, headed by new CAO Sam Mousa, involves a meeting with the Department of Health. 11:38: A discussion of Health Department initiatives, in preventive care and other areas. Mousa mentions that people don’t think about the Health Department until a public health emergency hits. There could […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2015

A writing teacher I had once told me the secret to character development. A character can be good or bad, but as long as he is verifiable, that is the secret to credible characterization. I look at Sam Mousa, Lenny Curry’s new Chief Administrative Officer in that sense. Some have said that he’s “recycled” from a […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2015

In a move that surprises no one who has been watching the transition period, Jacksonville Mayor-elect Lenny Curry has selected Sam Mousa to be his chief administrative officer. “From the start of our transition process, I have been witness to Sam’s ability to get his arms around the budget challenges and financial disarray our city faces. […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2015

For those looking for a peek behind the curtain of a municipal budget process, there is no better place to be than City Hall in Jacksonville for the next three days, as Sam Mousa will go through the budgets of every department in Jacksonville government. After a period when it seemed like these meetings might […]

Melissa RossJune 15, 2015

Could the iconic downtown Jacksonville Landing be torn down and a rebuild started from the ground up? That question will be on the table Tuesday night at a workshop on the Landing’s future sponsored by the city’s Downtown Investment Authority. “We are starting from scratch,” DIA board member Doris Goldstein says. Goldstein spoke during an […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 12, 2015

Lenny Curry and Mike Williams presented a united front on the campaign trail, and (as Florida Politics reported earlier) they are planning a joint inauguration on July 1. “On the occasion of becoming our great city’s next mayor, I invite the people of Jacksonville to join us in this celebration of Jacksonville’s future,” Curry stated in an […]

Melissa RossJune 12, 2015

During his successful campaign for Jacksonville mayor, Lenny Curry made public safety a key campaign issue, and repeatedly pledged to bring back the city’s Jacksonville Journey anti-crime initiative. The “Journey,” as it was known, began under former mayor John Peyton as a response to Jacksonville’s skyrocketing violent crime rate. A series of interlocking initiatives focusing on […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 12, 2015

On Thursday afternoon, the Lenny Curry A Safer Jacksonville mayoral transition committee addressed issues related to police, fire, and rescue. Throughout the meeting, very specific subject matter expertise was demonstrated. The committee itself featured fire department people, such as Director/Chief Marty Senterfitt, and police veterans, such as former undersheriff Frank Mackesy. This facilitated a discussion that got […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 12, 2015

File this under: Sam Mousa gives a budget lesson. Though the transition between the Alvin Brown and Lenny Curry administrations has been (for the most part) free of tension, matters of professional pride can and do become personalized. That was proved true once again during the Fiscal Responsibility meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday, when Brown’s […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 11, 2015

A piece widely circulated Thursday from The Florida Times-Union makes the not-so-shocking statement that “not all of Lenny Curry‘s transition team meetings will be open to the public.” No surprise there. Curry met with Mayor Alvin Brown not too long ago, and it was not open to the public. Should the meetings this week have been in […]

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Jax transition budget meeting: Department of Health

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Lenny Curry picks Sam Mousa as his chief administrative officer

Day 1 of Sam Mousa’s budget review is over. What’s next in day 2?

City “starting from scratch” on Jacksonville Landing, downtown investment board member says

Lenny Curry, Mike Williams plan joint inauguration

Under Lenny Curry, Jacksonville Journey anti-crime effort set to make comeback

Safer Jacksonville transition committee addresses police, fire, rescue issues in Jax

Fiscal Responsibility meeting reveals tensions between Alvin Brown, Lenny Curry camps

Should all Lenny Curry transition team meetings be open to public?