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A.G. GancarskiMay 3, 2015

Early voting in Jacksonville starts on Monday, and Lenny Curry made the decision to spend a big chunk of the weekend beforehand in Grand Park and NW Jacksonville, defying many of his most vocal critics who have told him, in no uncertain terms, that he might as well cede these areas to his opponent, Alvin […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 2, 2015

Some things are certain. Death and taxes. The sun coming up in the east and Chic-Fil-A being closed on Sunday. And that you can’t go more than a few days without hearing Jacksonville Sheriff candidates Ken Jefferson and Mike Williams debate. As opposed to the race at the top of the ticket, which will see […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 1, 2015

We just got a preview of a Lenny Curry comic produced by his volunteers for the Beaches Comic Con on Saturday, and it is well done. The themes are familiar to those closely following the Jacksonville mayoral campaign. The first panel features the mayor at a press conference, saying that “crime has dropped 10% and is at […]

Melissa RossMay 1, 2015

Former Jacksonville mayoral candidate Audrey Moran used her time at the podium accepting a OneJax Humanitarian Award to call out Mayor Alvin Brown and his challenger Lenny Curry, both in the audience, on the city’s Human Right Ordinance. Moran, now vice president of corporate and social responsibility for Baptist Health, challenged Brown and Curry to issue a […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 1, 2015

On Friday, Jacksonville mayoral candidate Lenny Curry addressed what he called a “full house” of CEOs and leaders from many of Jacksonville’s leading nonprofit organizations at WJCT in what he described as a “very important meeting” with “leaders of serious organizations that do good work under the radar.” Being on the radio at the same time, I […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 30, 2015

While we had a reasonably comprehensive look into the mechanics of Bill Bishop endorsing Alvin Brown on Thursday, new information has come to light, via Nate Monroe of the Florida Times-Union, that puts that endorsement in a different context: namely, competing claims from Bishop and Lenny Curry about the lead up to the endorsement. Curry said that Bishop, by endorsing Brown, reneged […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 30, 2015

With recent in-house polling suggesting that Lenny Curry has a slight lead over incumbent Mayor Alvin Brown, the Curry camp sent out an email promoting its latest television ad, a spot that started airing Thursday. The email also advances the campaign’s “closing argument,” which is suffused with a “positive vision” for Jacksonville, contrasting his argument with Brown’s […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 30, 2015

On March 31, Bill Bishop, who finished third in Jacksonville’s First Election, held a press conference on the steps of City Hall, where he said he was not endorsing Alvin Brown or Lenny Curry for Mayor. A couple of weeks later, an email went out from the Bill Bishop for Mayor campaign account. The campaign staffers endorsed Brown’s […]

Melissa RossApril 30, 2015

With just 20 days left until the city’s runoff election, Bill Bishop’s unexpected endorsement of Mayor Alvin Brown has landed as another late-in-the-game twist in the city’s tight mayor’s race. After tallying up 17% of the vote in the March First Election for mayor, Bishop vowed to run again in four years- but repeatedly said he was […]

Melissa RossApril 30, 2015

As the Jacksonville candidates for both mayor and sheriff campaign hard on how to boost public safety, the city’s influential faith leaders are also speaking out about a disturbing spike in crime rates and gang activity. They’re not all on the same page regarding recent calls to impose a 9 p.m. curfew in Jacksonville’s high-crime […]

Tag: Lenny Curry

Lenny Curry reaches out to, dialogues with Grand Park

Inside baseball the game at Jax sheriff’s forum

Lenny Curry comic ready for Jax Beaches Comic Con

Audrey Moran calls out Alvin Brown, Lenny Curry on HRO

Lenny Curry discusses importance of nonprofits, faith

Bill Bishop’s endorsement and the “lost decade” claim

Email insights: Lenny Curry’s “closing argument” advances “positive vision”

Bill Bishop reverses course, endorses Alvin Brown for re-election

Bill Bishop endorsement: “I really do think it’s a game-changer”

Jax pastor: We don’t want to become the next Baltimore or Ferguson