Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Staff ReportsDecember 6, 2018

Wrap it up The year, in terms of Jacksonville city government, is nearing an end. Next Tuesday sees the final City Council meeting of 2018. For those interested in getting autographs, a Holiday themed meet-and-greet will also be held Wednesday afternoon. Hors-d’oeuvres will be served at the latter event. Reminder: keep gifts under $100 in […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 6, 2018

The qualifying deadline for Jacksonville city elections in 2019 is Jan. 11. And as of now, Mayor Lenny Curry is the prohibitive favorite for re-election. Curry has drawn seven opponents as of Thursday morning. But the first-term Republican Mayor has somewhere over $3 million on hand. And his nearest opponent, independent candidate Connell Crooms, has just over […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 3, 2018

Duval’s December begins as most months have begun the last four years: Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry and his ever-expanding political machine standing strong, even as political enemies recover from their latest rout. Last Tuesday saw a doubleheader: back-to-back events illustrating the futility of, as the phrase once went, raging against the machine. An older phrase […]

Staff ReportsNovember 29, 2018

Baseball terminology may be out of season, but no matter: this week’s developments show that all the work Northeast Florida lawmakers have done in recent months has paid off. For the second straight year, Fleming Island Republican Rob Bradley will helm Senate Appropriations. This year, a close ally is also handling the House budget. Gov. […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 29, 2018

One of the knocks against Jacksonville’s government is a lack of long-range planning. Jacksonville City Council members are working to change that, via the institutionalization of plans extending out as far as five years. These plans have been pushed before in the early 2000s, and are up again. A bill under consideration in the Jacksonville […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 27, 2018

A bill voted down 8-0 last week in the Jacksonville City Council Rules Committee nonetheless got its hearing in front of the full Council this week. However, the result was no different, as the full Council followed the lead of Rules and the Council President and turfed Ordinance 2018-570 by a 3-16 vote. The bill, […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 27, 2018

Electricity was in the air Tuesday, as the board of Jacksonville municipal utility JEA picked its new CEO. It turned out to be the guy who had been in that role for some time. Some members of the Jacksonville City Council and the media thought it was a done deal well ahead of the meeting, […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 27, 2018

Jacksonville Democrat Yolanda Thornton wants to be Mayor. And she has made her move, opening a campaign account in which there is room to grow. Thus far, she has raised $100. She has never held elected office before. Never been appointed to a city board or commission. And she moved back to town only recently. […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 26, 2018

With a little more than a month to go before qualifying in the Jacksonville mayoral race, there is little drama. Incumbent Lenny Curry has almost $3,000,000 cash on hand for his re-election campaign while he awaits a challenger with any sort of fundraising traction to file (only NPA Connell Crooms, who has about $1,000 on hand, has filed). Curry has […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 20, 2018

Legislation that would introduce a number of transparency reforms to Jacksonville’s city government went down in the Jacksonville City Council Rules Committee Tuesday, despite bill sponsor Anna Brosche requesting a deferral. Rules, the sole committee of reference, is chaired by Councilman Tommy Hazouri, who asserted that the deferral request was too close to the meeting to be […]

Tag: Lenny Curry
Golf ball and golf club in bag on green grass

Jacksonville Bold for 12.6.18 — Wrap it up

Lenny Curry challengers: all talk and no action?

2019 elections a referendum on Jacksonville’s strong mayor government

Jacksonville Bold for 11.29.18 — Payoff pitch

Long-range plan: Jacksonville City Council members delve into budget priorities

Jacksonville City Council downs transparency bill

Temp to perm: Jax insider Aaron Zahn locks up JEA CEO gig

‘Underdog story’: Yolanda Thornton‘s longshot bid for Jacksonville Mayor

‘Her window’s closing’: Is Anna Brosche running for Jacksonville Mayor?

Clear as mud: Jacksonville City Council committee kills transparency bill