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A.G. GancarskiMay 31, 2018

Jacksonville mayoral candidate Connell Crooms, running without party affiliation, got some coverage this week for calling incumbent Mayor Lenny Curry a “racist bully.” “It seems for the sake of professional decorum, the people of color on city council are too afraid to say what black people in Jacksonville have long been saying: Lenny Curry is […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 31, 2018

Though the Jacksonville City Council is on its “fifth week,” a sanctioned break from committee meetings, the intrigue continues in the St. James Building. Tuesday saw Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry meet with a candidate for the legislative body: Marcellus Holmes. Holmes, a former professional football player, didn’t hone into specific policy proposals during an April interview. If elected, […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 29, 2018

U.S. Rep. John Rutherford and Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry are honorary hosts for a fundraiser Wednesday for Republican Mike Waltz’s run in Florida’s 6th Congressional District. The host committee for the reception, to be held at the home of JEA Board member Husein Cumber and City Council hopeful LeAnna Cumber, features a number of interesting names. Among the luminaries: Jeb Bush, Jr; […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 29, 2018

Jacksonville held another iteration of its yearly jazz festival over Memorial Day weekend, but a number of local politicians critiqued a scheduling decision for the well-attended event. City decision makers did not use the Jacksonville Landing as a location for a festival stage; a move not altogether surprising given the continued legal back and forth between […]

Staff ReportsMay 25, 2018

We’ve reached the point in the primary cycle where, by now, campaign groundwork and infrastructure should be well underway. Bold is offering evidence of that proposition. Smart candidates are bringing out the big endorsements, and less seasoned candidates making career-killing gaffes. The operatives are talking. If our Jacksonville correspondent isn’t typing, odds are good he […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 23, 2018

Florida Politics has obtained proof that Karyn Morton, chair of the Republican Party of Duval County, attempted to sway the election for Jacksonville City Council Vice President between Danny Becton and Scott Wilson. Both Becton and Wilson, who won the race, are Republicans. However, Morton (who denied having done such when we asked her about […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 23, 2018

Two weeks ago, the Jacksonville City Council passed a resolution at the request of School Board member Ashley Smith-Juarez backing up its position that a change in state concordance testing changes would lower the city’s graduation rate. Per WJCT, the new rules would raise minimum standardized test scores needed for graduation, but Mayor Lenny Curry objected to the […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 22, 2018

The top job starting July 1 in the Jacksonville City Council will go to current Vice President Aaron Bowman, elected President-Designate Tuesday. There was little surprise: Bowman had 13 of the 19 councilors pledging support to him weeks prior. President-Designate Bowman, a VP for the Jacksonville Chamber‘s business recruitment wing JAXUSA Partnership, will represent a break […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 22, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott was in Jacksonville Tuesday morning, with what his office called a “major announcement” regarding “Florida’s safe communities” and the 2017 FDLE Crime Report. Crime rates have decreased during the Scott era (from a 40 year low to a 46 year low and now, a 47 year low), and his trumpeting of the statistical decreases […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 21, 2018

A major regional endorsement, via Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, went to Mike Waltz in the three-way GOP primary in Florida’s 6th Congressional District Monday. Curry and Waltz share some of the same political advisers, and judging from the quotes of mutual admiration, there is ideological affinity as well. “Michael Waltz is a leader and a warrior with a […]

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Connell Crooms doubles down on ‘racist bully’ claim against Lenny Curry

Mind games continue between Lenny Curry, Garrett Dennis

Lenny Curry, John Rutherford hosting fundraiser for Mike Waltz

Jacksonville courthouse stage for jazz festival draws heated criticism from pols

Jacksonville Bold for 5.25.18 — Game theory

Duval GOP chair tried, failed to sabotage Council VP race

Concordance discord: Lenny Curry pilloried for not signing education resolution

Jacksonville City Council elects Aaron Bowman to presidency; Scott Wilson VP

Rick Scott trumpets another record low state crime rate

Lenny Curry backs Mike Waltz for Congress