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Staff ReportsMay 4, 2018

Congressional candidates finish qualifying this week, setting the stage for a 3+ month sprint to nominations. Virtually every Congressional incumbent, save John Rutherford, will face a primary. Ted Yoho faces nominal competition for what could be his final term; Al Lawson faces more than a symbolic challenge in the form of Alvin Brown in Congressional District 5. We are a few weeks […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 3, 2018

Informed sources confirm that Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry raised more than $250,000 in April, his second straight month of strong fundraising after a $1.5 million March. The breakdown: $46,000 for the campaign (bringing its total raised to just over $300,000) and $206,000 for the “Jacksonville on the Rise” political committee (pushing it over $1.45 million raised or […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 2, 2018

JEA CEO Aaron Zahn is settling into his interim role. Florida Politics spoke with Zahn in light of recent criticism of the CEO. Navigating a tricky political climate, a neophyte to the world of municipal utilities (he was on the board weeks before he made the CEO bid), Zahn has faced a unique pressure. We discussed this and […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 2, 2018

Jacksonville City Council President Anna Brosche is not ruling out a run for a higher office, such as Jacksonville Mayor, she said on WJCT‘s First Coast Connect Wednesday. The field is crowding. Mayor Lenny Curry has already reported $1.5 million raised, but will face former Atlantic Beach Commissioner Jimmy Hill and activist Connell Crooms in a blanket primary next March. Brosche […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 1, 2018

Jacksonville’s Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, Ali Korman Shelton, is stepping down from her position in City Hall. On Monday, Shelton sent a letter to Mayor Lenny Curry explaining her departure effective later this month. “After much contemplation, and despite the positive future I foresee, it is now time for someone else to serve you, your administration, and […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 28, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is known as an ardent football fan, so it’s really not a surprise he is in Dallas this weekend for the NFL Draft. What may surprise some is that he’s pitching Jacksonville as a host city for a future draft. “We believe based on size and scope that Jax will be prepared […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 27, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry drew his third challenger for the 2019 unitary election Friday, with Connell Crooms filing to run without party affiliation. Crooms became known to Jacksonville residents in the wake of a protest that went awry in Hemming Park last April. The protest became violent when Gary Snow, a noted provocateur at leftwing and Democratic events […]

Staff ReportsApril 27, 2018

Lately, Jacksonville politics has been fractious. A debate over JEA privatization, a hot-button topic for months, saw the culmination of claims and cross-claims of lies, betrayals, subterfuge and deception before Mayor Lenny Curry pulled the plug Thursday. As the political season approaches, locals may want to take a cue from gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam, who made yet another […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 26, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, in Dallas for the NFL Draft, abandoned what was seen by many as a desire by his administration to privatize the local utility, via a statement Thursday morning. “I am choosing to state unequivocally that I will not submit any JEA privatization plan to the City Council,” Curry said. The law is […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 24, 2018

Concert tickets became the source of a controversy in Jacksonville City Hall this month, illustrating (again) the distrust between City Councilman Garrett Dennis and Mayor Lenny Curry. At issue: the distribution of free tickets for concerts by comedian Kevin Hart and country artist Tim McGraw. On Apr. 3, Dennis’ assistant sent the Mayor’s staff “a public records request on […]

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Jacksonville Bold for 5.4.18 — Qualifying Week

As Anna Brosche mulls challenge, Lenny Curry hauls in $250K more for re-election bid

Aaron Zahn sees being JEA CEO as a long-term gig

Anna Brosche mulls run for Jacksonville Mayor

Ali Korman Shelton stepping down from Lenny Curry administration

Lenny Curry wants to bring NFL draft to Jacksonville

‘Jax 5’ protester Connell Crooms launches run for Jacksonville Mayor

Jacksonville Bold for 4.27.18 — Lessons learned

From Dallas, Lenny Curry blasts critics, backs away from JEA privatization

Concert ticket kerfuffle creates sour notes in Jacksonville City Hall