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A.G. GancarskiFebruary 1, 2018

Last year, outgoing JEA board member Tom Petway floated an audacious proposal: privatize Jacksonville’s public utility. Explorations of that concept apparently have proceeded to the point where Action News Jax reports there are worries of a “mass exodus” from the company. Moreover, an internal letter template suggests pending offers of “continued employment” during possible “acquisition or change of control,” […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 31, 2018

Florida Gov. Rick Scott met with Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry Wednesday in Tallahassee. Scott and Curry align politically, and as the only Republican Mayor of a major city in Florida, Curry’s visits to Tallahassee are always worth noting. Conversation with the Governor Wednesday, Curry said, was about jobs, economic development, investment in downtown — and removing regulatory hurdles. Curry […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 30, 2018

A persistent pitter-pat has dripped from the rumor mill of Jacksonville politics for close to a year now, regarding the inevitable Jacksonville challenge to Al Lawson. Once Corrine Brown was out of the headlines, former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown would launch his run for Congress to take back Corrine’s seat. “Word in the halls is that former Jacksonville Mayor […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 29, 2018

The city of Jacksonville periodically sees Ku Klux Klan flyers put out in various places, and January offered the latest example. A man — name withheld here, as the Klan is a terrorist organization — emailed Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry on Jan. 14. “I am visiting Jacksonville, and was disturbed to see these flyers (such as those […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 24, 2018

While the Jacksonville City Council presidency next year is all but served up to the Jacksonville Chamber’s Aaron Bowman, the vice presidency is still in play. Pledge meetings kicked off, months ahead of May’s vote, for those taking office in July. All indications show the fight could prove every bit as combative as the fractious presidency […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 23, 2018

In the wake of the Jacksonville Jaguars loss to the New England Patriots and referees Sunday, emotions ran high. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry — a major booster of the team — was no exception. https://twitter.com/lennycurry/status/955292535957741568 “Media talking/writing heads that think sports are “silly” because it is “only a game”—- pound sand. These guys work their tails […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 16, 2018

Peter Rummell is one of the leaders of Jacksonville’s political donor set, and for the second straight week he got news from a Jacksonville board regarding his District project. The news was different than that coming out of last week’s Downtown Investment Authority meeting, which had the city of Jacksonville buying the land from JEA […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 12, 2018

Here we are now. Entertain us. EverBank Field was lit Sunday, as the Jacksonville Jaguars laid a smackdown on the Buffalo Bills, in a 10-3 defensive struggle that was best watched live and in the stands. Jacksonville hadn’t hosted a playoff game this century; the crowd was hyped. And mostly Jaguar fans. The media derided […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 9, 2018

2017 ended with bodies piling up in Jacksonville’s morgue. 2018 brings something approaching a solution via Ordinance 2018-005. A bill slated to be introduced at Tuesday’s City Council meeting on an emergency basis will offer what Medical Examiner Valerie Rao called last week a “proposed space solution,” which includes “office and refrigerator space”: a walk-in cooler […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 8, 2018

A number of Jacksonville City Council members will face competitive races should they want to be re-elected. However, in terms of sheer amount of opponents, no one faces more competition than Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Gaffney, who has four opponents already filed to face him in 2019. The Democrat, representing a district that sprawls from Downtown […]

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Jacksonville City Council, Lenny Curry’s office to clash over JEA privatization?

Rick Scott, Lenny Curry discuss removing regulatory hurdles for Downtown Jacksonville development

With Corrine Brown gone, does Alvin Brown run?

Jacksonville takes over a week to respond to complaints about Klan flyers

Knives out early in Jacksonville City Council leadership meetings

Lenny Curry tells press to ‘pound sand’, then press pounds Jacksonville Mayor

District project clears JEA board; developers now to buy land from JEA by July

Jacksonville Bold for 1.12.18 — Smells like teal spirit

Jacksonville City Council mulls morgue money Tuesday

Despite controversy, Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Gaffney mounts re-election bid