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A.G. GancarskiNovember 7, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is in Washington D.C. today making the push for a federal infrastructure grant, and a packed itinerary awaits him. The $25 million grant from the Department of Transportation would allow the city to reconfigure off ramps from the Hart Bridge onto surface streets. The push is supported by Sen. Marco Rubio, who is just […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 6, 2017

October was the second straight quiet month — by its standards — for Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry‘s political committee, “Build Something That Lasts” The committee brought in $35,000, its second straight month below $40,000. All told, the committee has raised $1.436 million — and has spent $1.05 million — since coming into existence. Comfortably over $430,000 […]

Peter SchorschNovember 3, 2017

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With Jacksonville’s City Council on its “fifth-week” break and many of the city’s power brokers on a Chamber trip to Toronto, Bold is a bit light on City Hall content this week. No matter, since we are entering the political season — you’ll notice a lot of entries focused on Florida’s 5th Congressional District — […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 2, 2017

Next week, Florida Senate Democrats look likely to choose Jacksonville Sen. Audrey Gibson as their next caucus leader. Given the amount of narrative in recent months about Jacksonville not having its voice in leadership, this has to be seen as a positive. After Wednesday’s meeting of the Duval County Legislative Delegation, we asked Gibson if […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 1, 2017

A familiar face in Jacksonville City Hall will helm the new Kids Hope Alliance (KHA) board. City of Jacksonville CFO Mike Weinstein was tapped to be interim executive director of the seven-person panel on Wednesday. “Mike is an incredible change agent respected and trusted throughout our city and state,” said Mayor Curry. “Few people have had a career […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 1, 2017

Jacksonville’s mayor, City Council president, and City Council vice president are part of a 141-person delegation from the city to Toronto on Wednesday. Their absence raised questions in Jacksonville City Hall about why the Duval County legislative delegation would meet without them, and even the day before the Wednesday meeting, there apparently was encouragement from […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 1, 2017

Jacksonville wants to revamp the offramps to the Hart Bridge downtown, routing regular traffic onto Bay Street and freight traffic on surface streets. October saw the City Council approve $1.5 million for a design criteria study — a prerequisite to getting a federal grant that would help the city accomplish an infrastructure process that will […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 31, 2017

One of the signature legislative pushes of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry‘s administration — the Kids Hope Alliance (KHA) — was passed by the City Council this month. The KHA, a new seven-person board that will replace the Jacksonville Children’s Commission and the Jacksonville Journey, will command a roughly $35 million budget for services the mayor calls “at-hope kids,” […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 27, 2017

An analysis from Bloomberg released Friday asserts that Jacksonville has the highest fixed cost ratio (31.6 percent) of any city with over 250,000 residents. This analysis is sharply disputed by the administration of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, however, which claims that Bloomberg is using old data that doesn’t take into account pension reform. “When you measure those […]

Phil AmmannOctober 27, 2017

When it comes to statewide races in 2018, does Northeast Florida have a dog in the hunt? That’s a matter of interpretation. One of our big scoops this week — Congressman Ron DeSantis (insiders affirm) is ramping up for a possible run for Florida governor. DeSantis’ wife is on local television; he represents a district […]

Tag: Lenny Curry

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Mike Weinstein tapped to head Jax ‘Kids Hope’ board

Disconnect between Duval delegation, Jacksonville leadership raises questions

Marco Rubio backs Jacksonville Hart Bridge project

Lenny Curry’s ‘Kids Hope’ vision begins to take shape

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