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A.G. GancarskiApril 3, 2018

Time appears to be running out for John Parker as state committeman for the Duval County Democrats, as another party officer on Tuesday called on Parker to step down after using controversial language during a January dinner. Parker, who used the phrase “colored people” during a dinner conversation with other party members and officials that offended […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 3, 2018

Media was not allowed in the meeting room where JEA linemen met with Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry Tuesday. Yet all reports from the meeting (at least, thus far) were that it was positive for both the utility workers and the Mayor. Curry Chief of Staff Brian Hughes noted that the mayor’s “meeting with JEA linemen this morning was […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 2, 2018

Lisa King‘s tenure chairing the Democratic Party of Duval County has been marred by the aftermath of her husband, state committeeman John Parker, committing the gaffe of using the term “colored people” during a dinner in January. In the last week, Parker and King have dealt with some adverse press, related to an ongoing outcry both […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 2, 2018

A political committee (Florida Committee for Infrastructure Investment) designed to stop the exploration of selling Jacksonville’s utility in its tracks rolled out its first radio ad in a mass email to media. The 30-second spot, which employs a child’s voice, includes a plaintive, heart-tugging script. “Mommy and daddy, they’re saying that Lenny Curry is trying to sell […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 2, 2018

Karyn Morton, chair of the Duval County Republicans, called Monday for the resignation or removal of the chair and committeeman of the Duval County Democrats. Committeeman John Parker used the phrase “colored people” at a dinner in January, leading to a complaint from party member James Morton in March. Soon afterward, calls for Parker to resign came from Lydia […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 29, 2018

Some say John Parker, a Democratic state committeeman from Duval County and husband of the current county party chair, made racist comments at a dinner and should resign. Others say Parker was misrepresented. Whatever the case, the Florida Democratic Party is now investigating the matter. And Democratic elected officials, such as Senate Democratic Leader-Designate Audrey Gibson and state […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 29, 2018

Duval County Democrats are dealing with unusual scrutiny and internal tension in the wake of remarks allegedly made by state committeeman John Parker at a dinner in January. The remarks were first discussed with Florida Politics in February, with James Deininger, the secretary of the Florida Senior Democratic Caucus, alleging that Parker made comments at […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 21, 2018

Democratic Jacksonville City Councilman Garrett Dennis may have been talking about a unified party in the constant struggle against GOP Mayor Lenny Curry when he said “We cannot turn the gun on each other. We must point the gun at the enemy.” But at least part of his reported comments Monday was interpreted/spun differently by the Duval County […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2018

At the request of Mayor Lenny Curry, the Jacksonville City Council met Wednesday to discuss a “valuation study” commissioned by local utility JEA, as what many observers see as a prerequisite toward “next steps” toward selling the utility. Council President Anna Brosche was adamantly opposed to the meeting, and expressed such Monday, which led Curry, for the […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 7, 2018

Duval County Democratic Party chair Lisa King leads a wave of Jacksonville endorsements for Alvin Brown for Congress. The endorsement of King, appointed to Jacksonville’s Planning Commission during former Mayor Brown’s tenure, and other prominent local Democrats signals that Brown’s implicit desire to make the Democratic primary race with Al Lawson in Florida’s 5th Congressional District a matter […]

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Another Duval Dem urges controversial state committeeman to step down

JEA linemen, Lenny Curry discuss ‘future of JEA’

Lisa King won’t resign as chair of Duval Democrats, urged her husband to step down as committeeman

Political committee targets Lenny Curry, JEA sale with radio ad buy

Duval Republican chair calls for Duval Democrats’ chair, committeeman to resign

Audrey Gibson, Tracie Davis address Duval Democrat committeeman’s alleged racist comments

Duval Democrats in civil war over committeeman’s alleged ‘racist remarks’

Duval GOP pushes back on Garrett Dennis’s call to ‘point the gun at’ Lenny Curry

Duval GOP chair backs Lenny Curry, turns on Anna Brosche

Duval Democratic Party chair endorses Alvin Brown for Congress