Drew DixonJanuary 24, 2024
2min0
Jacksonville Housing Authority board member resigns as agency is under investigation for possibly misusing more than $1M in federal funds.
Tag: Lisa Strange Weatherby
Drew DixonJanuary 24, 2024
A.G. GancarskiOctober 20, 2015
16min225
Jacksonville City Council chambers was largely empty Tuesday afternoon, except for those proposed for appointments to Jacksonville boards and commissions, a smattering of reporters, political junkies, and a TV camera. The latter parties were there to document the moves that Mayor Lenny Curry contends are necessary to execute his vision, moves that opponents – most prominently Councilman […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 25, 2015
5min299
“I have decided to resign from the board of JEA,” wrote former Vice Chair Peter Bower, because “the atmosphere for public service has become poisonous and detrimental.” Knowing Lenny Curry reasonably well at this point, I’m sure that, as he read this, his thinking went something like this… Don’t let the door hit you in […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 22, 2015
3min242
Early next week, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is scheduling one on one meetings with JEA Board members, in the wake of some serious issues he and his administration has with scripted comments made by board members related to a pay increase for the JEA CEO. In the wake of the scheduling of those meetings, he […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 21, 2015
1min189
Though the Lenny Curry administration contends that its decisions to remove people from boards, most notably Planning Commission Chairwoman Lisa King, are not politically driven, critics continue to question the administration . One such criticism came in a Friday email from Judy Sheklin, president of the Jacksonville area National Organization for Women. “I am writing to […]