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A.G. GancarskiOctober 25, 2016

Passed at Tuesday’s Jacksonville City Council meeting: an emergency appropriations bill to get dune restoration moving forward from Beach Blvd. up to 16th Street … and potentially south of Beach Blvd. as well. $7.5 million will be moved from the debt management fund for the work, with oversight from the mayor’s office’s CFO and Chief Administrative […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 27, 2016

Friday’s arrest of rabid anti-LGBT rights Brunswick pastor Ken Adkins on charges of child molestation and aggravated child molestation of a young man represented the end of an era in Jacksonville politics. It was the end of an era for white Republicans, who, going back a decade, saw Adkins as a portal to picking up black […]

Peter SchorschJuly 5, 2016

One of the most undercovered, yet indispensable, parts of the fiscal year in Jacksonville: The Mayor’s Budget Review Committee, which is a misnomer, as one never actually sees the Mayor in the room. If the posted schedule is correct, that committee wraps Wednesday, with a “clean up” session slated for next Tuesday afternoon to resolve any issues left […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 5, 2016

On Tuesday, the Jacksonville Mayor’s Budget Review Committee performed an omnibus wrap up session, as budget review ends Wednesday. The usual players were analyzing the budgets: Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa, CFO Mike Weinstein, and Chief of Staff Kerri Stewart. The Tuesday session dealt with the “short list” of potential enhancements, bolstered by some small increase in property tax revenues, […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 1, 2016

Friday morning saw Jacksonville’s Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa, and CFO Mike Weinstein review the budgets for venues. Some highlights from the review of SMG budgets: The baseball stadium saw contractual services revenues down $319,000. Estimates were inflated, given revenue from the Armada underperformed projections at the time of budget submission last summer. Despite discussions of a new […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 30, 2016

Jacksonville’s capital improvement project budget list got reviewed Thursday by Mayor Lenny Curry‘s chief lieutenants, CAO Sam Mousa and CFO Mike Weinstein. Herein, some highlights of a capital improvement plan tempered with pragmatism and a deep desire to avoid incurring too much debt. All topics here are subject to change before budget is submitted. Public Works capital improvement projects ADA projects […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 29, 2016

The frolic and frivolity of the Jacksonville Mayor’s Budget Review committee continued Wednesday afternoon with a romp through the Public Works budget. Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa and CFO Mike Weinstein, as ever, presided. Below, just a few of the highlights: JEA LED streetlight conversions got kind words from Mousa, who liked them in high-crime areas. They […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 29, 2016

The Jacksonville mayor’s office budget reviews continued bright and early Wednesday morning, with budgets for the judicial system subjected to the scrutiny of Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa and Chief Financial Officer Mike Weinstein. The excitement in the room was palpable. Below, just a few of the highlights: General liability went up; there were a lot of slip-and-fall […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 29, 2016

The Jacksonville mayor’s office budget reviews continued bright and early Wednesday morning, with the city council’s budget subjected to the tender mercies of Chief Administrative Officer Sam Mousa and Chief Financial Officer Mike Weinstein. There was little controversy. And in the case of the council, look for increased spending. And look for John Crescimbeni to, at long last, […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 23, 2016

The office of Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry reviewed the Planning and Development budget Thursday. Facilitating the review were CAO Sam Mousa and CFO Mike Weinstein. The highlights: A spirited discussion of “performance measures” led off the meeting, regarding permits. Weinstein: “You don’t have any influence on how many permits you ask for, but you have influence on how many […]

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Sen Rick Scott in Sarasota. Photo by Jacob Ogles.

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