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A.G. GancarskiMay 5, 2015

Mike Williams and Ken Jefferson have seen a lot of each other during the past few months. They’re two driven men, with driven organizations behind them, who want the same thing. You knew it was going to get heated, you just didn’t know when or how or who would be first. After Tuesday night’s debate on First Coast News, […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 5, 2015

The first of three televised debates between Jacksonville sheriff candidates Ken Jefferson and Mike Williams is at 7 p.m. Tuesday at First Coast News in downtown Jacksonville. As Florida Politics has reported, inside baseball has been the game at recent forums when the candidates have alluded to situations and scandals the average viewer would need footnotes to discern. The debate is […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 2, 2015

Some things are certain. Death and taxes. The sun coming up in the east and Chic-Fil-A being closed on Sunday. And that you can’t go more than a few days without hearing Jacksonville Sheriff candidates Ken Jefferson and Mike Williams debate. As opposed to the race at the top of the ticket, which will see […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 28, 2015

When pastors come together for a media event, know that it’s going to start off with prayer. And that prayer gives an idea as to the interpretive bias of the person speaking. The prayer starting off the latest in a series of events with faith leaders offering solutions to Jacksonville’s epidemic of violent crime offered […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 28, 2015

The Westside Republican Club meeting, held at a jampacked church on Old Middleburg Road on Monday night, was devoted entirely to the upcoming election. Though a lot of the media focus has been on where voters in the urban core might go in the May 19 election, turnout in Republican strongholds like the Westside is […]

Melissa RossApril 27, 2015

Calls from the Jacksonville faith community to impose a 9 p.m. curfew in the city’s high-crime areas are getting pushback from activists on the ground in the Northwest quadrant. “In studies of dozens of U.S. cities, our research shows overall, youth curfews have had ‘no effect’ … in other words they just don’t work!” writes […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 23, 2015

The always idiosyncratic voters at the Jacksonville Tiger Bay club voted in a straw poll for citywide candidates at this past Friday’s meeting, which we covered. The results are in and they are not party line. In the Mayoral Straw Poll, incumbent Democrat Alvin Brown bested Republican Lenny Curry 50 percent to 40 percent, with 10 percent leaving […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 21, 2015

After a second poll since the First Election showed the campaigns of Alvin Brown and Lenny Curry in a very close contest on Tuesday, both campaigns had quick reaction. The Curry side, represented by Brian Hughes, optimistically predicted further gains with undecided voters, a position consistent with its contention that voters not in the mayor’s camp are […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 21, 2015

With four weeks to go in the Jacksonville mayoral race between Lenny Curry and Alvin Brown, the latest poll results show the candidates within the margin of error. The poll was conducted this past week by a statewide business organization and given to FloridaPolitics.com. It sampled 400 registered voters and had a 4.9 percent margin of […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 20, 2015

ICARE, the Interfaith Coalition for Action, Reconciliation and Empowerment, describes itself as a “diverse, multi-issue, organization of 40 member congregations representing over 30,000 Duval County residents.” On Monday night, three thousand people from these congregations, and others throughout the community, are going to pack the Potter’s House Church on Jacksonville’s Westside to discuss issues on […]

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Jax ministers trade potshots over violent crime, solutions

Lenny Curry, Mike Williams pitch to Westside Republicans

Curfew controversy latest flap in Jax public safety concerns

Alvin Brown, Mike Williams win Tiger Bay straw poll

Jacksonville campaigns react to latest poll

Poll: Jax mayoral, sheriff races tight, within margin of error

ICARE interfaith symposium tonight on Jax Westside