Jacob OglesJuly 20, 2019
3min269
Brief stint comes amid great speculation in HD 72 contest.
Tag: Navy
Jacob OglesJuly 20, 2019
Scott PowersJanuary 11, 2019
7min414
A former Navy intelligence official with a background in national security analysis who also is studious of economic theory, running on a generally moderate Democratic platform, seeking to flip a long-held Republican seat against a well-established opponent in increasingly purple Seminole County. No, not Stephanie Murphy. Meet Justin Miller. Thursday night Miller introduced himself to Seminole […]
Scott PowersOctober 24, 2018
2min744
The campaign of Republican U.S. Senate nominee Gov. Rick Scott is unleashing the softer side with Ann Scott in a new ad, where she and he tell the story of their marriage. The story is told as the couple sit on a couch, starting with how they met, how he joined the Navy, how she […]
Scott PowersAugust 6, 2018
2min855
Republican Gov. Rick Scott is telling his oft-told tale of his humble upbringing in public housing and rise to success, in Spanish now, with a new TV commercial. The 30-second spot, “Esperanza,” [“Hope,”] produced for Spanish-language television, tells his story in old photo-album snapshots and narration. And then the narrator, text, and his own comments […]
Danny McAuliffeApril 9, 2018
5min252
The Sunshine State is a hotbed of military activity and in turn, defense spending takes up a decent-sized portion of the state’s economic tally, according to one of the Navy’s top-ranking members. Rear Admiral Babette “Bette” Bolivar, commander of Navy Region Southeast, spoke to the Economic Club of Florida Monday in Tallahassee. She’s one of two […]
Associated PressDecember 12, 2016
7min355
President-elect Donald Trump is vowing to corral the “out of control” cost of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. But congressional Republicans and Democrats, aware of the tens of thousands of jobs the aircraft generates in 45 states, will be wary of any plans by Trump to cut the program. A Monday morning tweet from Trump […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 10, 2016
3min310
The score of last Saturday’s Navy/Notre Dame game in Jacksonville was Midshipmen 28, Fighting Irish 27. But the big numbers for the city of Jacksonville went beyond the scoreboard. Hotel occupancy at 90 percent. Over 50,000 people in the stands. Economic impact of $30 million. Jacksonville has seen sports and entertainment as a major part of […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 18, 2016
5min328
After a month defined by preparation for and recovery from Hurricane Matthew, Jacksonville could use some good news, positive economic activity, and a whole lotta fun. City leaders say it’s coming later in October and early in November, via both sporting events (the 2016 Georgia vs. Florida game and the Navy vs. Notre Dame game) […]
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 25, 2016
1min334
Jacksonville will host a National Preparedness for Response (PREP) exercise from March 14-17, coordinated by the Coast Guard, the Navy, NOAA, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. During this exercise, response personnel will be mobilized and deployed with appropriate equipment, under an incident command organization designed to test the coordination of these arms of […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 3, 2015
2min205
Following in a tradition of Jacksonville mayors who embrace the Navy presence in the Bold New City of the South, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry has made it a priority to embrace local military early in his term. That trend continues next week when Curry will videotape a brief cameo appearance in the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast 75th […]