Jacob OglesApril 19, 2022
4min0
The Legislative Black Caucus will also be part of the event.
Tag: R.L. Gundy
Jacob OglesApril 19, 2022
A.G. GancarskiJuly 8, 2019
6min621
Around the time Gundy got to discussing “domestic terrorism,” his microphone was cut.
A.G. GancarskiMay 20, 201910min324
What is an invocation for?
Jacob OglesMarch 21, 2019
4min503
LGBTQ equality has become the “civil rights issue of our time.”
A.G. GancarskiNovember 28, 2017
4min496
Steps away from Sen. Marco Rubio‘s Jacksonville office, a group of Jacksonville preachers thundered against the “immoral” tax bill in the U.S. Senate Tuesday. The clergymen, brought together under the aegis of the “Faith in Public Life” group, called for Rubio and Sen. Bill Nelson to vote against the tax bill based on “religious” values. Nelson has objected […]
Danny McAuliffeNovember 9, 2017
6min275
Darryl Rouson reintroduced the Competitive Workforce Act in the Senate Thursday, a bill that seeks to ban discrimination statewide based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The St. Petersburg Democrat said the legislation makes clear that LGBTQ discrimination will no longer be tolerated in Florida housing, employment, and accommodation decisions. The bill, SB 66, and its House companion, […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 2, 2016
11min347
Jacksonville City Councilwoman Katrina Brown renewed her push for citizen review boards for police shootings on Friday morning. It’s a heavy lift, as charter precludes such a board; however, a sheriff’s office reform task force last month suggested that such a mechanism may be a worthwhile reform, even as the police union opposed it. Brown has prioritized […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 26, 2016
14min229
On Monday evening, as the eyes of most Jacksonville Democrats were glued to their TV screens to see Philadelphia’s drama, a more local event, with more relevance in terms of local representation, was off television and in a local church. Candidates in Jacksonville’s House District 13, where incumbent Reggie Fullwood has drawn three primary challengers and […]
A.G. GancarskiJune 3, 2016
6min208
One of the more compellingly titled emails from Jacksonville government servers recently: a missive from pastor R.L. Gundy to the mayor and the city council entitled “Citizen Review Board, Independent Investigations, Death Penalty and Referendum.” Gundy, a politically active Baptist preacher, is known for his blistering fusillades against politicians like State Attorney Angela Corey. He also has been […]
Melissa RossApril 8, 2016
6min186
A coalition of community groups is calling for State Attorney Angela Corey “to either resign from office or she needs to be voted out of office as the State Attorney in August 2016.” That, from the Community Leadership Coalition for Justice, Jacksonville Leadership Coalition, Jacksonville Progressive Coalition, Mothers on a Mission, and more. The groups held […]