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A.G. GancarskiDecember 18, 2017

Jacksonville designated a stretch of road Monday in honor of Dr. Eartha M.M. White; appropriate, given how she paved the way for so many. Broad Street from Forsyth to Beaver Streets now has the honorary name — one that recognizes White’s unique contributions. Running the first African-American nursing home… at the age of 89 years old. […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 11, 2017

After winning her election for chair of the Duval County Democrats earlier this week, Lisa King issued a statement that read more like a call to arms. “The stakes have never been higher for our country. The ideals that we hold so dear seem to be under attack every day. While we are currently the minority in […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 27, 2017

Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Gaffney has had an interesting two years in office. There was a traffic stop confrontation with Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office members, who stopped him because he was driving around on a license tag he reported stolen. There also was the matter of Gaffney “double-dipping” on homestead exemptions, as the Florida Times-Union first reported. Despite these […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 24, 2017

Despite a memo from the city’s general counsel saying that censure could be pursued by two Jacksonville City Councilors after their confrontation with Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officers, Council President Anna Brosche ruled against it Tuesday. “Other entities,” such as a local or state ethics commission, could impose discipline, Brosche wrote in a memo. Thus ends a two-week […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 11, 2017

As the midnight hour approached Tuesday in Jacksonville, its City Council heard public comment — and much of that comment centered on a Councilor. Councilwoman Katrina Brown ran afoul of the head of the local Fraternal Order of Police, Steve Zona, after accusing officers of “racial profiling” during a stop of yet another Councilman, Reggie Gaffney. Brown pulled […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 5, 2017

The latest twist in the case of Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Gaffney‘s license plate that he reported stolen in 2016: it wasn’t stolen at all, and the councilman did nothing wrong by reporting it stolen then using it anyway. This pronouncement came forth Wednesday afternoon from Sheriff Mike Williams, closing the door on an investigation of inconsistencies […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 3, 2017

Monday saw a Jacksonville City Council committee move Mayor Lenny Curry‘s children’s program re-orginization — the Kids Hope Alliance (KHA) — through by a 6 to 1 vote. Discussion of the bill to replace the Jacksonville Children’s Commission and Jacksonville Journey was brutal. It took over three hours, and it became clear that one primary skeptic of the bill […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 28, 2017

The case of Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Gaffney and his troublesome license plate rages on, a full ten days after he was pulled over by police officers for driving with a license plate he had previously reported stolen. Since then, Gaffney has profusely apologized for his conduct during the stop — first at the front of […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 27, 2017

Before Tuesday night’s meeting of the Jacksonville City Council, Rules Committee Chair Doyle Carter spoke briefly with us about the situations involving two of his Council colleagues. Last week on his way home from a meeting, Councilman Reggie Gaffney was pulled over for using a license plate he reported stolen. Gaffney denied that he had reported the tag stolen, […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 27, 2017

Late Tuesday night, the Jacksonville City Council passed the city’s $1.27 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, one with $131M in capital improvements, and 100 new police positions. The $131 million capital improvement budget: a cornucopia of one-time spending designed to take advantage of budget relief created by pension reform, fueled by the confidence created by Jacksonville’s strong position […]

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Jacksonville honors trailblazer Eartha White with road dedication

Duval Democrats ‘aggressively organizing’ as Lisa King prepares to lead them

Reggie Gaffney raises $10K for Jax City Council re-election bid

No censure for Jax Councilors Katrina Brown, Reggie Gaffney

Police union heads refute Jacksonville council member’s accusation of racial profiling

Plategate abates: Jax Sheriff clears Councilman on ‘stolen’ tag

Panel defers Lenny Curry’s ‘Kids Hope Alliance’ proposal

Jacksonville Sheriff, State Attorney talk Reggie Gaffney’s ‘Plategate’

Jax Council Rules Chair talks Reggie Gaffney ‘Plategate’

Jacksonville City Council approves $1.27 billion budget