Tag: Richard Clark

A.G. GancarskiNovember 13, 2015
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The 2015 elections led to a lot of changes in Jacksonville’s city government. Alvin Brown and his appointees were, except for certain high-performers, out. Lenny Curry, and his appointees, in. Among those imports to the mayor’s suite: a number of City Council members from the previous class (Policy Director Robin Lumb; Blight Director Denise Lee; […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 4, 2015
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The talk from informed parties isn’t going away: former Jacksonville City Council President Clay Yarborough is leaning strongly toward taking a run at the House Distgrict 12 seat, to succeed Lake Ray. That would set up a three-way dance among three former two-term Republican district council people. Now in the race are Richard Clark and […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 30, 2015
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In 2000, the Better Jacksonville Plan, an ambitious initiative passed via referendum to institute a sales tax increase for various infrastructure improvements, passed by a comfortable margin. Though it now seems like a historical footnote, one might be surprised to know that even though all money has been encumbered for the BJP, there are still […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 5, 2015
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The first Northeast Florida State House hopeful to file a fundraising report for September, HD 12 Republican Don Redman, had an easy time of it. Redman, a Jacksonville Republican who served two terms on City Council from 2007 to 2015, has raised just over $8,000 since launching his campaign in January, 2015. However, he had nothing to report […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 20, 2015
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Mike Hightower, who resigned from the Jacksonville Electric Authority Board in December 2014, is back with them in a new capacity. Hightower is JEA’s new top lobbyist. As the Times-Union reported on Thursday, the job pays $199K. Competition for this position was fierce. Word is that former Councilman Richard Clark was interested. With Hightower, JEA gets […]


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