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A.G. GancarskiJuly 29, 2015

Paul Martinez, Director of Intragovernmental Services for the City of Jacksonville, is departing city employment effective July 31. In an email, CAO Sam Mousa stated that “Paul’s last day at work for the City will be Friday, July 31, 2015. The mayor neither rejected nor accepted Paul’s resignation letter that was submitted at the beginning of […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 29, 2015

Jacksonville’s Special Committee on the JEA Agreement doesn’t exactly grab the headlines. However, to those living in Jacksonville and subject to mandatory sewage, water, and power service from the public utility, the relationship between Jacksonville and the Jacksonville Electric Authority bears watching, as Florida Politics did during their Tuesday afternoon meeting. The meeting agenda identified […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 28, 2015

“City Council meetings are like Christmas twice a month. You know you’ll get a present. The question is whether it’s going to be a good one or a bad one,” Council President Greg Anderson said before the meeting The first City Council meeting of the new class was expected, going in, to be a quiet one. […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 20, 2015

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry delivered his administration’s first budget address just after at 8:30 a.m. Monday to a packed Jacksonville City Council chambers. It was a short, direct speech that, as expected, mirrored policies established in budget hearings and the draft version released this past week. Council President Greg Anderson called the meeting to order at 8:33, […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 17, 2015

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry announced late Friday the appointment of Kevin Stork as Jacksonville comptroller. Stork returns to a role he held during two Republican administrations between 1999 and 2011, at an annual salary of a little more than $131,000. “Kevin Stork will bring his keen financial acumen back to City Hall and I am excited […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 17, 2015

As the Jacksonville media digests and reports on Lenny Curry’s inaugural budget, most of us are struck by how positive the initial reaction to it has been, and so we write positive pieces. WJXT had one such piece: “Police, fire leaders like mayor’s budget proposal.” The story had positive comments from Randy Wyse and Sheriff Mike Williams, and Council […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 17, 2015

Florida Politics has covered the Lenny Curry transition subcommittees as thoroughly as any Jacksonville outlet, and as we review the subcommittee reports (in draft form), a holistic vision is emerging in both the budget early-stage actions by Curry and the organizational structure. The A Safer Jacksonville subcommittee recommended new fire stations and some relocations of fire stations […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 15, 2015

A year ago, Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown presented an ambitious budget to city council that advocated for “getting the best return on our investment for the next generation … [seizing] the moment to use our resources to make not only a better today, but also a better tomorrow.” At 8:30 a.m. Monday in council chambers, […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 10, 2015

Those who have seen Jacksonville grow over the decades have seen Florida State College at Jacksonville grow with it. A few decades back, Florida Junior College was a sleepy two-year school, used primarily as a feeder into the University of North Florida’s upper division offerings. Jacksonville has grown, and FSCJ has grown with it. A four-year […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 8, 2015

A few things are certainties in the Bold New City of the South. One of them is that football (with the exception of the gone and mostly forgotten ACC Championship Game) is a consistent draw. The other is that Jacksonville is as strong a military town as any in the country. When you can make […]

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Paul Martinez leaving COJ government

JEA and COJ: at “cross purposes and cross goals”?

Jacksonville City Council: July 28, 2015 recap

With first budget, Lenny Curry says “Jacksonville is back in business”

Kevin Stork returns as Jax comptroller

Sam Mousa laments “inaccuracies and falsies”

Lenny Curry transition subcommittee reports show holistic vision

Lenny Curry’s new budget lives up to “realistic and balanced” promise

FSCJ Downtown Immersion project is on the table

Jacksonville lands next year’s Navy/Notre Dame football game