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A.G. GancarskiJune 16, 2015

For those looking for a peek behind the curtain of a municipal budget process, there is no better place to be than City Hall in Jacksonville for the next three days, as Sam Mousa will go through the budgets of every department in Jacksonville government. After a period when it seemed like these meetings might […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 15, 2015

The fourth and final section of Monday’s Transition Task Force budget review was a romp through the Public Works budget. For any of the previous three budget liveblogs, check our site’s Local tab. The Transition Task Force has three more days of this, as the Lenny Curry team begins its budget process on a departmental review […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 15, 2015

This is a liveblog of the third of four Transition Budget Reviews on Monday, the first of four days of these (for the Inspector General’s office). For the JSO review and the JFRD review, please click the hyperlinks. 1:15 p.m.: Sam Mousa confirms that Mike Weinstein is part of the budget task force. That explains the email about a meeting […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 15, 2015

The Fire and Rescue blog post is here. Now comes the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office budget review. 10:11 a.m.: Pat Ivey and a budget officer represent the JSO here. 10:12 a.m.: Overall revenue in the general fund is only up $300,000. 10:18 a.m.: Red-light camera revenue is not budgeted by city. Apparently the program is “volatile” and “controversial.” […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 15, 2015

Today, Jacksonville begins three days of departmental budget review for the Transition Process with Sam Mousa. We will be live blogging each session. This Fire and Rescue session is the first of many. 8:33 a.m.: Thus begins an hour and a half of Fire and Rescue with Sam Mousa and Marty Senterfitt, representing the Fire Department. 8:40: Mousa is […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 12, 2015

File this under: Sam Mousa gives a budget lesson. Though the transition between the Alvin Brown and Lenny Curry administrations has been (for the most part) free of tension, matters of professional pride can and do become personalized. That was proved true once again during the Fiscal Responsibility meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday, when Brown’s […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 11, 2015

A piece widely circulated Thursday from The Florida Times-Union makes the not-so-shocking statement that “not all of Lenny Curry‘s transition team meetings will be open to the public.” No surprise there. Curry met with Mayor Alvin Brown not too long ago, and it was not open to the public. Should the meetings this week have been in […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 11, 2015

Florida Politics has obtained a cache of emails related to Jacksonville Mayor-elect Lenny Curry’s transition. The emails date back to May 22. They provide an invaluable record of the transition, as the self-styled “transformational mayor” moves quickly from the seemingly perpetual candidate to the city of Jacksonville’s chief executive. To highlight the nature of the […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 2, 2015

On Tuesday morning, the Finance Committee of the Jacksonville City Council met and deliberated a number of key bills, including the Police and Fire Pension Deal and the funding for the much-advertised “90 Day Audit” that Mayor-elect Lenny Curry promised during the campaign. The pension deal was the main event, of course, and it passed through committee […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 21, 2015

Reported late on Thursday by multiple outlets, the Lenny Curry transition leadership team gives some insight into what his administration might look like. It is stocked with familiar names and steady hands who have history in Jacksonville and who have been supporters of the Mayor Elect. “In the days and weeks ahead, I will be working with […]

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Day 1 of Sam Mousa’s budget review is over. What’s next in day 2?

Jacksonville Transition Task Force Budget Review: Public Works

Jacksonville Transition Task Force Budget Review: Inspector General Office

Jacksonville Transition Task Force Budget Review: JSO

Jacksonville Transition Task Force budget review: Fire and Rescue session

Fiscal Responsibility meeting reveals tensions between Alvin Brown, Lenny Curry camps

Should all Lenny Curry transition team meetings be open to public?

Emails provide fly-on-the-wall perspective inside Lenny Curry’s mayoral transition

Jax Police and Fire Pension deal moves through Finance Committee

A look at Lenny Curry’s transition leadership team