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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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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