A.G. GancarskiNovember 13, 2020
4min461
Virus rages, finger-pointing follows.
Tag: Sam Newby
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3min459
America crossed 10,000,000 virus cases Monday, and at least one is on the Jacksonville City Council.
A.G. GancarskiJuly 25, 2020
3min1096
Hazouri surgery just weeks into his presidency.
A.G. GancarskiMarch 19, 2020
3min302
The Councilman is on the mend.
A.G. GancarskiMarch 17, 2020
5min320
There are six cases in Duval, according to official counts.
A.G. GancarskiMay 15, 2019
7min456
Cannabis conundrum for Jacksonville Councilmembers.
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 31, 2019
3min378
At-large Jacksonville City Councilman Sam Newby padded his cash lead in his most recent campaign finance report. As of Jan. 25, Newby, a first-term Republican, had raised in total $44,274; he has nearly $41,000 on hand. Interesting donors in the period between Jan. 12 and 25 ($5,400 haul) include developer John Rood and JEA lobbyist/GOP veteran Mike Hightower. […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 22, 2019
7min446
The first post-qualifying fundraising reports are in for downticket Jacksonville races in the March elections, and some trends are familiar while others are exciting and new. [Note: coverage of mayoral race fundraising is here.] The races for Sheriff and Property Appraiser see Republican incumbents Mike Williams and Jerry Holland with daunting leads over Democratic challengers. Williams has over […]
A.G. GancarskiNovember 12, 2018
13min406
With Jacksonville’s leading Republican officeholders all in for the Ron DeSantis campaign, October fundraising for their 2019 campaigns was on the back burner. And why not? Though Jacksonville has a Democratic plurality, and statewide candidates Bill Nelson, Andrew Gillum, and Nikki Fried all won here, local Republicans have no reason to doubt their ability to hold serve based on […]
guestOctober 30, 2018
6min255
This year’s ballot is full of proposed Constitutional amendments — some arguably good, and some bad. A contender for the worst among the bunch: Amendment 3. It is very misleading, and we urge voters not to be fooled. Upon casual inspection, Amendment 3 does not seem terrible. It purports to let voters decide whether the […]