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A.G. GancarskiDecember 11, 2017

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Fleming Island Sen. Rob Bradley took over the Appropriations Committee earlier this year. Perhaps predictably, Bradley’s political committee — Working For Florida’s Families — had its best month ever in November … both in terms of money raised and the purpose of money spent. The committee raked in $124,000 of new November money, spending $55,487 of that. […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 4, 2017

Earl Testy, a Republican candidate in Jacksonville City Council District 14, took a provocative position on the current tsunami of sexual harassment charges Monday. Testy took women to task, asserting “they have themselves and their libidos to blame for much of their own abuse by men.” “Feminists have no more call to be proud of […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 22, 2017

Friday saw Mayor Lenny Curry join Jacksonville Jaguars President Mark Lamping, to announce the 2017 recipients of the Jacksonville Veterans Resource and Reintegration Center community grants. Ordinarily, the main interest would be in the organizations, and the Jaguars’ tangible multi-year commitment to military and veterans’ organizations. This year, there was gaggle interest in the comments of […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2017

Just weeks ago, members of the Jacksonville Jaguars made international news by protesting the U.S. national anthem on foreign soil. Ahead of a game in London, Jaguars players kneeled while owner Shad Khan supported their protest by standing with the team during the anthem. In the interim, an attempt to walk it back: as a mea […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 19, 2017

President Donald Trump has been roasted throughout the media for reported comments during a condolence call to the widow of Army Sgt. La David Johnson. Reportedly telling the grieving widow that he “knew what he signed up for,” Trump also apparently failed to refer to the slain sergeant by his name. Many are outraged. Including an NFL […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 17, 2017

Just weeks ago, members of the Jacksonville Jaguars made international news by protesting the U.S. national anthem on foreign soil. Ahead of a game in London, Jaguars kneeled — and owner Shad Khan supported their protest by standing with the team during the anthem. Khan offered support before the protest, said defender Telvin Smith: “It was [a] […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 13, 2017

Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan unleashed on “racist” NFL owners, offering some sharp critiques of President Donald Trump and his consigliere Steve Bannon Thursday in Chicago. Quotes from Crain’s Chicago Business: Khan’s description of NFL owners was so subversive and trenchant a player could have said it: “You’ve got a bunch of 85-year-old guys who don’t think they’re racist, […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 10, 2017

A new poll from the University of North Florida shows high approval ratings for the owner and coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars. While Shad Khan and Doug Marrone sit at 65 and 58 percent approval, there nonetheless is still some grievance from Republicans toward the home team’s anthem protest in London. Republicans are less likely to watch […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 5, 2017

While Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry may disagree with Jaguars’ owner Shad Khan on national anthem protests, the two align politically. The most recent piece of evidence: the September finance report for Curry’s political committee, “Build Something That Lasts.” Khan’s $25,000 contributed in September comprised the majority of the committee’s $38,000 haul last month — which brought the […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 25, 2017

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry may assert that National Anthem protests are “stupid,” but Jaguars owner Shad Khan — a key political ally of Curry’s — feels differently. Curry, who the Florida Times-Union reports flew to London with the Jacksonville Jaguars, had a bird’s eye view of that team protesting the National Anthem … and Shad Khan’s role in that […]

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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. 4/18/25-Candles and remembrances are left near the Unconquered statue a few hours after the Florida State University Gathering of Unity Vigil held Friday to honor victims of the recent mass shooting. COLIN HACKLEY PHOTO

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Jax Jaguars President punts when questioned about Shad Khan controversy

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Jacksonville Jaguars issue mea culpa for players’ anthem protest

Shad Khan slams ‘racist’ NFL owners, Steve Bannon, Donald Trump

Poll: Jacksonville loves Shad Khan, even as Republicans cool on Jaguars

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Breaking with Lenny Curry, Shad Khan ‘appalled’ by Donald Trump