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A.G. GancarskiNovember 3, 2015

Jacksonville residents often see the cutely titled Kismet on the Riverwalk. That’s Shad Khan‘s yacht: the embodiment of the new Gilded Age, gleaming from end to end, with brass rails reflecting the unrelenting Jacksonville sun like a smile from God himself. However, relatively few have access to the Kismet. This writer has yet to be […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 16, 2015

Does Shad Khan need an even bigger scoreboard? It would seem that way, given the free and easy access Jacksonville City Council members apparently have to the owner’s box as indicated by an email by Ethics Director Carla Miller. She sent the missive to local Jags-and-everything-else lobbyist Paul Harden and General Counsel Jason Gabriel over owner’s […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 22, 2015

Sitting in his office on the fourth floor of Jacksonville’s City Hall just twelve hours after the Fiscal Year 2016 budget was approved by Council, District 7 Councilman Reggie Gaffney is interested in what comes next. “Now that the budget’s over,” Gaffney said, he intends to “turn [his] attention to downtown development.” His timeframe is compact. […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 20, 2015

Most of those who speak into live microphones in Jacksonville are very careful with their word choice. Jaguars owner Shad Khan is not really an exception to that rule. However, since he is generally used to talking to other captains of industry and policy makers, Khan tends to speak with the sort of nuance that works […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 20, 2015

The conference room at the high-end Sawgrass Marriott at Ponte Vedra Beach where Enterprise Florida held its presentation Thursday morning is, appropriately enough, called the Champions Room. That’s appropriate given that those attending were among of the best and brightest in the Sunshine State’s business community. It was also appropriate given that the speakers were […]

A.G. GancarskiJuly 11, 2015

Spoiler alert: no. It’s easy to get swept up in the endless wave of Are the Jaguars Moving? I’ve done it myself. It’s easy to see things like games in London, enthusiastically advocated by an owner with a pro soccer team in that same city, and wonder why he wouldn’t just pull up stakes. I’ve done it myself. […]

Melissa RossJune 15, 2015

Could the iconic downtown Jacksonville Landing be torn down and a rebuild started from the ground up? That question will be on the table Tuesday night at a workshop on the Landing’s future sponsored by the city’s Downtown Investment Authority. “We are starting from scratch,” DIA board member Doris Goldstein says. Goldstein spoke during an […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 10, 2015

Way back in April, Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan issued a provocative statement that some might consider an example of foreshadowing. “As someone who is committed to Jacksonville, as a citizen, businessperson and owner of the Jaguars, I am going to be active in the political process here,” Khan said in a statement. That wasn’t all he said, […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 11, 2015

The Next Generation Leaders ECO is messaging for Kim Daniels yet again, with a mailer contrasting the “true conservative” against the “radical liberal” Anna Brosche. Daniels, we are assured, is pro-family, pro-life, and a member of the NRA, and enjoys the robust support of First Responders. This particular mailer is especially interesting, as it comes after a $20,000 donation […]

Melissa RossApril 16, 2015

Downtown Investment Authority CEO Aundra Wallace denies that Shad Khan has the inside track on his proposal to develop Jacksonville’s vacant Shipyards property- even though 40% of the evaluation criteria is based on “respondents’ financial capacity.” “That is absolutely not the case,” says Wallace, who will evaluate proposals along with two other members of the DIA […]

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