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A.G. GancarskiJune 21, 2018

The Democratic primary in Florida’s 5th Congressional District, a scrum between the Tallahassee incumbent Al Lawson and former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown, looks to be a test of whether Duval Democrats can take back the district against Lawson, a genial career politician with friends on both sides of the aisle. The battle has been one of dueling […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 26, 2018

In a statement Thursday, Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan confirmed that he bid on London’s Wembley Stadium. If his $500 million offer is approved, that puts the stadium back in private hands, Khan said. And it would offer another revenue source for the perpetually challenged Jaguars, a play local officials back. “One of the many benefits […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 20, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said last month that he wanted the city to have a “mature conversation” about JEA valuation and whether privatization was the way forward. However, after yet another series of bad news cycles in which Curry, a popular mayor for most of his term, has seen that conversation and his mayoralty pilloried in […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 19, 2018

Some clarity emerged Thursday from the Jacksonville Jaguars on the future of the Sports Complex. The Cordish Companies was announced as the development partner for what a media release calls “a $2.5 billion world-class, mixed-use district in the downtown sports complex.” If this pans out, it could be an important missing piece. “The development will […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 17, 2018

The Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee on Tuesday approved moving $1.945 million from the Sports Complex Capital Maintenance Fund to fund improvements at the Sports Complex. The bill is now ready for the full Council to vote on it next week. The money was available, per a city representative, because of “excess debt service” funds […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 6, 2018

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry has no meaningful opposition for his re-election bid and his first 25 days of fundraising likely will ensure that remains the case for some time. In less than a month on the re-election trail, Curry raised just more than $1.5 million. Of that sum, $255,305 went into the campaign account, and $1,246,500 […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 30, 2018

A persistent pitter-pat has dripped from the rumor mill of Jacksonville politics for close to a year now, regarding the inevitable Jacksonville challenge to Al Lawson. Once Corrine Brown was out of the headlines, former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown would launch his run for Congress to take back Corrine’s seat. “Word in the halls is that former Jacksonville Mayor […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 5, 2018

The 2015 Jacksonville Mayoral campaign is just a memory now. And the alliance between former Mayor Alvin Brown and Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan has a newsreel quality. It almost seems quaint. In 2014, when it seemed like Brown was a slam dunk for re-election, the city signed off on an ambitious capital investment: $43 million into […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 28, 2017

At the end of November, Florida Times-Union reporter Nate Monroe wrote one of those articles so pointed that television reporters, in a crash course on political committee finance, were asking follow-ups during gaggles. Entitled “Political committee spending keeps many details of Mayor [Lenny] Curry’s trips in dark,” the piece examined some off-schedule trips the mayor took with Jaguars’ […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 26, 2017

Another year is mercifully almost in the books, and with that comes another chance for this writer to offer self-recrimination for yearly predictions that looked good in January. — Prediction 1 [TRUE]: The Duval Delegation will struggle to deliver. On this one, I have to consider what the Mayor told me was the key priorities. […]

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East versus West dynamic still evident in Alvin Brown, Al Lawson race

Shad Khan bids on Wembley Stadium; Jacksonville officials not worried

Is Jacksonville’s ‘mature conversation’ about JEA privatization over?

Jacksonville Jaguars tap Cordish Companies to develop sports complex

‘Excess debt service’ monies to fund improvements to Jacksonville sports complex

Big momentum: Lenny Curry raises more than $1.5 million in just 25 days for re-election

With Corrine Brown gone, does Alvin Brown run?

Cobranding links Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, NFL Jaguars

Florida Times-Union editorial board all-in for ‘entertainment zone’

Behold, the wreckage: A look at A.G. Gancarski’s 2017 predictions