Staff ReportsJuly 14, 2021
30min2071
The Jacksonville Mayor's race is a little lopsided in favor of the GOP.
Tag: Siottis Jackson
Staff ReportsJuly 14, 2021Staff ReportsJuly 7, 2021
24min2066
Yet again, COVID-19 strikes the Jacksonville City Council.
A.G. GancarskiMarch 4, 2019
7min197
Early voting starts Monday in Duval, after two weeks of underwhelming vote by mail.
A.G. GancarskiAugust 16, 2016
3min470
Could Corrine Brown lose her primary in Congressional District 5? If the Florida Times-Union editorial page has something to say about it, yes. On Monday, less than 24 hours before yet another court date for the Jacksonville Democrat (this one a status of counsel hearing, seemingly re-affirming the hiring of Greg Kehoe last week), Jacksonville’s paper of record weighed in, […]
A.G. GancarskiJuly 7, 2016
6min357
The re-election campaign of Rep. Corrine Brown will face a new complication, as an indictment looms for her regarding the “One Door for Education“ charity. Documents, reports Action News Jax and other sources, will be served to Brown, with a news conference pending Friday on the matter. The head of One Door for Education, Carla Wiley, […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 31, 2016
9min805
Questions have emerged about Siottis Jackson, one of the campaign workers for U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown. Jackson has a troubled legal history with felony convictions related to financial transactions in 2011 while working at Ribault High School and in 2015 while working for a Clay County Realtor. Jackson says these are examples of “unfortunate lessons learned regarding […]
A.G. GancarskiMay 11, 2016
3min312
One would expect One Door for Education, the fraudulent charity associated with Rep. Corrine Brown, to factor heavily in the Democratic primary in the newly drawn Congressional District 5. One would be wrong, however. On Tuesday, the court granted “an indefinite continuance of the sentencing” of Carla Wiley, previously set for June 13. The prosecution advised […]
A.G. GancarskiMarch 23, 2016
2min204
The money race in the HD 14 race has been slow compared to most Northeast Florida districts. Leslie Jean-Bart, the leader in money raised through February (and second to Terry Fields when it comes to cash on hand), plans a Young Professionals fundraiser for Wednesday night. The host committee includes Jenny Busby and Darren Mason, two Jacksonville City Council […]
A.G. GancarskiJanuary 7, 2016
9min268
The talk in Jacksonville politics this week has been the subpoena served to Corrine Brown at the Bono’s on Norwood Avenue, a place that for African-American politicians in Jacksonville is as much a gathering place as Two Doors Down was in Riverside. Brown says that this is a “tangential investigation” that is driven by her political […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 4, 20156min302
In terms of Jacksonville politics, few have a résumé to match that of former Chief of Staff Chris Hand, who worked in the Alvin Brown administration for its entire four years, and before that was press secretary for then-Sen. Bob Graham and campaign manager for Alex Sink when she won as state CFO in 2006. Hand is working […]