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A.G. GancarskiJuly 24, 2015

One of the many hot-button issues during the Jacksonville mayoral campaign between Lenny Curry and Alvin Brown was whether or not Mayor Brown would take a pension from the Florida Retirement System. As Nate Monroe of the Florida Times-Union reported in March, Mayor Brown’s office had said that he had “enrolled in the plan without realizing that taxpayers” […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 2015

Jacksonville voters are now receiving a political postcard from Together for a Greater Jacksonville that makes some hard-hitting claims against Alvin Brown, who has “the wrong priorities for Jacksonville.” The postcard points to the increase in incidence rates of murder, rape, and assault, asaying “and yet, Alvin Brown: fired 147 police officers; cut our sheriff’s […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 4, 2015

With Election Day on May 19, there are surprises to be found in the Jacksonville mayoral fundraising and spending reports for candidates and their PACs. Some surprises are there for the viewing The first big one: As of March 31, the most recent numbers available, Alvin Brown‘s Taking Jacksonville to the Next Level PC was close […]

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