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A.G. GancarskiJuly 26, 2017

On Tuesday night, Republican candidate for Attorney General Ashley Moody held a strategically placed fundraiser in the State House district of her primary opponent, Rep. Jay Fant. The event drew nearly 200 people, and was highlighted by a host committee studded with big-time names in the Duval donor class and legal community. How big were the names? […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 2, 2016

A FloridaPolitics.com report on how exposure to Global Ministries Foundation properties tanked the Memphis municipal housing bond market did not escape the notice of Jacksonville City Council President-in-waiting Lori Boyer. In the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee meeting Monday, Boyer wanted to know if dilapidated properties at places like Washington Heights and Eureka Garden could affect Jacksonville’s municipal housing bonds, […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 20, 2016

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Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Brown made a public relations mistake on Tuesday. He got quoted playing “blame the media” with the top news station in town, regarding the scandal-plagued slumlords of Global Ministries Foundation. “My position, if I can get things done without bringing the media and the cameras to the residents that are economically challenged, […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 20, 2015

The situation at Eureka Gardens, the blighted Section 8 apartment complex on Jacksonville’s Westside, has become an embarrassment that has even been addressed by both of Florida’s United States Senators at this point. However, no commentary, up until now, has addressed the spurious nature of the complex’s financing. That changes now. And the blame is […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 11, 2015

The first meeting of the Lenny Curry transition team’s Blight Committee, chaired by E. Denise Lee, carried on the work that the city council’s ad hoc Blight Committee has done for the past couple of years. The people in the room, by and large, had not been to a meeting of Lee’s council committee. The influx of new […]

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Big local names show up for Ashley Moody’s Jacksonville fundraiser

Housing bond default couldn’t happen in Jacksonville, but concerns still loom in Council

Does Reggie Brown have a Global Ministries Foundation problem?

Jax Housing Finance Authority chair blames Eureka Gardens bond issue on Alvin Brown

Lenny Curry transition Blight Committee carries on earlier work