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A.G. GancarskiSeptember 13, 2017

As Jacksonville recovers from Hurricane Irma, certain local Republicans and Democrats wonder if the storm’s destruction was God’s will. Hours after State Rep. Kim Daniels repeated assertions — at a launch of an Irma relief fund, no less — that “prophets” saw the dreaded storm coming as a way of God sending the Sunshine State a […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2017

State Rep. Kim Daniels, a Jacksonville Democrat, may have had the most idiosyncratic reaction of any office holder to Hurricane Irma. She claimed that God revealed it to prophets, an unusual reaction by a state lawmaker to a natural disaster that the state and the nation will take years to recover from. Daniels posted to Facebook […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 15, 2017

Jacksonville City Council President Anna Brosche shocked many in local politics when she announced commencement of a process to remove Jacksonville’s Confederate monuments. “I intend to propose legislation to move Confederate monuments, memorials, and markers from public property to museums and educational institutions where they can be respectfully preserved and historically contextualized. It is important to […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 24, 2017

The Jacksonville City Council Officer Elections have wrapped, and now comes the inevitable post-game analysis…. ____ PROLOGUE A year ago, the Jacksonville City Council – like Jacksonville itself – was in a different place. Pension reform was a concept, ethereal on some distant horizon. And you couldn’t go a week without a thinkpiece on the […]

Phil AmmannMay 12, 2017

Big political news of the week, maybe: State Rep. Jay Fant decides to run for Attorney General. A bold move — given he’s running from Jacksonville (not a hotbed of votes), and that he’d downplayed his attorney experience up until now. Fant went statewide Tuesday, talking to the press in Tallahassee, Tampa and Orlando, before […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 25, 2017

The eternal question in Jacksonville, at least since 2012: will the Human Rights Ordinance be expanded to protect people on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression? That question was not resolved Tuesday evening, in a packed council chambers where the main attraction on an otherwise unremarkable agenda was a public hearing […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 10, 2017

After an agenda full of bills that met little opposition in committees, the Jacksonville City Council turned its attention Tuesday evening to a familiar question: the HRO, which was up on first read with a planned vote on Valentine’s Day. For the third time in five years, Jacksonville legislators heard pros and cons of expanding […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 4, 2017

Expansion of Jacksonville’s Human Rights Ordinance appears to yet again be a consideration for Jacksonville’s City Council. And opponents have taken notice. Those opposed to HRO expansion have been emailing Mayor Lenny Curry, with sentiments such as these. “I am against any HRO resolution that attempts to bestow special rights to any person or group that […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 2, 2016

A pastor who was vocal in his opposition to expanding LGBT rights in Jacksonville is poised to become a member of the JEA Board, via recently filed legislation at the request of the mayor’s office. And in doing so, that pastor will fill the vacancy of a councilman who introduced a bill for an expanded […]

Peter SchorschAugust 16, 2016

Over the next few days, televised debates will help many voters’ make up their minds in three important races of the most unsettled election season northeast Florida has seen in decades. WJXT-TV, in collaboration with the Public Policy Institute at Jacksonville University, hosts three debates over three days. Tuesday evening sees three candidates for the […]

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Jax GOP consultant defends Kim Daniels, says Irma was message from God

Kim Daniels claims Irma was ‘revealed to prophets first’

Hate mail won’t change Anna Brosche’s resolve to remove Jax Confederate monuments

Winners and losers emerging from the 2017 Jax Council leadership elections

Jacksonville Bold for 5.12.17 – Fantasia

‘Democracy in action,’ as Jacksonville human rights ordinance hearing draws overflow crowd

HRO reboot dominates Jacksonville City Council meeting

Jacksonville HRO expansion foes gear up for 2017 fight

Anti-HRO pastor Fred Newbill to replace Warren Jones on JEA Board

Jacksonville Bold for 8.16.16 — Must-see TV