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Should indicted City Council Members resign from the council or stay?
There was breaking news about 10:00 this morning and it was a shocking report. Two Jacksonville City Council members were indicted for bank fraud and money laundering. This is a sad day for Jacksonville. This is not how we want our home town to be viewed. Eye on Jacksonville was formed to hold our government…
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Open Letter to JEA Board from Billie Tucker, founder of Eye on Jacksonville
An Open Letter to the current Board Members of JEA From Billie Tucker, former consultant to the Board of JEA and Founder of EyeOnJacksonville.com Date: May 29, 2018 Contact information: [email protected] Copies sent to: Jacksonville City Council Members, Mayor Lenny Curry and Mr. Aaron Zahn, Interim JEA CEO Let me introduce myself and why…
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No News to You! Keep you in the dark & put you, our children & truth at risk!
There are indications that the media are being manipulated in Jacksonville. This is a serious matter, and local newspapers and television stations are derelict in their duty by not using their vast resources to end the practice. The public is the loser. In recent weeks, Eye on Jacksonville has asked three local government offices for…
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Constitutional Revision Commission:Trapping the poor as their futures are crushed by the greed of liberals.
Even liberals now are talking about abolishing Florida’s Constitution Revision Commission, which recently proposed eight constitutional amendments. An example of why, for once, liberals might be right: Some members of the 1998 commission are seeking to file a brief in the Florida Supreme Court as part of a legal battle about whether the state is…
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STINK to Mayor Curry & his staff using his power to implement his plan to “put the screws” to the Landing
I woke up, grabbed a cup of coffee and turned on my computer to read the daily news. I was excited about today because we were going to be out and about speaking about Eye on Jacksonville and not only that – the economy is booming, people are back to work and there is a…
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New School Superintendent.Will raising taxes be her “thing” or raising standards?
Local government schools will have a new superintendent. After mixed results in the past, parents and taxpayers will have to hope this one proves worthy. The first job for Diana Greene will be to get the fiscal house in order. It will be a bigger job than she has now. She heads Manatee County schools,…
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Who is really Thinking about what’s best for ALL of us in Jacksonville? A Think Tank?
One thing Jacksonville could use is an independent think tank. For 40 years or thereabouts, the old Jacksonville Community Council Inc. sought to fill this role, with mixed results. Eventually it drifted so far left that it lost all its private funding and closed. But when it started under the tutelage of Jacksonville civic leader…
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The Landing won the people’s vote. The business community supports The Landing.
The Business Journal recently produced a poll. Click the link to see the full results. Link: Which of these downtown projects do you think will have the largest impact on Jacksonville? The Landing was #1 with 54% of those polled. The Business Journal’s readership is largely local businesses and business leaders. It appears even the local…
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UPDATE: Something wasn’t “Propper” at the Sheriff’s office and now he is gone.
Eye has received numerous calls regarding the behaviors of Assistant Chief Leonard Propper with the Duval County Sheriff’s office. Those calls came from people who were fearful to give their names. They feared retaliation. WOW. That’s not a good thing for people to fear telling the truth. This past weekend, Asst. Chief Propper punched another…
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DIA: For 44 years we’ve handed out incentives and downtown is still blighted. Why?
One of the trickiest jobs facing politicians and bureaucrats is handing out money. In Jacksonville, there is an agency whose sole purpose is handing out money. The Downtown Investment Authority was created in 2013 to revitalize Jacksonville’s urban core by utilizing Community Redevelopment Area resources to spur economic development. DIA’s projects are guided by a…
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Mayport Memories. WINK to those who see the potential. Forrest Gump would be proud.
When I was a little girl my Daddy would take us to Mayport to see the big shrimp boats and eat at the restaurant sitting out in the water. It was a special treat and I looked forward to it every time he said, “Let’s go eat shrimp.” Once we got there we would run…
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Spitting coffee over JEA and Anna Brosche. She’s doing her job, gentlemen!
As I read the news today, I was drinking my coffee and relaxing on my outdoor patio. Good thing because I spit coffee when I read that Fred Newbill, a JEA board member, accused City Council President Anna Brosche of using the JEA as a political tool for a possible run against Mayor Curry. Let…
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Why EYE?
From our founder, Billie Tucker: In 2009, the Tea Party Movement took the country by storm. We petitioned our Federal Government against tax increases; regulation strangulation; mandatory purchases of health insurance; and so many other freedom-losing rules impacting us as American citizens. We marched on DC and we helped Conservatives get elected to Congress. And…
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Politicians: The Leaders of Today or the Evils of Tomorrow.
Bullying isn’t a new concept in the realm of teenagers, and it certainly isn’t in the Jacksonville area. There’s been plenty of stories of parents pulling their children out of both private and public schools alike because of the bullying that occurs in these learning environments. Over 20% of students say they’ve experienced bullying and…
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Duval Schools: Teaching children how to overspend, go in debt, rob Peter to pay Paul and on and on
It is becoming pretty clear why Nikolai Vitti is no longer school superintendent. As usual, he was touted as the greatest thing since sliced bread when he was chosen to be superintendent in 2012. He initiated a new strategic plan focusing on “developing great educators and leaders; ensuring an equitable and efficient use of resources;…
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No-Hit Zones take a hit and City Council bails out grocery store chain. What?
The controversial Resolution to set up “No Hit Zones” inside public buildings failed to pass City Council approval last night. Eye believes that is a good move due to the vague training and empowering of city employees to give parents parental advice. What? Yep, you read that right. And…we already have laws on the books…