The “war on confederate symbols” moves to Jacksonville, May 17th. Why now?
My name is Joshua Warren and I wanted to share my thoughts about the War on Confederate Symbols that will soon show up in Jacksonville, my hometown. I’d love to hear what you think about this matter. Demonstrators will begin a three-day, 40-mile trek from Jacksonville to St. Augustine protesting confederate symbols in our area. […]
At least Duval County School board is trying to protect our kids. Guess it’s better than nothing.
Action by the School Board to protect Jacksonville schoolchildren is welcome. The vote, with only one dissent, allows the hiring of 107 school safety assistants who will be armed and trained to use the weapons. With only 56 police officers to guard 160 plus schools, the school system is not prepared for the types of […]
EYE welcomes Debbie Gonzalez as Researcher & Writer. Blessed to have this Veteran and Patriot onboard.
Debbie G. (our name for her) is a native of New York and became a resident of Jacksonville via the U.S. Navy. After separating from the navy she worked for both Grumman Aerospace and later Northrup-Grumman Aerospace. After almost 20 years in the aviation industry, she went back to college to change professions. Going back […]
City Council feeds the Gorilla millions of your tax dollars. And then what happened?
The 800 lb gorilla has been revealed to actually be approximately a 3000 lb 19 headed monster and it is formally known as Jacksonville City Council. For decades this monster has used the hard earned dollars of Duval taxpayers to ease financial burdens to developers and corporations. This monster offers tax breaks, grants, and […]
“Hit Free Zones” in Jax? Yep, your City Council is considering managing parental discipline. What?
How can someone be against a resolution that sets up “Hit Free Zones” in Jacksonville. It’s hard to argue that you WANT TO HIT or BE HIT or HIT SOMEONE because immediately you sound like a fool. And isn’t that how liberals always do it? They make up new laws that sound good for us. […]
Taking away your fun. No docks for you. But docks for buddies! Who would do that?
Capt. Rodney Williams of the Jacksonville & North Florida Boaters Community recently sent emails and letters to the editor for our city publications. Why? Because he’s not happy that the City of Jacksonville has taken away boaters’ ability to dock their boats at fun events and locations along downtown. Read about it here: Boaters upset Tonight […]
How could Pizza get a STINK? When it closes and your taxpayer dollars are involved.
The big announcement came as a shock yesterday when Brixx Wood Fired Pizza closed its doors in Unity Plaza in Riverside. This was the last of three restaurants which closed in that facility only 22 months after opening. Taxpayers subsidized the 220 Riverside project by a total of $12.1 million dollars. Those dollars came from […]
UPDATED: City, Fire, Police Pension Fund: Is this Line Item causing a STINK with COJ Financial Report?
It has been seven months since the city’s fiscal year ended, and there still is no Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for that period on the city’s Web site. Why not? Is it just the usual snail-like pace of the bureaucratic machine? Or is there something in the document that the administration doesn’t like? The Comprehensive […]
AMAZING: Jax Developer can build a big development without taxpayer money!
The Downtown Investment Agency could learn a lot from a deal that just happened with abandoned property in the Baymeadows area of Jacksonville. It is exciting to see that a developer has gone through the long suffering process of being a developer in Jacksonville. Joyce Development Group LLC of Jacksonville and property owner D. R. […]
Got a “Scoop” re: City Government? We hired the best “Scoop” in town! That’s a WINK!
We are pleased to announce Lloyd “Scoop” Brown has joined Eye on Jacksonville as our Sr. Editor. We “Scooped” him up and could not be more excited. Lloyd was born in Jacksonville. Graduated from the University of North Florida. Spent nearly 50 years of his life in the newspaper business …beginning as a copy boy […]