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City Council Finance Committee & The District — Could it be another Margaritaville?
Last week I attended a meeting called by City Council President Anna Brosche with City Council Member Lori Boyer. The discussion centered on the District Development, a nearly $90 Million development in San Marco. The first statement from Ms. Brosche was, “How we use taxpayer dollars is important.” Bravo Ms. Brosche for caring about that…
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Skyway to nowhere in the news again. If it wasn’t so expensive it would be funny.
The Skyway – “people mover” as it was then called – sounded like a great idea back in the 1970s, when leisure suits were in style. It was going to whisk people in and out of downtown, above the traffic. Thousands of commuters would use it each day. Best of all – the federal government…
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The City of Jacksonville is good at stalling. They think we will go away. Not!
No one can accuse the local government of moving with undue haste. They are being extremely cautious in responding to Eye’s requests for information. Providing the public with basic information from public records is so arduous, apparently, that they are moving at all deliberate speed required to produce information suitable for an annual report rather…
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Happy Graduation in Duval County is not so happy and truly shameful
The primary job of schools is to prepare children for college or employment, or both. So how well are the government schools in Jacksonville doing? This is a chart from the school district’s Web site: Taking it at face value, only about 40 percent of Jacksonville children – fewer than half – are ready…