by Billie Tucker Volpe | Sep 30, 2018 |
This suggested letter was sent to us by a Eye on Jacksonville follower. He did not want to be identified BUT we felt it was a great ACTION ITEM that anyone could do. If you would like to send the same letter OR walk your neighborhood and leave it on the front door,...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Sep 29, 2018 |
When Andrew Gillum won the Democratic primary for the Governor’s house in Tallahassee, the media and the people were scratching their heads. How could that be? Who in the world is Andrew Gillum? Where did he come from? How did he win with very little name...
by Lloyd Brown | Sep 29, 2018 |
When I was a teen-aged copy boy for the Jacksonville Journal, I often was called upon to go to the morgue – a large room filled with file cabinets containing clippings of all stories published in the Journal. I liked my job and was quite distressed when, while on a...
by Lloyd Brown | Sep 25, 2018 |
Recently, the Daily Record quoted Hank Coxe, one of Jacksonville’s most well-known lawyers and a member of the Constitutional Revision Commission, as saying the commission’s role in the amendment process was flawed. It seems that politics interfere, in his opinion. I...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Sep 24, 2018 |
The headline read, “Mayor’s chief of staff Brian Hughes to serve as interim DIA CEO.” Conflict of interest — first thing I thought. And I was not alone with that thought either. Twitter went crazy and even one of the members of the DIA...
by Lloyd Brown | Sep 19, 2018 |
(In the run-up to the 50th anniversary of consolidation, we have written several columns on the history of that local political miracle.) During the heated process of bringing about consolidation, one of the lesser known parts was played by Pat Caddell. Today, Caddell...
by Lloyd Brown | Sep 19, 2018 |
In 1973, JEA seemingly was sitting pretty: 100 percent dependent on oil to produce electricity and invested in a long-term fuel contract to buy oil. Suddenly, a little known outfit called OPEC – an Arab oil cartel – decided to triple the price of oil. The wise men who...
by Debbie Gonzalez | Sep 16, 2018 |
Last week I attended an event, Infrastructure: Beyond the Pavement, put on by the North Florida Urban Land Institute moderated by Daniel Davis, President & CEO of Jax Chamber. Present were representatives from local government, contracting companies, technology...
by Lloyd Brown | Sep 14, 2018 |
If I had not retired 14 years ago, I would now be preparing to move into a new building for the fourth time. When I went to work for the Jacksonville Journal at Church and Laura streets, the Russians were about to put the world’s first satellite into orbit and federal...
by Lloyd Brown | Sep 11, 2018 |
In a few weeks, the city will celebrate a momentous event that only a few people seem to remember or appreciate. In 1967, the voters decided by a 2-to-1 margin that they wanted to consolidate the city and county governments in Jacksonville. It was a bold move. A...
