Soil & Water on the Ballot: Here’s what you should know
Soil & Water has always been a little foreign to big city voters and yet it is very important. These candidates will help manage these vital resources throughout the county. In political circles, it has always been recognized as a place to get your name on a ballot and used for a stepping stone to […]
Judges on your Ballot: Informative Information
Everyone who votes always wonders “Where do I find information about the Judges?” Since Judges can not identify with party politics, you can check out who appointed them to their position and learn more about them from their bios and papers they have written. For more information, check out these two websites: Ballotpedia and Florida Bar Enjoy the […]
Could a Trojan Horse be behind the Gift Horse? Two City Council members want to know.
Looking a gift horse in the mouth is supposed to be something to avoid, but what if it is a Trojan horse? At a meeting in City Hall Friday, two city council members held a meeting to gain additional information on a measure that already had passed the council – unanimously. The rather strange procedure […]
Mayor’s Internal Plan to take back Landing: Regulation Strangulation?
As many of our Eye on Jacksonville followers know, we have been watching the Mayor use mob rule tactics to TAKE BACK the Landing vs. negotiating a good deal for the City. He told us he had an internal plan and he wasn’t kidding. Read more here: Internal Plan Yesterday we wrote that the Mayor’s office […]
CALL THE MAYOR’S OFFICE: (904) 630-1776. He’s “screwing” FL/GA weekend.
Mayor Lenny Curry has done all he can to “put the screws and keep pushing this” regarding The Landing and TAKING IT back from the Owners. These are not our words — these are the Mayor’s very words. Remember this statement from Mayor Curry last year: “I’m prepared to take the Landing… I’m prepared […]
Part 3: City acting as entrepreneurs with your money. Downtown Investment Authority – No Public Scrutiny!
We elect individuals to represent us, address infrastructure needs, address safety needs, and act financially responsible with our tax dollars. In Parts 1 and 2 of Acting as Entrepreneurs with Your Money city officials wasted millions of your tax dollars in real estate and public transit. Part 3 looks at the Downtown Investment Authority (DIA). […]
BIG NEWS: You get to decide JEA potential sale on the Nov. 6th ballot!!
[box] You, the rate payers and users of JEA services, have a chance to be heard about the potential sale of JEA. A question has been added to the ballot asking your opinion on this sensitive and important matter. Please make sure you answer the question. For all the information, check out this email below […]
For crying out loud, Mayor. Please Make Jacksonville Fun Again!
Once again the Mayor’s office is shutting down fun in Jacksonville. Now he’s attacking college football guests who come to Jacksonville for fun, fellowship, football and no stinking drama! The Florida Georgia game is a week away and the city is stalling on permitting this big, well attended, well known, long standing event/party at the […]
The mess at JEA: Who caused it? Who will pay for it?
As the city tries to extricate itself from the Plant Vogtle mess, it keeps getting deeper. Recently, the city’s bond rating has been lowered, prompting an injudicious outburst from the city’s chief administrative officer. “The city’s action calls into question its willingness to support an absolute and unconditional obligation of its largest municipal enterprise, which […]
Eye’s Social Media Contributor: Why you need to be on social media.
[box] NOTE: Eye on Jacksonville’s Social Media Contributor, Melissa Adair, has helped Eye grow our following in a short few months. The results of her focus on our social media sites has drawn new Eyes to our work. We wanted to let you know why Social Media is so important if you have something you […]
$3 Million from United Arab Emirates to Jax. for Irma repairs…very nice but…something stinks.
It seems like a nice, neighborly gesture. The United Arab Emirates donated $3 Million dollars to Jacksonville to help in the recovery efforts from damages caused by Hurricane Irma last year. Why would anyone question such a generous gift? Well, maybe … It’s how the Mayor responded when the Ambassador was asked some tough questions […]
Amendments on the ballot: Be a Wise Voter
Eye recently published a post about The Amendments and you can find it here: Eye’s Lloyd Brown unravels Amendments on the ballot. Whew! We also found that the James Madison Institute in Tallahassee had done some extensive research on the amendments. James Madison Institute is Florida’s premier free-market think tank. James Madison Institute stated, […]
Breaking News about the Jags: Could it be they are moving to London?
In April of this year, Eye on Jacksonville posted an article about the possibility of Shad Khan moving the Jaguars to London – something he keeps denying over and over again. The research we did showed that the NFL had a goal to build their international market. Gee whiz, we thought…surely that would play into […]
Duval County School Board Members: Do you care if teachers are having sex with children?
As the wave of teacher-student sex incidences continues across the nation, we await the answer to a question we asked last May about such incidents in Jacksonville’s public schools. Since we asked the question, at least two such incidents have been reported in the local media. As yet, we don’t know if school officials are […]
Part 2: City acting as entrepreneurs with your money. JTA IS A BOONDOGGLE.
Apparently, being an entrepreneur isn’t as risky as long as you are a member of a city council, city commission, or city board. In Part 1 of City Acting as Entrepreneurs with Your Money the venture was real estate. In this part it is public transportation; city councils and commissions across these great United States […]
Eye Contributor & Jax resident, Joshua Warren is a proud member of #WalkAway Movement.
INTRODUCTION On February 19, 2009, CNBC journalist, Rick Santelli exploded on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in an epic rant that was the catalyst for a transformative political movement. Santelli’s rant was unleashed in response to President Obama’s housing bailout plan, and many thousands of Americans who heard the rant agreed with Santelli. […]