by Billie Tucker Volpe | Jan 30, 2019 |
It’s unfortunate when trust has been broken…because it’s hard to trust again. And the trust between the JEA Board, the Mayor and the rate payers is badly broken. It started when Mayor Curry put cronyism into play with asking for resignations of JEA...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Jan 24, 2019 |
This article was written by Dailey Jackson, Eye’s Teenage Reporter. She wrote it for her high school friends. Yet – it could also apply to adults too. Dailey is running for Ms. Bishop Kenny and we will be cheering her on. She’s a lovely, sweet, smart...
by Lloyd Brown | Jan 24, 2019 |
U. S. Rep. John Rutherford, R-Jacksonville Too many people are missing the real issue that has Congress and the White House in a stalemate, U.S. Rep. John Rutherford, R-Jacksonville, says. Everyone in the media talks about the $5.7 billion at issue as being for a wall...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Jan 23, 2019 |
Duval County School Board We just saw a posting from the Duval County School Board. The headline caught our attention. They are claiming the school buildings are the oldest in Florida. Hummmm Maybe they are. We don’t know. But one thing is certain. That’s...
by Debbie Gonzalez | Jan 22, 2019 |
The 1960’s ushered in a myriad of government programs designed to help low-income families. Fast forward to 2019 where crime, violence, drugs, and poverty is flourishing in most of our nation’s inner cities along with the explosion in the growth of single parent...
by Lloyd Brown | Jan 22, 2019 |
Mixed feelings from seeing the old City Hall turned into dust. I spent many hours in that building, day and night, covering local government as a reporter. In 1970, the Jacksonville Journal took a new approach to covering local government. It created the “governmental...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Jan 20, 2019 |
It’s not often we see the media writing well-done, well-researched articles these days so we are happy to report, there is one in town with the mainstream media. Nate Monroe at the Florida Times Union. Nate Monroe’s twitter description states:...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Jan 18, 2019 |
The breaking news was stunning. It’s only been 5 days since Federal Workers were affected by the shutdown. Five days. You would think the world has gone into a new Depression and bread lines are every where. And could our Mayor be using this historical event to...
by Lloyd Brown | Jan 17, 2019 |
Mayor Lenny Curry says crime is “down” in Jacksonville. Curry’s claim apparently relates to criticism from City Council Member Anna Lopez Brosche, who has filed as a candidate for mayor in the spring elections. His claim is impossible to fact-check. If you look at the...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Jan 14, 2019 |
Friday Anna Brosche was talking “transparency” in our local government — the lack thereof that is… (Read more about Anna’s challenge to run for Mayor here:...