Curry botched the job of selling the idea of selling the JEA — but maybe he can get it back on track
Maybe the most remarkable thing about the JEA sale controversy is how big a mess it has become. Credit Mayor Lenny Curry. He made Aaron Zahn head of the independent authority – over more qualified people – for the purpose of leading the sale effort. Then he pretended selling the JEA wasn’t really his intent. […]
Calm down: Another take on the JEA frenzy
There are a lot of calls in social media and elsewhere to “stop the process” of determining how much the city-owned utility JEA is worth. Why? What possibly could be wrong with determining its value? The city’s property appraiser doesn’t know. Neither does anyone else. Its value is what a willing seller would pay. Currently, […]
Should we pardon the Mayor or send him a message, “We beg your pardon Mayor!!”
President Trump pardoned two turkeys yesterday at the White House. He had the power to do so. Jacksonville residents have the power to pardon our Mayor and others when they do not do what is in the best interest of their constituents. Today’s question is this: Are you ready to pardon Mayor Curry or are […]
Florida Gun battles heat up in courts and legislature
Gun grabbers in Florida are pedal-to-the-metal in their attempt to disarm victims and make life easier for criminals. Fortunately for Floridians, those who believe in the Constitution are fighting back and a Jacksonville man is among them. Channel 4 has reported that Radford Fant of Jacksonville has joined a suit in federal court challenging a […]
Local moms seek to delay 5G wireless technology they believe poses health hazards
Local citizens are joining with others around the nation and the world to oppose a new form of wireless technology. Currently, they are opposing two bills pending in the City Council that will be considered by a council committee this week. The bills concern the new 5G technology and the opposition is based on the […]
Is JEA taking lessons from DC Swamp?
The headlines about JEA seems eerily similar to the headlines coming out of DC. For example… Zahn vs. Biden: Could the CEO of JEA be our Hunter Biden? Aaron Zahn, friend/’supporter of the Mayor is the CEO of JEA and was recently appointed as CEO by the Board. He is paid more than $500,000 a […]
Climate Change: Local effort to increase the cost of government is under way but Curry should heed Canute
Environmental alarmists are pestering Mayor Lenny Curry to spend more money and increase the bureaucracy in order to save Jacksonville from climate change. Precisely how climate change, which has been happening some 4.5 billion years now, is to be eliminated they conveniently leave out of their plea. We trust that Curry will not rise to […]
An old discredited claim is revived again by a former First Lady
Michelle Obama, who never was proud of America until it elected her husband, continues to show her hatred for the nation even after leaving the White House. “Y’all are still running from us,” she said recently, voicing the theory of “white flight” that liberals have been propounding for decades. The theory claims that white people […]
Salute (and a WINK) to Operation New Uniform (ONU)
A business partner invited me to attend the Fundraising Gala for Operation New Uniform™. It was a wonderful experience and the guest speaker was Lt. Col. Oliver North. (A lovely patriot with huge battle scars, a war hero and a witty sense of humor!!) I was awed by the organization’s mission and the well run […]
Are we too late? Can we fix politics?
I’ve only been involved in politics since 2008 when President George Bush bailed out the banks while my entrepreneurial CEOs were fighting to stay in business. That was when I “woke.” My personal awakening about the political world changed my world. Somehow doors opened for me to walk through to places of leadership in the […]
Eye Declares: Jax residents do have a seat at the JEA table!
Eye on Jacksonville wasn’t created to ONLY focus on JEA. In fact, JEA wasn’t on our radar at the time we started Eye. But…since we start in early 2018, JEA has become one of our biggest stories and it just keeps getting bigger. If you want to catch up with all the stories we have […]
Civic leaders are not buying the JEA doomsday scenarios
As Mark Twain might say, reports of JEA’s death are greatly exaggerated. The Jacksonville Civic Council just gave the JEA and Mayor Lenny Curry a big pie in the face, accusing proponents and JEA of being secretive, uncooperative and misleading. In essence, the council said the process needs to slow down and open up, and […]
Opportunity to be patriotic: Lay down a wreath for those who laid down their lives
Wreaths Across America is an organization that honors the fallen who have served our country and given their lives for our freedoms. Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day, their mission is to Remember, Honor and Teach others about the ultimate sacrifice and they coordinate wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as […]
Jacksonville Civic Council – some of Mayor Curry’s biggest donors call out JEA debacle
Eye on Jacksonville is pleased to give a BIG FAT WINK to the Jacksonville Civic Council for the great research and final product of their work regarding the potential sale of JEA. For those of you who do not know about this group, you can find out more about them here: http://www.jaxciviccouncil.com/ The Jacksonville Civic […]
Big talk by Jags owner is unrelated to reality
Comments by Jaguars owner Shad Khan the other day were worthy of note. First was the notion that nothing has been done downtown for 50 years. “This has been like a 50-year objective in Jacksonville to do something downtown,” Khan allegedly told local reporters. “I’ve talked to enough people. We are probably as anxious as […]
Closing a grocery does not constitute a crisis
How much longer will city officials continue to throw money at a problem they can’t fix? For years, untold millions of dollars have been poured into the Northwest Quadrant of Jacksonville, in a vain attempt to stimulate economic activity. It has had about the same effect as the federal government’s efforts at “stimulus,” which generally […]