Day: December 12, 2019

  • City Council was in a hurry to shovel more money out the door

    One of the City Council’s more preposterous actions took place recently when it passed a highly greased bill handing $850,000 in cash to a multi-billion-dollar company. Winn-Dixie is the recipient. All the company has to do to “earn” the money is open a grocery in the Gateway Shopping Center. Paying a private business to do…

  • City Haul has run out of original ideas

    Renderings published in the media indicate Mayor Lenny Curry is opting for a new bum magnet in the heart of Jacksonville. To replace the Jacksonville Landing – which just 30 years ago was considered the “catalyst” for downtown redevelopment – Curry is proposing grass, which is exactly what would be there if Jacksonville did not…