by Billie Tucker Volpe | Jan 29, 2020 |
There were a few times in my career when one of my CEO clients got into a situation that required a Turnaround Expert to be called in to help. Sometimes that situation was their own doing and other times, it was someone within the organization that had messed things...
by Lloyd Brown | Jan 29, 2020 |
Jacksonville continues to move into mass transit, hoping to interest a public that has not embraced it in the past. Some of the earliest efforts did work well – under private operation. The old trolley system ran into Ortega and Springfield about a century ago. Later,...
by Lloyd Brown | Jan 27, 2020 |
Details of how a public relations company prepared opinion pieces for a local newspaper that ran under the names of a JEA official and another person have been provided by News4Jax. Dalton Agency employees recruited Henry Brown, who is on the JEA board, and HCI Group...
by Lloyd Brown | Jan 23, 2020 |
Former Mayor Jake Godbold Jake Godbold, one of Jacksonville’s outstanding political figures, has died at the age of 86. He was the second mayor of the consolidated government, following Hans Tanzler. Before that he was a city councilman and served as a council...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Jan 21, 2020 |
Scott Wilson, City Council President City Council President Scott Wilson has formed a committee to investigate JEA. This committee will have subpoena power and will work independently of the Federal investigation into JEA. The difference between the two investigations...
by Lloyd Brown | Jan 18, 2020 |
Questions raised by Eye on Jacksonville concerning the proposed tax for new school buildings got a response from school officials. The school district says on its Web site that the district has been affected by state funding cuts and it acknowledged that Eye was...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Jan 17, 2020 |
It must be tough to be Lori Boyer right now. Lori is a former City Council Member and now runs the Downtown Investment Authority (DIA). Downtown development is not easy and has been a thorn in Jacksonville’s side for many, many years. Jacksonville is in a messy...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Jan 16, 2020 |
While the Feds are in Jacksonville looking at the JEA sales process, we believe they will stumble upon some unfair business practices…specifically the Request for Proposal process. A Request for Proposal (RFP) allows our government entities to compare various...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Jan 15, 2020 |
The headlines in the local newspapers created head-shaking. But I wasn’t surprised. All the fingers are pointing and those who made poor decisions are looking for others to blame. It’s pretty typical of weak leadership. And at this point in time, the JEA...
by Lloyd Brown | Jan 14, 2020 |
Government schools in Jacksonville are conducting a sales campaign in favor of a half-cent sales tax they hope local taxpayers will approve. But their main sales point is a little suspect. The school system says it needs to build new schools because it has not kept up...
