by Billie Tucker Volpe | Feb 13, 2020 |
North Florida is the home of Jennifer Carroll and we could not be more proud. Jennifer was the first woman and the first black person to be elected to the position of Lieutenant Governor of Florida. She is one of our heroes and we salute her during Black History...
by Lloyd Brown | Feb 13, 2020 |
It has gotten way too easy for politicians to lead the media around by the nose. There are plenty of examples at the national level but there are some in Jacksonville, too. One classic example: Local media faithfully report on the mythical phenomenon of “food...
by Lloyd Brown | Feb 10, 2020 |
$4 Billion left on the table at JEA? It is possible the taxpayers missed out on a big opportunity when they nixed the sale of the JEA, based on an analysis of the situation by a former employee of the city-owned utility company. In his estimation, the sale could have...
by Lloyd Brown | Feb 6, 2020 |
It appears that the parking garage fiasco may have been brought on by city officials many years ago. As usually is the case in government, those who created the mess are gone, leaving the taxpayers to clean up. Three parking garages were built about 16 years ago, two...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Feb 4, 2020 |
In January 2017 when the Jaguars took a knee in London and the city went crazy-mad over it, a well-known politician reached out to me. He was trying to understand why Shad Khan would do that. He was confused because he’s also a businessman and he thought the...
by Lloyd Brown | Feb 1, 2020 |
$56 Million Parking Garage – Honey of a Deal and Jax’s next big scandaL Differences over financial information related to the operation of downtown parking garages may land the city in court with its partners, Metropolitan Parking Solutions. The company...
