by Lloyd Brown | Apr 28, 2020 |
Rep. John Rutherford Jacksonville residents who have visited the nation’s capital in the past might be shocked to see it today. Hordes of people, including lobbyists and tourists used to keep the Capitol and government office buildings packed. “It is very different,”...
by Lloyd Brown | Apr 27, 2020 |
Illegal, unethical or just a shrewd political move? That’s what everyone in courthouse circles is asking after Michael Kalil, a well-connected local lawyer, slid into a judge’s seat amid a last-minute bit of paper-shuffling. The only other person in the race withdrew...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Apr 23, 2020 |
Yesterday April 23rd Dana Perino, host of “The Daily Briefing”on Fox News, interviewed one of our local, home-grown developers and supporters of small business. Sleiman Enterprises was recognized as one of the “good guys” who is sacrificing for...
by Lloyd Brown | Apr 23, 2020 |
Small businesses need help now Small businesses are the lifeblood of the U.S. economy. They have been swiftly and drastically affected by the furor over the Chinese virus. Yet, all indications are that the bulk of the money government has thrown at the problem is...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Apr 22, 2020 |
One thing is certain, never let a crisis go to waste has found its way into COVID19 and the same ones who always win — are winning again. And the reason they are winning is because they know how to play the game — how to rig the system — and how to...
by Lloyd Brown | Apr 22, 2020 |
By re-opening the local beaches, Mayor Lenny Curry triggered a lot of liberal snowflakes, but it was the right thing to do. The simple action made national news. It also spawned what appeared to be fake photos of jammed beaches and anger from the left. It simply...
by Lloyd Brown | Apr 19, 2020 |
School officials kept insisting on putting a proposed tax increase on the ballot in November, and finally prevailed. That might have been a big mistake. It was looking like a slam dunk. Using the old, reliable “for the kids” line, they seemed to have people convinced...
by Lloyd Brown | Apr 13, 2020 |
Liberal newspapers throughout Florida are berating Gov. Ron DeSantis for the way he is handling the pandemic in the same way they are besmirching the president, who belongs to the same political party. But the measured response of Florida’s governor is perhaps best...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Apr 9, 2020 |
For years I watched as the City maligned Sleiman Enterprises and the media was the vehicle for slamming a wonderful company. The Sleiman family grew up in Jacksonville, attended schools here and returned from college to run their family business. They love...
by Lloyd Brown | Apr 7, 2020 |
State Attorney Melissa Nelson is taking a non-nonsense approach to assaults upon police officers that are connected with the current virus threat. Underscoring the pivotal roles the police and other first responders play during a worldwide medical emergency like the...