There is information on infrastructure spending, but no one asking for it
Eye on Jacksonville still is holding out hope that someone will lay a predicate for what looks like a huge spending spree, and accompanying tax increase, on the horizon. We didn’t hear it in the mayor’s budget message and we didn’t hear it at the first meeting of the City Council’s new special committee on […]
Local black American now writes for Eye on Jacksonville after stating he is no longer a Democrat.
(After receiving a copy of an email sent to the City Council and Mayor, Eye reached out to the writer, Sonny B, and spoke with him about it. We are pleased to announce Sonny B will be writing for Eye on Jacksonville when he feels led to do so and has something to say regarding […]
Special City Council committee on racism begins its work with a lack of information
The City Council committee of social justice warriors is off and running but is not yet clear where they are going. It held the first working meeting Monday and tried to find its bearings. Co-chairman Matt Carlucci sought to bring up some bills for discussion, but Co-chairman Brenda Priestly Jackson objected that they were not […]
Results are inconclusive on the benefits of a new program intended to reduce violence in Jacksonville
Everyone wants to minimize violence, especially now when gangs of radicals are rioting in the streets of major cities. For years, various methods have been tried but none have worked. The latest fad is called Cure Violence. It is being employed in Jacksonville. Cure Violence supporters claim that it works and cite figures such as […]
Monuments are just a piece of rock per “welfare to millionaire” black woman
Social media is blowing up with this video of Cathy Dotson from Wichita Falls speaking in front of her hometown’s city council regarding the removal of monuments. She lived in public housing as a single mother on food stamps. She is now a millionaire and she is speaking up on behalf of black people who […]
The City wants to Contact Trace you, pretty please
In a post on social media today, the City of Jacksonville asked you to please answer a phone number you don’t recognize. The person calling will let you know you may have been exposed to someone with COVID19. This will prevent you from spreading it to others. They will then ask you to self-isolate, monitor […]
Voters and taxpayers need to know who among them are unfair to their neighbors
Eye on Jacksonville is issuing a challenge to City Council President Tommy Hazouri. Hazouri created a “social justice” committee on the council and set as its goal “to further equal access and opportunity for all citizens of Jacksonville and to strive to establish programs and polices which serve to eradicate systemic bias as well as […]
RNC canceled after Sheriff Williams goes public. We need an apology.
In a shocking turn of affairs, President Trump announced yesterday that the RNC in Jacksonville is off the table. My phone blew up and social media went crazy. The side that didn’t want the RNC here is elated. The side that did was left with bewilderment but still determined. President Trump said it was to […]
The Florida Times Union did us proud
Four journalists from the Times Union sheltered down for a while and collaborated on the facts of the JEA scandal. The report they put together is long, filled with facts, diagrams, and information gathered from text messages, emails, meeting notes, and other sources of data. This is what you call “Journalism” and it is nice […]
Not news in Jacksonville unless it is critical of the police or the president
Once again, the local news media had a blackout on news that does not fit the liberal agenda. According to Facebook users, none of the local newspapers or TV stations provided coverage last weekend of the “Back the Blue” pro-police event in Jacksonville. This was one of hundreds such events held nationwide. Those who attended […]
The tale of two sheriffs – Faith or Fear
Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams told the world yesterday “we can’t pull it off” in regards to hosting the RNC Convention here next month. The message he conveyed was vague and his appearance showed someone who had given up. That’s not the look you want on your Sheriff’s face. It was a stunning way to start […]
Local business owners petition to change street names across the country to include John the Baptist Blvd
John the Baptist Blvd is a grass roots, community driven movement founded in Jacksonville, Florida and gaining popularity across the country. The men behind this movement are John D. Arwood, President of Arwood Site Services, a nationwide waste management and site services businesses and Toney Sleiman, CEO and President of Sleiman Enterprises, Inc., one of […]
Protest in Jacksonville calls for defunding the police
All over the country there is a movement to defund the police. This certainly came out of nowhere for the majority of Americans but evidently it appears it was a planned strategy behind the scenes for BLM. Yesterday in Jacksonville, Northside Coalition president Ben Frazier and the Jacksonville Community Action Committee hosted a Drive In […]
One analysis shows the city slipping behind on infrastructure funding
One of Eye’s financial analysts has done an examination of the city’s finances and has concluded a case can be made that the city has not kept up with infrastructure needs. That is a key issue before the City Council right now, as it begins work on the mayor’s proposed budget. Mayor Lenny Curry is […]
Heated battle being waged over opening of local government schools
With the School Board wavering on the re-opening of government schools, parents who favor opening school buildings to students see hanky-panky by those who don’t. The two sides are the online crowd vs. the “brick-and-mortar” crowd. While the administration in telling parents on the school system’s Web site that they will have choices, Thursday’s special […]
Taxpayers deserve an accounting if decades and dollars have been wasted
Politicians are notorious for taking a short-term view; doing just what is needed to get them by until the next election. Term limits exacerbates this problem. Mayor Lenny Curry’s proposed $3 billion budget for next year purports to try to catch up on work that he says has been deferred by his predecessors. Simultaneously, the […]