Eye on Jacksonville

Day: August 30, 2020

  • Curry’s Iron Curtain on information is beginning to be noticed

    One local TV station seems to have awakened to something Eye on Jacksonville alerted its readers to months ago. First Coast News complained that it is difficult getting information from City Haul. Reporters were trying to find out the origins of a list of public monuments to be removed. Rather than just talking to someone,…

  • After a change in testing methods, local schools seem to be doing better

    Elementary and secondary schools in Florida have one job: preparing children for the next step in life, which in almost every case either is work or college. Therefore, it is reasonable to ask: Are students graduating from public schools prepared for college? Florida taxpayers used to know the answer. Until 2012, students were given a…

  • Another day, another crisis in local government

    One thing about government: it never seems to lack a crisis requiring more government action. At a meeting of a special committee of the City Council Monday, another crisis was announced. According to a bureaucrat identified as Dawn Lockhart, there is a crisis in affordable housing. For those unfamiliar, housing is considered unaffordable when it…