by Lloyd Brown | Dec 30, 2020 |
Mayor Lenny Curry doesn’t seem to like the fact that there is widespread opposition to his Lot J proposal. Why doesn’t he do something about it? Fresh on the heels of his disastrous attempt to sell the JEA, Curry brokered a deal with the owner of the Jacksonville...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Dec 29, 2020 |
We noticed a statement from the City of Jacksonville noting that Mayor Curry had been selected by the Aspen Institute to participate in the class of 2020 Rodel Fellows in Public Leadership program. The press release from the Aspen Institute stated, “The 24...
by Marcos Protheroe | Dec 27, 2020 |
Lost money, lost history, lost tradition. Those would be the unintended consequences of changing nine Duval County school names, according to conservative commentator Ann Coulter. She is a popular lecturer, a syndicated columnist, an author of 13 bestsellers, and a...
by Lloyd Brown | Dec 23, 2020 |
Earlier this year, a young college student had a face-to-face experience with Joe Biden that changed her world view and prompted her to write a book. Madison Moore described her personal experience with Biden to Eye on Jacksonville. It resulted from a class assignment...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Dec 23, 2020 |
Local business owners are flipping mad at the hypocrisy of governmental “leaders” in Jacksonville and in DC. Eye was contacted by a couple of business owners who wanted to express their anger AND wanted to remain anonymous. Anonymous because they are fully...
by Lloyd Brown | Dec 23, 2020 |
Rep. John Rutherford U.S. Rep. John Rutherford, who represents the Jacksonville area, is defending the relief package Congress approved despite getting roundly criticized on social media by conservatives. He issued this statement: “Tonight, Congress passed a package...
by Lloyd Brown | Dec 17, 2020 |
Why aren’t taxpayers lavishing money on Amazon, the online mega-company that arguably has done as much or more for the city than the Jacksonville Jaguars? Since 2017, according to the Daily Record, Amazon has opened, announced or is identified on plans for: • Three...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Dec 17, 2020 |
Eye received numerous calls from west side residents about a construction/demolition project at 5470 & 5505 Timuquana Road. The callers were upset over the demolition of numerous 100 year old oak trees and they had information the developer was working...
by Sonny B | Dec 14, 2020 |
I am a proud black American citizen of this great country. I along with others are doing our very best to keep it great. I am writing this post in response to an article published by WJXT on December 1, 2020, titled,” Jacksonville Mayor: If Lot J deal doesn’t go...
by Lloyd Brown | Dec 13, 2020 |
Eye on Jacksonville has commented several times about incidents of crime and violence in the local government schools. Now a grand jury has opined on the subject, hitting the local school system hard. It concerns School Environmental Safety Incident Reporting (SESIR)...