Eye on Jacksonville

Month: February 2021

  • Do phantom students have phantom teachers?

    Government schools in Jacksonville have more than 5,000 phantom students who may or may not exist. No one really knows and ordinarily it wouldn’t matter much. But this year it does. The state usually estimated what school populations will be in the coming year and then budgets for them. But the budget is adjusted when…

  • School names: Another exercise in political correctness is under way

    The cancel culture is on the rampage in Jacksonville as the government schools launch a plan to rename local schools – including two high schools beloved by thousands of older residents who attended them. Robert E. Lee High School and Andrew Jackson High School are on the list. For many years, those two schools and…

  • City Council workshop, jousting with windmills

    Despite the fact that there are no visible signs of “hate groups” causing any problem in Jacksonville, members of the City Council are launching a crusade against them. What they propose to do is a mystery. Hate groups are a particular concern with liberals, although it is a bit tricky for them. The premier hate…

  • Will tidying up the city landscape reduce crime?

    Based on the theory that there is a link between blight and crime, a bill is moving through the City Council to reduce blight in the city. Sponsored by Council Members Randy DeFoor and Randy White, the bill would spend $200,000 to clean up blight in the Brentwood area. DeFoor told Eye on Jacksonville that…

  • Council is finding more ways to spend money

    The City Council’s special committee of social justice warriors apparently is going to “invest” money in another round of job training programs. The Northside Coalition asked the committee to assign them to run the new program, and promised transparency. We looked on the organization’s Web site and couldn’t even find any information concerning their revenue…

  • Backlash brewing in City Council over a committee created to promote justice

    There is a minor revolution brewing in City Council. At least one member is refusing to vote for any bills that originate in a special committee of social justice warriors appointed by Council President Tommy Hazouri. Council Member Rory Diamond told Eye on Jacksonville that the Special Committee on Social Justice and Community Investment is…

  • Compassion should be tempered with caution

    While it may be proper for the local government to help local citizens who have been made destitute by the federal government, politicians should be careful not to overdo their generosity. Jacksonville does not need to be the bum mecca of America. Leave that to San Francisco. Local residents have become disturbed over the camps…

  • Use this template to hire Jacksonville’s next Mayor

    The question of the year is this, “Can I trust any one who runs for office anymore and will the voting system be rigged?”  There are numerous organizations stepping to the forefront on the subject of election fraud and we believe this situation will be fixed.  We will await their findings and pray all measures…

  • JEA Scandal makes national news

    Daniel Tait, a Research and Communication Manager for the Energy and Policy Institute, a watchdog group in the energy industry posted an in depth article about the JEA Scandal. My first thought was, “This is embarrassing.” My second thought was, “The truth is finally being revealed.” The title of Mr. Tait’s article says it all:…

  • Everyone wants free stuff, but there is nothing free

    From a story on News4Jax: “…a promise made 60 years ago during consolidation to connect neighborhoods on the Northside and Westside to city sewer lines so they wouldn’t have to rely on septic tanks.” Eye on Jacksonville would like to know: Who made that promise? Who did they make it to? We could find nothing…