Day: May 12, 2021

  • 350 Homeless/Near Homeless removed from streets of Fernandina Beach

    Do you wonder why Fernandina Beach does not have a large homeless population.  For one, we have an excellent Police Department and many support organizations on the island.  One big impact is Henry Green and his nonprofit Grace and Gratitude Sober Living – a nonprofit halfway house.   I met Henry this week and was captivated…

  • Business leaders say: skimp on Skyway funding

    Not surprisingly, an organization of local business leaders is supporting a proposal to double the local gasoline tax. In a letter to the mayor and City Council president, the Jacksonville Community Council President Jeanne Miller expressed support for the tax increase – which will generate local business – but knocked the idea of spending a…

  • Money to burn: Spend it if you got it is the rule in city government

    Local politicians never decline free money. There is some sitting on the table and they are acting fast. Tuesday night the City Council introduced a new bill that would spend $470,000 on another one of the endless “programs” that are supposed to reduce crime. Meanwhile, crime increases. But it was “free” money, trickling down from…