Day: January 29, 2023

  • Who candidates call if they want to get elected 

    Who candidates call if they want to get elected 

    There have been a number of political bosses in Jacksonville.  In the 1930s and ‘40s there was Daughtry Towers. His mantle passed to his son Charlie Towers in the 1950s and ‘60s.  In the 1970s, Lacy Mahon was considered the power behind City Hall in the new consolidated government.  All of the above were lawyers,…