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Local “garbage man” goes “Incognito” with new space waste innovation
John Arwood, owner of JDA Companies, is a Jacksonville native and a waste industry entrepreneur. He has over 30 years of experience in waste disposal and sanitation and has founded several waste-related businesses, including Arwood Site Services. Arwood is now applying his expertise to the space industry with his groundbreaking concept vehicle, Incognito, designed to…
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Enterprise Florida is in the cross-hairs again
An idea that has been simmering in the Florida Legislature for several years may be resolved this year and it has conservatives somewhat divided. Eliminating Enterprise Florida, the state’s entity for business recruitment since 1996, is the goal of House Speaker Paul Renner. Renner said the agency has overpromised and under-delivered for years and has…
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Is JEA a target again? Pay attention or your rates will go up.
Eye reached out to State Representative Wyman Duggan about his support of HB 1331 that would restrict municipal electric and gas utilities. It would increase state regulation of municipal electric utilities that serve customers outside of city boundaries. The bills would give the Florida Public Service Commission the power to regulate these utilities’ rates, similar…
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Bringing Life Again to the Independent Life Building
I was delighted to see the article in the Jax Daily Record noting the city had approved the adaptive reuse of the historic Independent Life Building in downtown Jacksonville. The building has been vacant since its previous owner, JEA moved out in the 90s. That’s way too long for a building to sit without life…
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Banking problems stem from excessive government tinkering
One local banker sees the rapidly spreading bank failures primarily as the result of misguided activity by the federal government. Bennett Brown said there may have been bank mismanagement, but the government-driven inflation is the root cause. “Three years of interest rates kept artificially low and printing money generates inflation and even banks that…