Creating a Beautiful and Safe Jacksonville with infrastructure money
Mayor Deegan has set aside millions of dollars for improvements to our infrastructure. Money is important and the way it is spent is more important. Just like when you are preparing for guests to visit, Jacksonville can spend some of the allocated infrastructure dollars to emulate southern hospitality and a welcoming city. Here are a […]
How the legislature divided the pork this year
There were a lot of pork-barrel projects funded by the Florida Legislature this year, but Jacksonville got relatively little of the largesse. In Florida, pork-barrel projects are called “turkeys” and each year Florida TaxWatch compiles and publishes a list of them. This year they totaled nearly $600 million. In budget parlance, they are called member […]