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Good journalism done at local TV station
First Coast News deserves a Wink for giving both sides of the story after government school officials complained about being short-changed. Reporter Andrew Badillo did a story about the exodus from government schools to private schools via vouchers, which Eye on Jacksonville covered recently. Badillo was told by a school official that the government schools,…
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City cleanup slated soon
Mayor Donna Deegan wants to nearly double the amount of money taxpayers spend on keeping the grass mown and edged. “This really a big deal,” she said today at a photo op. Deegan wants to increase the budget for mowing and edging public land in the city from about $11 million to $21.7 million. The…