Eye on Jacksonville

Day: September 2, 2026

  • Move under way to have a museum in City Hall

    Move under way to have a museum in City Hall

    An idea to put a museum inside City Hall has some merit. Council Member Matt Carlucci is leading the effort. He says it is an idea he and Teresa Eichner, public information officer for the council, have been working on for a while. It would utilize a small vacant room on the first floor of…

  • JTA Needs More Than a New CEO. It Needs Divine Intervention.

    JTA Needs More Than a New CEO. It Needs Divine Intervention.

    We have a new pope! Just kidding. But we do have a new-ish interim CEO of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority. JTA’s board of directors unanimously decided Cleveland Ferguson III, JTA’s current chief administrative officer, is the best man for the job. Ferguson began his career with JTA back in 2015 as the VP of administration,…

  • When Propaganda Shows Up in Your Mailbox, Ask Who Sent It

    When Propaganda Shows Up in Your Mailbox, Ask Who Sent It

    A Georgia resident recently opened his mailbox and found what looked like a local newspaper: The Georgia Independent. He hadn’t subscribed to it, requested it, or even heard of it. Yet there it was, complete with Georgia stories, recipes, a crossword puzzle and all the familiar trappings of a hometown paper. But it wasn’t really…