by Billie Tucker Volpe | Oct 21, 2020 |
Yesterday the City Council Rules Committee voted 4-3 to subpoena Mayor Curry’s former political consultant, Tim Baker as part of the Council’s investigation into the attempt to sell JEA. Mr. Baker is not happy with this decision and promises to take his fight to...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Oct 20, 2020 |
Jacksonville’s Mayor has had a tough time being a trusted mayor due to the JEA scandal. As much as he would like to blame others for what went on there, we all know Mayor Curry put his own friends on the board and demanded the resignation of others who had...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Oct 8, 2020 |
Fair warning — this post is a little sarcastic. We try to be positive and we are stunned by the big news about Lot J. I am convinced one day the City of Jacksonville will be the subject of a made for TV movie and the characters will be similar to those from the...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Oct 3, 2020 |
“He only has a few weeks to live, Billie.” That was the message two days ago. I ran out to sit with him yesterday worried about how I would handle seeing the Murray who would soon leave us. My fears were dashed the minute I walked into his...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Sep 30, 2020 |
President Donald Trump asked that he and Joe Biden submit to a drug test before the debates. Trump was all for it and Biden declined. One of my clients said, “Isn’t it funny how you have to test your employees and even horses are tested before a big race....
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Sep 28, 2020 |
In breaking news today, Mayor Curry extended the wearing of masks in Duval County another 30 days. Many who support the mask mandate were thrilled with the decision. Those who do not, were not. But the biggest and loudest group of upset Duval County residents came...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Sep 27, 2020 |
The minute you saw the headline, you probably started singing this nursery rhyme. Most of us grew up with it and did you know — folklore states it was a song about the plague – the Black Death? The Black Death was said to have come from fleas off rats from...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Sep 17, 2020 |
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by Billie Tucker Volpe | Sep 14, 2020 |
Michel de Montaigne once wrote, “I am afraid that our eyes are bigger than our stomachs, and that we have more curiosity than understanding. We grasp at everything, but catch nothing except wind.” In the last two weeks, we have seen numerous headlines about downtown...
by Billie Tucker Volpe | Sep 13, 2020 |
Shortly after posting this article on Eye on Jacksonville’s Twitter account, we found our account suspended. Executive Privilege: The rise of the dark side in Jax politics We did not hear from Twitter as to why our account was suspended. We simply went there to...
