by Lloyd Brown | Jun 2, 2020 |
There seems to be a dichotomy between the constant cries for downtown redevelopment and the constant pleas to preserve everything that is a few decades old. The attached photo illustrates how the city’s core might look if the “preservationists” had their way....
by Lloyd Brown | May 31, 2020 |
Riots in Jacksonville, again. The city went through this 60 years ago. I was there. There is a vast difference in the two events. In 1960, black Americans were supporting the cause of civil rights. Most were following the guidelines of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.,...
by Lloyd Brown | May 30, 2020 |
Eye on Jacksonville noted last year that Jacksonville had the highest rate of school safety incidents in the state. But the latest figures show improvement. The School Environmental Safety Incidents Rate (SESIR) data are for crimes and rules violations during the...
by Lloyd Brown | May 29, 2020 |
Last year, a teacher in the public schools angered the PC Police and was brought to heel. But his troubles aren’t over yet. The teacher told a boy student last August that he would not call him “her,” although the teacher said he would use the new name the student...
by Lloyd Brown | May 26, 2020 |
One of the things that happened to the newspaper business as it started down the path to oblivion was the creation of “investigative reporters.” I never heard the term before the Watergate scandal, when the media succeeded in bagging a (Republican) president. After...
by Lloyd Brown | May 24, 2020 |
What a difference a year makes. Every year, the city’s annual financial statement shows the condition of the city’s finances. Last year, the one for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2018, was released on March 29. Mayor Lenny Curry wrote in it, “As I have learned from...
by Lloyd Brown | May 23, 2020 |
Florida Highway Patrolman Eddie Gasque Lester Parmenter died last week, closing the book on an event that held the attention of Jacksonville residents for a week in October 1961. Parmenter was a retired policeman. In 1961 he was a Duval County deputy sheriff,...
by Lloyd Brown | May 19, 2020 |
North Florida Trump Flotilla The stirring sight of hundreds of boats cruising down the Intracoastal Waterway waving American flags and colorful signs thrilled thousands of people May 16 – everyone, it seems, except the local media. Although the media had been notified...
by Lloyd Brown | May 14, 2020 |
Where The Landing once stood The bare earth at the foot of Laura Street in downtown Jacksonville serves as a metaphor for the old adage “you can’t fight City Hall.” Just 30 years ago, the Jacksonville Landing was an almost new building housing shops and restaurants –...
by Lloyd Brown | May 13, 2020 |
Harvesting is for hay – not votes! An all-out effort is under way by the Democrat Party to use the current health crisis to further revamp the voting procedure in a way that would almost guarantee increased fraud. “Coronavirus gives us an opportunity to revamp...
