by Lloyd Brown | Oct 23, 2020 |
What is going on in the local government schools? Another parent has complained about her child being subjected to rants and raves against the president of the United States. When the 17-year-old girl objected, she was told that if she didn’t like it she could leave...
by Lloyd Brown | Oct 22, 2020 |
Once again, the local media is publishing dubious claims about “neglected” residents of the city. The so-called “I-team” at News4Jax said, “Residents of the Christobel neighborhood learned this week that the city doesn’t have enough money to...
by Lloyd Brown | Oct 21, 2020 |
Liberals on the City Council are once again floating the very bad idea of a citizen review board for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. This is anti-police, anti-law and order and anti-justice. It was introduced by Council Member Garrett Dennis and is supported by...
by Lloyd Brown | Oct 16, 2020 |
One Jacksonville woman, listening to her grand-daughter’s virtual learning class in the next room, was shocked when the teacher presented a tirade against the president of the United States. This is precisely why Eye on Jacksonville advised parents to monitor their...
by Lloyd Brown | Oct 13, 2020 |
Judging by social media comments, there is a lot of confusion about public school funding. In discussions on the proposed half-cent sales tax on the Nov. 3 ballot, people keep asking, “What about the lottery money? It was supposed to fund schools.” This misconception...
by Lloyd Brown | Oct 10, 2020 |
Another young man is dead in Jacksonville as a result of making poor choices. This happens way too often. Lives matter. Kwame Jones, 17, died back in January because he had chosen to associate with two people who chose to steal a car and shoot at the police. Jones was...
by Lloyd Brown | Oct 7, 2020 |
After 25 years, football fever has subsided and today many of the city’s residents probably are wondering whether we really need the Jacksonville Jaguars. Yes, the NFL team has been an economic stimulus. But it also has cost a pretty penny. Is anyone doing the math...
by Lloyd Brown | Oct 7, 2020 |
As anticipated, the renaming of local schools is not going unchallenged. A growing group of rather irate taxpayers is fighting the proposed changes vociferously. Their website is savetheschoolnames.org and one member of the group gave Eye on Jacksonville a rundown on...
by Lloyd Brown | Oct 5, 2020 |
Jack Carter, Jake Godbold, Walter Dickinson, Sallye B. Mathis, John Lanahan, Mary Singleton, I.M. Sulzbacher, Homer Humphrey, Earl M. Johnson and W.E. “Ted” Grissett, Don MacLean, Wallace Covington, Johnny Sanders, Joe Carlucci, Oscar Taylor, Earl Huntley, Bobby...
by Lloyd Brown | Oct 2, 2020 |
Is Jacksonville setting itself up for another huge cost? For some 20 years, until about 50 years ago, the city burned its solid waste in three incinerators. Naturally, the city had to do something with the ash. So it dumped it near the main incinerator in Mixon Town...
