by Lloyd Brown | Feb 18, 2019 |
Pat Caddell, the legendary pollster and pundit who died this week at the relatively young age of 68, had roots in Jacksonville. The son of a member of the Coast Guard, Caddell moved several times as a child but was in Jacksonville when he attended high school. As a...
by Lloyd Brown | Feb 17, 2019 |
City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend for four years the agreement the city has with the JEA for an annual contribution to the city general fund. The contribution “in lieu of property taxes” currently makes up about 10 percent of the revenue to the city’s...
by Lloyd Brown | Feb 12, 2019 |
Local Republicans want to give one GOP candidate a loyalty test. Dean A. Black, chairman of the Republican Party of Duval County, issued the following statement: “As Chairman of the Republican Party of Duval County, I’ve watched the unfolding of Anna...
by Lloyd Brown | Feb 6, 2019 |
Lifelong Democrat politician Tommy Hazouri’s appearance in a TV ad supporting Lenny Curry raised a few eyebrows, and inevitably provoked much speculation. But Hazouri says people make too much of it. His take is that Curry has worked with him for the past four years...
by Lloyd Brown | Feb 5, 2019 |
Normally, I don’t offer advice to politicians but if I were Mayor Lenny Curry, I’d be patching up my relations with military veterans while heading into an election. Whether through ignorance or whatever, Curry – who has no military service background- – has...
by Lloyd Brown | Jan 24, 2019 |
U. S. Rep. John Rutherford, R-Jacksonville Too many people are missing the real issue that has Congress and the White House in a stalemate, U.S. Rep. John Rutherford, R-Jacksonville, says. Everyone in the media talks about the $5.7 billion at issue as being for a wall...
by Lloyd Brown | Jan 22, 2019 |
Mixed feelings from seeing the old City Hall turned into dust. I spent many hours in that building, day and night, covering local government as a reporter. In 1970, the Jacksonville Journal took a new approach to covering local government. It created the “governmental...
by Lloyd Brown | Jan 17, 2019 |
Mayor Lenny Curry says crime is “down” in Jacksonville. Curry’s claim apparently relates to criticism from City Council Member Anna Lopez Brosche, who has filed as a candidate for mayor in the spring elections. His claim is impossible to fact-check. If you look at the...
by Lloyd Brown | Jan 13, 2019 |
At the last minute, City Council Member Anna Lopez Brosche filed to run against Mayor Lenny Curry, setting up an interesting race to be decided in this spring. Just by mentioning she might run and criticizing Curry recently, Brosche had unleashed Curry’s attack dogs,...
by Lloyd Brown | Jan 8, 2019 |
City Council President Aaron Bowman is continuing to push for a strategic plan that will focus on crime and safety as the No. 1 priority, he said at a meeting of former council presidents Monday. Since taking office, Bowman has been advocating a longer-term vision by...
