by Lloyd Brown | Oct 11, 2018 |
As the wave of teacher-student sex incidences continues across the nation, we await the answer to a question we asked last May about such incidents in Jacksonville’s public schools. Since we asked the question, at least two such incidents have been reported in the...
by Lloyd Brown | Oct 1, 2018 |
______________________________________________________ Ron DeSantis went to the right person. Adding Susie Wiles to his campaign to become governor is the best move he has made to date. The liberal media is flagellating DeSantis for his allegedly “floundering”...
by Lloyd Brown | Sep 29, 2018 |
When I was a teen-aged copy boy for the Jacksonville Journal, I often was called upon to go to the morgue – a large room filled with file cabinets containing clippings of all stories published in the Journal. I liked my job and was quite distressed when, while on a...
by Lloyd Brown | Sep 25, 2018 |
Recently, the Daily Record quoted Hank Coxe, one of Jacksonville’s most well-known lawyers and a member of the Constitutional Revision Commission, as saying the commission’s role in the amendment process was flawed. It seems that politics interfere, in his opinion. I...
by Lloyd Brown | Sep 19, 2018 |
(In the run-up to the 50th anniversary of consolidation, we have written several columns on the history of that local political miracle.) During the heated process of bringing about consolidation, one of the lesser known parts was played by Pat Caddell. Today, Caddell...
by Lloyd Brown | Sep 19, 2018 |
In 1973, JEA seemingly was sitting pretty: 100 percent dependent on oil to produce electricity and invested in a long-term fuel contract to buy oil. Suddenly, a little known outfit called OPEC – an Arab oil cartel – decided to triple the price of oil. The wise men who...
by Lloyd Brown | Sep 14, 2018 |
If I had not retired 14 years ago, I would now be preparing to move into a new building for the fourth time. When I went to work for the Jacksonville Journal at Church and Laura streets, the Russians were about to put the world’s first satellite into orbit and federal...
by Lloyd Brown | Sep 11, 2018 |
In a few weeks, the city will celebrate a momentous event that only a few people seem to remember or appreciate. In 1967, the voters decided by a 2-to-1 margin that they wanted to consolidate the city and county governments in Jacksonville. It was a bold move. A...
by Lloyd Brown | Aug 27, 2018 |
This story is based on public records. Records that Eye purchased. The only time in my life – most of which has been spent in the newspaper business – that we were required to purchase information the public is entitled to know. First, a few observations. The fact...
by Lloyd Brown | Aug 27, 2018 |
Another day, another “mass” shooting. This time in Jacksonville. The usual responses: We must find an answer. March in the street. Protests. And, of course, the liberal agenda. This time, it came from former mayor Alvin Brown. More gun control. If you had to make a...
