by Lloyd Brown | Jan 14, 2020 |
Government schools in Jacksonville are conducting a sales campaign in favor of a half-cent sales tax they hope local taxpayers will approve. But their main sales point is a little suspect. The school system says it needs to build new schools because it has not kept up...
by Lloyd Brown | Jan 12, 2020 |
The local media in Jacksonville is going through another spate of hand-wringing over the crime rate and looking for someone to blame. The usual remedy is to hire more police. That decreases response times, which means police get to a crime scene quicker. But it does...
by Lloyd Brown | Jan 12, 2020 |
Residents of Jacksonville who are concerned about the new 5G technology are continuing to press the City Council over proposed changes in local law that would enable its rollout in Jacksonville. Last week at a workshop, city laws provided a comparison of what the...
by Lloyd Brown | Jan 3, 2020 |
Demolition of the Jacksonville Landing produced a large pile of rubble but the debris was small compared to the wreckage of the JEA sale scheme. In what probably was the biggest local story of 2019, an effort to sell the city’s water and utility company took off and...
by Lloyd Brown | Dec 17, 2019 |
Aaron Zahn Aaron Zahn is out, but hold back your tears. He was named CEO of JEA last year, despite having no qualifications other than being a friend of Mayor Lenny Curry. He pretty much screwed up what apparently was his No. 1 job – selling the JEA. Despite that, he...
by Lloyd Brown | Dec 15, 2019 |
One of the biggest gatherings of political players in the city is the annual holiday party held by former Mayor Jake Godbold. Eye on Jacksonville was there for the 2019 version this week. Just a few of the people sighted: Godbold, of course — this year, sadly,...
by Lloyd Brown | Dec 13, 2019 |
Mayor Lenny Curry is changing course on the JEA sale, after receiving a polite but pointed letter from the Jacksonville Civic Council. The civic council’s JEA Subcommittee, consisting of Michael Ward, Bobby Stein and Jeanne Miller, asked Curry to switch from the...
by Lloyd Brown | Dec 12, 2019 |
One of the City Council’s more preposterous actions took place recently when it passed a highly greased bill handing $850,000 in cash to a multi-billion-dollar company. Winn-Dixie is the recipient. All the company has to do to “earn” the money is open a grocery in the...
by Lloyd Brown | Dec 12, 2019 |
Rendering to replace The Landing? Renderings published in the media indicate Mayor Lenny Curry is opting for a new bum magnet in the heart of Jacksonville. To replace the Jacksonville Landing – which just 30 years ago was considered the “catalyst” for downtown...
by Lloyd Brown | Dec 11, 2019 |
Rep. Ted Yoho U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho is leaving Congress, as he promised when he ran for office. It is a loss that highlights the problem with term limits. Term limits for Congress is an idea that continues to be voiced whenever public frustration with Congress flares up...
