Jacksonville, Florida
As a parade of speakers told the City Council at the Tuesday night meeting to let voters decide whether to remove historic monuments (including Confederate ones) from public spaces in Jax, Mayor Lenny Curry sent the council a different message by Twitter. “The Jax City Read More …
Should voters decide the fate of Jacksonville’s Confederate monuments, or should the City Council handle the matter itself? Tonight, council members will consider both options: Councilman Matt Carlucci’s proposal to spend $500,000 to move the Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy monument out of Springfield Read More …
The Jacksonville City Council last night unanimously passed a resolution in solidarity with and support of Ukraine. Though the legislation has no action attached to it, it received more than 100 comments of support from residents. About 5,000 Jacksonville residents are natives of Ukraine. Several Read More …
City Councilman Rory Diamond made a twitter post earlier this evening;, “Hey, @DuvalSchools, Rat infestation continues at Neptune Beach Elementary. Parents keep complaining and rats keep running around. What are you doing with the billions we sent you to fix this?” On the post, you can see Read More …
Jacksonville’s Downtown Investment Authority unanimously voted Wednesday to approve releasing city-owned land for Jaguars owner Shad Khan’s plan for a Four Seasons hotel development on the downtown riverfront. The deal would sign over Kids Kampus to Khan’s development group for its use and leaves questions Read More …
For the first time in Jacksonville history, our City Council will be led by two African-American members. Congratulations to new Council President Sam Newby and new Vice President Terrance Freeman. We are looking forward to your leadership and guidance in the coming year.
If you ask Sheriff Mike Williams, whose department is set to split $16.8 million with JFRD, I’m sure he would say it was clearly a reallocation. This is the same Sheriff Mike Williams who recently submitted a $513 million dollar budget proposal to that Read More …
The Jacksonville City Council just voted unanimously in favor of adding baseball legend Hank Aaron’s name to a local ballpark Aaron had ties to Northeast Florida, playing one season for the Jacksonville Braves at J.P Small Park. The new name of the park will be Read More …
Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry has introduced emergency legislation to the City Council that would allow recently retired first responders to temporarily return to work in the event of manpower shortages. The City Council will vote on the legislation at its virtual meeting tonight, which would Read More …
This program requires interest-only payments for the first year to ensure repayment costs remain low as the small business works through the pandemic response and rebuilding periods. The City will provide grants and reimbursements of interest and/or principal balances to businesses that meet certain criteria, Read More …
Unable to make it to tonight’s City Council meeting? You can watch the live video on the City’s website, starting at 5 p.m.
This coming Tuesday from 7PM until 9PM Rain Dogs will host a Town Hall with Sunny Gettinger, Candidate for Jacksonville City Council in District 14 “Jacksonville is a city on the move, and I want to help chart its course. The vibrant neighborhoods, and the Read More …
The Jacksonville medical examiner’s office doesn’t have enough room for its bodies, and hasn’t had enough room for far too long. The City Council, forced to act now that the general population is aware of the situation, could vote next week on an emergency fix. Read More …
I live in the Riverside Community of Jacksonville, Florida. We have a wonderful parks system in Jacksonville, the largest urban park system in the United States. We also have a top shelf Library in the Jacksonville Public Library, consistently ranked as one of the best Read More …
Jacksonville’s problems with flooded streets go way back, before Cowford, before there were streets to flood. The Jacksonville Metro area was mostly wetlands at one time. The St Johns River flows north, toward the Atlantic, after collecting water and runoff from tributaries all over the Read More …
Last night the Jacksonville City Council continued to do what it does best, block progress. Anyone who has visited downtown Jacksonville over the past year and a half has seen plenty of progress at Hemming Park. That progress has been largely due to the city Read More …