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Jacksonville's Election Roundup 2015

Now that the suspense is over for the first round of spring elections in Jacksonville, political observers will get a chance to see if once again party loyalty will trump all else. Among the first to...

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Mike Williams is Running for Sheriff of Jacksonville

This week local elections commence for cities in several states across the country. Ferguson, Missouri voters get a chance to voice their desire for change by electing new members to their six member...

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Brown Versus Curry II: If all politics are local

If all politics are local, it can’t be any more local than the coming May 19th showdown between Republicans, Democrats and everyone else in Jacksonville, Florida. Incumbent Mayor Alvin Brown has...

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Jacksonville's Election: One more week

In just 7 days voters in Duval County, Jacksonville will have the final say in who will become or maintain his position as the CEO of the largest city by land mass in the USA.Predictably, the campaign...

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Lenny Curry will be the Next Mayor of Jacksonville

It was every democrat for themselves Tuesday night as Mayor Alvin Brown and Candidate for Sheriff Ken Jefferson were handed a resounding defeat. Duval County, Jacksonville voters showed themselves to...

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Memorial Day: Defense in America's Best interest

This Memorial Day is an important pause in the daily back door call from many to send troops back into harm’s way in some sort of ‘prevent defense’ that could ultimately be in America...

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A new Paradigm for Police and Community

A new paradigm is in play for Police-Community relations. With the Facebook display and replay of the McKinney, Texas run-in with kids at a pool party, yet another example of what law enforcement...

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The Flag and the Terrorist

The Wednesday night bible study has come and gone for the worshipers in Charleston, South Carolina as it has for those sharing the same service across America. The young man radicalized in place, is...

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The Iran Deal

CommentaryThe Iran deal now before Congress is yet another page turner for a President of the United States that has turned the pages of American History since his unlikely election in 2009. The fact...

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Jacksonville Man found Innocent until proven guilty

CommentaryThey said he was guilty and they could prove it. With that the criminal justice system of Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida threw its collective weight into the arrest and near trial of...

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One City, One Jacksonville

And so it begins, or should I say continues. This past week, political watchers got a more realistic look at how the new Mayor of Jacksonville will govern. Despite all the inaugural and campaign...

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Pension reform is not coming to Jacksonville

Well , here we are. 2015 yet another new Jacksonville city administration is in place. The new mayor's promised 90-day audit of the previous administration's financial deeds and misdeeds raked over...

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Eureka Gardens, who do we blame?

The embarrassing spectacle on Jacksonville's near-west side of town, involving an apartment complex that takes in millions of dollars a year in federal housing subsidies has brought a reality check to...

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HRO in Jacksonville

The cultural, political and religious back and forth over should the City Council of Jacksonville, Florida take up, pass, and its' Mayor sign a Human Rights Ordinance is in its fourth year. One would...

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Where is Mayor Curry on the HRO?

Its' been nearly two years since the Human Rights Ordinance, also known has the HRO, became one of the top five things Jacksonville needs to do in order to take its place among the best cities in...

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Jacksonville: HRO and the Angry School Board Member

Two negative headlines faced Jacksonville Florida this week. Failure to consider a Human Rights Ordinance, name-calling and dueling press conferences between members of the School Board, the NAACP and...

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Corrine's Last Stand - Race and Representation

The appeal is simple and straight forward, "Bullies have played a dirty trick to force me out of office by re-drawing my Congressional district to cover a largely rural area of north Florida and...

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Eureka Gardens to the back burner

Now that the saga of Eureka Gardens, a private, public funded housing complex on the westside of Jacksonville, Florida has moved to the back pages and below the fold of the news cycle, what has...

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A Police Shooting in Jacksonville

Here's the thing: Stop running! if you haven't robbed someone. Stop running! If you haven't beat someone up for their money, stolen their pants, taken their jewelry, Stop running. If you haven't...

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Florida Elections: The Likeability Factor

While there is little doubt that we will have a new President of the United States, the view in congress, the state and metro levels will remain virtually unchanged.In Jacksonville, Florida for...

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