Sherry MagillYesterday, the Florida Times-Union editorial called for local elected leaders to do the obvious in historic downtown, Jacksonville’s Northbank. TU’s editors lament one-way streets, narrow sidewalks, coin-operated parking meters, the lack of shade...
In a November 2018 referendum, 73% of Duval County voters said they should get the chance to approve any sale of 10 percent or more of JEA. The vote was 256,511 in favor to 93,000 against. During his re-election campaign, Mayor Lenny Curry said...
Jacksonville FL, December 3, 20018 – City council defeated a transparency bill 16-3 at its November 27th Tuesday night meeting. Introduced by At-large member Anna Brosche, the bill called for: posting email and text messages between lobbyists and...
Editor’s note: On September 25, 2018 City council unanimously approved Mayor Lenny Curry’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2019 budget whose general fund totals $1.2 billion. We decided to examine the city’s funding of children, arts and culture...
Jacksonville’s city government could do a better job engaging the public and being transparent, according to the Task Force on Open Government report issued in late June (view or download pdf document here). It calls specifically for an easy to...