Jacksonville’s Human Rights Ordinance comes up as a first reading on the agenda at today’s City Council meeting. Readers of JaxLookout.com may wish to join in via the City’s website : The time of the meeting has been changed to 4:00pm...
According to a story in the Florida Times-Union (Thursday, May 7), Councilman Aaron Bowman filed a bill yesterday to correct problems identified by Florida’s First District Court of Appeal that made Jacksonville’s existing Human Rights...
Editorial StaffIn a November 5 letter to the president and members of City council, Jacksonville’s Civic Council claims that JEA is “not in a ‘death spiral’ and the “urgency” of a sale is “nonexistent.” The letter further states that the current “JEA...
Selling JEA is a three-step process with the voting public having the final say. Step one: The JEA board, entirely under its own authority with no input from city council or the public, has solicited and is evaluating responses to what...
Local government is governed by a charter which may be revised every ten years: According to Times-Union reporting, Mayor Curry and his supporters wish to change the Charter, which stipulates an appointed superintendent of schools and a board...
Claire Goforth“A municipal charter is the basic document that defines the organization, powers, functions and essential procedures of the city government. The charter is, therefore, the most important legal document of any city.” ~ Wikipedia