Jacksonville required to fill empty City Council seat
JACKSONVILLE — A vacant City Council seat will have to be filled even though the council, on a split vote, decided not to make an appointment when it met Aug. 17. |
Jacksonville police see 1st ’10 homicide
Jacksonville police began investigating the city’s first homicide of 2010 on Friday. |
City officials tour Fort Smith’s housing
Jacksonville city officials took a day trip to Fort Smith on Aug. 12 to learn from the way that city is revitalizing its depressed communities. |
SMG repays city of Jacksonville $22,000, although audit finds no ripoffs
A yearlong audit of the company running Jacksonville’s sports and entertainment venues found some contract and oversight issues but not the “ripping off the taxpayers” the former local general manager said was there. As a result of the report, made public Thursday, SMG reimbursed the city $22,000, more than half of which was for costs of employees who were paid for by the city but worked on non ... |
Jacksonville councilman seeking Jennifer Carroll's old seat
It appears Jacksonville City Councilman Daniel Davis could be the front-runner to fill the seat being left by state Rep. Jennifer Carroll, who is running for lieutenant governor. Davis, the current chair of the council’s finance committee, is the first to throw his hat into the ring, and is positioned well because Duval County Republicans will have a big say in who fills the seat. “I just think ... |
Despite Opening, Jacksonville Sees Fewer New Jobs Created
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Interline Brands celebrated the grand opening of a warehouse on the city's Westside creating 70 new jobs, among the 1,500 created so far in the area this year. But in the area's boom years, 3-4,000 jobs were being added |
Tea Party: City spending 'unsustainable'
The First Coast Tea Party, known mostly for taking conservative stances on national issues, has launched its first fight against City Hall. The anti-tax group has sketched out a nine-page review of Jacksonville's proposed 2010-11 budget, criticizing everything from the $43,000 the city is spending on Jaguars tickets to the $1.3 million the city pays to run the Human Rights Commission. What it ... |
Tea Party Suggests Cuts City Budget
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- As the City Council discusses a proposal by Mayor John Peyton to increase property taxes 9 percent, the First Coast Tea Party said its accountant's line-by-line analysis of the city's budget found millions of dollars of waste. |
Prep Spotlight: SHS repeats at Granite City cross country invite
GRANITE CITY –– The Springfield Senators finished with 73 points Saturday and raced to their second straight Granite City Cross Country Invitational title. |
Dick Brown returns to fill Jacksonville City Council post
The Beaches have a representative on the Jacksonville City Council again. And, again, it’s Dick Brown. Gov. Charlie Crist announced the appointment Thursday afternoon to fill the seat first vacated when Crist suspended Councilman John Meserve in January. Meserve was accused of making illegal land deals and was charged with a felony. The seat has changed hands four times in a little over a year ... |
