November 20, 2022 OPINION | The ‘resign to run’ trapI’ve written about politics in this town for many years and expressed my share of frustrations, including with candidates running…By A.G. Gancarski
November 6, 2022 OPINION | What redistricting reveals about the Jacksonville City CouncilAnyone from a dysfunctional family would have felt at home during Friday’s redistricting schmozz on the Jacksonville City Council. Proving…By A.G. Gancarski
October 23, 2022 OPINION | Molly against the machineDozens of endorsements are flying, and most of them are of the “Well, it would be news if they didn’t…By A.G. Gancarski
October 9, 2022 OPINION | Will Crist’s empty bus hurt in North Florida?Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist brought his “Together Florida Tour” to Northeast Florida last week. Sort of. The Crist campaign…By A.G. Gancarski
September 25, 2022 OPINION | Auditing Lenny Curry’s budget legacyIf Jacksonville hadn’t faced budget crunches for years coming out of the 2008 crash, Mayor Lenny Curry might never have…By A.G. Gancarski
September 11, 2022 OPINION | Crowded field could mean chaos for Jax mayoral raceThe public phase of the mayoral campaign of Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce CEO Daniel Davis, who didn’t quit his day…By A.G. Gancarski
August 28, 2022 OPINION | What we learned from the August electionsThe 2022 primaries taught us a lot about how surprises are possible in local politics, even if some things stay…By A.G. Gancarski
August 14, 2022 OPINION | Expect status quo for JSO after ‘22 electionIs reform coming to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office during the post-Mike Williams era? Based on what we’ve seen thus far…By A.G. Gancarski
July 31, 2022 OPINION | August is the cruelest monthT.S. Eliot famously posited that “April is the cruelest month.” This tells us that he didn’t follow primary politics in…By A.G. Gancarski
July 17, 2022 OPINION | DeSantis shares blame for Aguilar fiascoFormer Florida Times-Union journalist Matt Dixon, now of POLITICO Florida, had a “scoop” the other day that illustrated tragedies throughout…By A.G. Gancarski
July 10, 2022 OPINION | Have Democrats lost the Jax mayoral race already?For the first time in many years, two serious Democratic candidates are running for Jacksonville mayor. And for backers of…By A.G. Gancarski
June 26, 2022 OPINION | ‘Discipline and punish’: the Duval wayTo the best of my knowledge, French philosopher Michel Foucault never made it to Duval County. And he likely never…By A.G. Gancarski
June 12, 2022 OPINION | Will DeSantis get his Duval revenge?In the final analysis, Gov. Ron DeSantis may be the big winner of the Jacksonville sheriff’s race in 2023. Consider…By A.G. Gancarski
June 5, 2022 OPINION | Have Democrats already lost the governor’s race?Democrats are in a bad position vis-a-vis Ron DeSantis, and it seems to have them hamstrung as time starts to…By A.G. Gancarski
June 1, 2022 OPINION | Where the sheriff lives mattersOne of my least favorite fictions about our region is that Jacksonville and the rest of Northeast Florida are the…By A.G. Gancarski
May 22, 2022 OPINION | Corrine Brown’s pyrrhic victoryMonths back, I pleaded to the federal government in this column space to stop prosecuting Corrine Brown. Last week, they…By A.G. Gancarski
May 15, 2022 OPINION | Byrd’s the wordThe great unanswered question of the 2022 election cycle for Northeast Florida Republicans was what Cord Byrd would end up…By A.G. Gancarski
May 8, 2022 OPINION | ‘Ain’t nothin’ goin’ on but the rent’Not too many years ago, it was possible to eke out a living on the fringes of society and maintain…By A.G. Gancarski
May 1, 2022 OPINION | Al Ferraro is driving the narrativeAl Ferraro knows how to read a room. People should finally realize that much and give him the credit he’s…By A.G. Gancarski
April 24, 2022 OPINION | Can DeSantis overplay his hand?In the week since my column last ran in Jacksonville Today, Gov. Ron DeSantis got everything he wanted from the…By A.G. Gancarski
April 17, 2022 OPINION | Who wants to be a congressman?There was no surprise, none at all, for readers of this column regarding what the Florida Legislature would do with…By A.G. Gancarski
April 10, 2022 OPINION | Confederacy of dunces“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” That’s a line from William Faulkner, but it’s also an apt…By A.G. Gancarski
April 3, 2022 OPINION | The day Brian Kilmeade silenced Jacksonville’s political classOn Thursday morning, the Fox & Friends program began the 7 o’clock hour blasting the city of Jacksonville. The catalyst…By A.G. Gancarski
March 27, 2022 OPINION | Will Ron DeSantis pick a Jacksonville senator?Imagine you’re Clay Yarborough, a current state representative who thought the next campaign was all set. A few months back,…By A.G. Gancarski