November 21, 2021
In 2018, Gov. Ron DeSantis didn’t win Duval County in the general election race against Andrew Gillum. It was a…
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November 17, 2021
OPINION | Floridians want control of their life back
For over a year now, our lives have been completely upended, and it all seems terribly unfair. Family and friends…
November 16, 2021
OPINION | 5 infrastructure bill projects Jacksonville should pursue
President Joe Biden finally signed his hard-fought $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law on Monday, November 15.…
November 15, 2021
OPINION | What are we teaching our children?
City Council has withdrawn the Confederate monument legislation and may never take it up again — an act of cowardice…
November 14, 2021
OPINION | Can Donna Deegan win?
Fundraising isn’t everything. That is what every underfinanced candidate has said since the beginning of time. And that is also…
November 8, 2021
OPINION | Annoyance, Irritation, & Rage
I wanted to write a response to the recent stories about housing: one in this newsletter on the plan to…
November 7, 2021
OPINION | Confederate Cowards
The wisdom of the Jacksonville City Council has always been a matter of debate. This is the same group that…
November 2, 2021
THE JAXSON | Can townhomes plug Jax housing’s ‘missing middle’?
Two new projects in LaVilla and San Marco are creating something in short supply in Jacksonville: urban townhomes. Can they…
November 1, 2021
OPINION | Life is the goal
By next week, vaccines could be available locally for children ages 5 to 11 and the long pandemic nightmare we’ve…
October 31, 2021
OPINION | Stop prosecuting Corrine Brown
Former Congresswoman Corrine Brown, who long represented part of the Jacksonville area until 2017, is set to stand trial for…
October 26, 2021
OPINION | Why Amtrak should be on Jacksonville’s radar
Jacksonville stands to be a major beneficiary over the next 15 years as Amtrak plans to add service across the…
October 25, 2021
OPINION | Who’s policing the police?
My son is 6,He likes to run,I encourage him to go the distance Jury selection is underway in the murder…
October 24, 2021
OPINION | 2023 mayoral hopefuls flex fundraising muscles
Time was when a candidate could run for mayor or whatever they wanted in Duval County, armed with nothing more…
October 20, 2021
OPINION | One Riverside and how to activate an urban sidewalk
One Riverside Avenue, the development planned to replace the former Florida Times-Union headquarters, will likely be up for final site…
October 19, 2021
OPINION | Take ‘Em Down
“I’m never living in the South again.” This is what my mother says to me often. A New Orleans native…
October 18, 2021
OPINION | At least the politicians are still recyclable
Problems are plaguing the city of Jacksonville’s recycling drop sites, and Mayor Lenny Curry’s Chief Administrative Officer Brian Hughes got…
October 14, 2021
OPINION | Are Jax Democrats’ fears of taking risks holding them back?
For those who wondered about how their City Council districts were drawn, the ongoing redistricting process shows that the more…
October 12, 2021
OPINION | The future of Bay Street depends on ‘clustering’
In city planning, clustering is part of what we at The Jaxson like to call the “Three C’s”: the clustering…