April 10, 2022
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” That’s a line from William Faulkner, but it’s also an apt…
Reporting on Jacksonville City Council meetings, votes, and legislation that shape local government, neighborhoods, and public policy.
March 20, 2022
OPINION | Confederate monuments are here to stay
The Jacksonville City Council is set for yet another of its masochistic explorations of what would, in a 21st Century…
February 27, 2022
EXPLORE: Is your voting precinct one of Jax’s highest-turnout? Or the lowest?
Plus, 5 takeaways from the City Council election Republican Nick Howland will be sworn in on Jacksonville’s City Council Wednesday,…
February 21, 2022
OPINION | What are you so afraid of?
The definition of democracy is “government by the people.” It’s “a form of government in which the supreme power is…
January 9, 2022
OPINION | Ben Frazier makes his point
A week ago, the world hadn’t heard of Ben Frazier. The president of the Northside Coalition was known locally, but…
December 12, 2021
OPINION | Polson’s problem
The First Election of the Jacksonville City Council At Large Group 3 race is in the books, and nobody won.…
December 6, 2021
OPINION | Voting is the price of freedom
Today is election day. Albeit it’s a small election, a special election to fill the seat of the late at-large…
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City Council has withdrawn the Confederate monument legislation and may never take it up again — an act of cowardice…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 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…
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 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…