January 9, 2022
A week ago, the world hadn’t heard of Ben Frazier. The president of the Northside Coalition was known locally, but…
Reporting on local and state politics, elections, legislation, and the leaders shaping policy in Jacksonville and Florida.
December 17, 2021
OPINION | GOP 2023 race: Death, taxes, and Lenny Curry
What to make of last week’s 13-5 Jacksonville City Council repudiation of LeAnna Cumber’s attempt to turn back the gas…
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.…
November 21, 2021
OPINION | Ron DeSantis doesn’t get Duval. Does he care?
In 2018, Gov. Ron DeSantis didn’t win Duval County in the general election race against Andrew Gillum. It was a…
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City Council has withdrawn the Confederate monument legislation and may never take it up again — an act of cowardice…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…