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Join us this Wednesday, May 3rd at 8:45pm for a LIVE online interview with Pro Bowl veteran wide receiver Jacksonville Jaguar Jimmy SmithWhat: Live Questions Answers session Who: Jacksonville Jaguar Jimmy Smith When: Wednesday, May 3rd, 8:45 PM Where: Metjax.com sports section (http://metro.e-mpire.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=92)...
Read MoreFox Jewelry to bring affordable housing?
Mr. Fox of Fox Jewelers says he is currently planning on at least 10 units that will be for sale at a predicted price range of $65,000 to $75,000 per unit. Mr. Fox said he expects the units will range from 800 to 900 square feet. Though this is not a huge number of units, it is a small start towards...
Read MorePublic officials above the law?
A call to Pat Lockett-Felder?s office. In a recent public records request to Councilwoman Pat Lockett-Felder?s office, her assistant Daisy Brown answered the phone. I told her that I had filed a public records request with the Office of Legislative Services that morning that affected several council...
Read MoreNo Parking Problem Downtown
These shocking photos were taken of a recent foray downtown.The shocking part? They were all in the same parking lot.Pay attention to the adjacent flyers on the window shield. Driver comments: “This is f***ing Bullsh**!….F*** those bit****!”when we asked him which Bit**** he was referring to, he...
Read MoreTaylor Hardwick wants meeting
Taylor Hardwick wants meeting to discuss Friendship Fountain Mr. Hardwick apparently called the JEDC office to get a meeting with Ron Barton, and Barton’s assistant told him no way. So Hardwick emailed Barton directly. Barton then emails back and says, surely his assistant didn’t tell Hardwick...
Read MoreFair Parking Meters
Fair Parking Meters face a planned block by Special Interests Downtown Jacksonville, Florida Earlier this week, an E-mail purporting to be from Realistic Transportation Alternatives, Inc. was circulated to a list of some of downtown Jacksonville's largest landowners suggesting official complicity...
Read MoreA Top-Heavy Administration
Mayor Peyton has chosen to pay bigger salaries to more of his staff. Is this what Mayor Peyton meant when he promised us he would run government like a business? In 2002, the last full year of Mayor Delaney’s administration, the Mayoral staff consisted of 18 people. Of these 18, 22% made a six-figure...
Read MoreHappy Sunshine Sunday!!
That’s right, you may not have heard of it before, but today is Sunshine Sunday – the first day of an entire week where media professionals are devoted to focusing on public records access laws which are called the Sunshine Laws here in Florida.
Read MoreSleiman and Peyton Come to Agreement!!
We first brought you the news 2 days ago that Mayor Peyton and Toney Sleiman would be meeting to find an answer to the question of did Sleiman have a right to buy the parking lot east of the main street bridge. Those negotiations spilled over into today and it now appears the answer is yes. Also in attendance...
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Mayor Peyton's "Smaller Ideas"
Is it just me or does Mayor Peyton's "Big Ideas" proposal seem to be shrinking into a "Smaller and smaller ideas" plan? Let's follow the evolution of the "Big Ideas" together.
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