Archive for November, 2008

The Times-Union wades into the fury over the management of the Public Defender's Office with a well-researched piece today. Gone are Ann Finnell and Patrick McGuinness, the subjects of an Oscar-winning documentary for defending falsely accused teenager Brenton Butler in 2000. Butler was exonerated after they convinced a jury that Jacksonville police beat his murder... »

From the Times-Union: Former Jacksonville mayoral candidate and newly elected state Rep. Mike Weinstein will return to the State Attorney’s Office as its executive director next year, he and his new boss confirmed Friday. Weinstein, who also served as mayoral chief of staff and headed the city’s Super Bowl host committee, will work 10 months of... »

I certainly haven't heard any of the members of the Duval Delegation raise any questions about Florida's new Speaker of the House, but questions are starting to surface about what he did to deserve his new $110,000-a-year job with a state community college (announced the day he officially took over as Speaker of the... »

Is it just me, or does the Mayor's Office just not get it?  Repeated bad press has appeared about the folly of entering into a no-bid contract with Waste Management to operate the Trail Ridge landfill, yet the Mayor presses on.  This time, Folio has written a piece on this bad idea - wondering what's... »