Archive for April, 2009

Seminole County wants more than Jacksonville's water.  They've now decided they desperately need our tourism dollars as well.  Fresh off their victory over Duval, Putnam and St. Johns County in their bid to draw up to 5 million gallons of water per day from the St. Johns River, Seminole County has begun advertising in... »

I'm a little delayed in sending my thanks, but I wanted to broadcast a public Thank You to the guys of Urban Jacksonville Weekly---Jonathan Bennett, Joey Marchy and Tony Allegretti---for inviting me on the show.  The episode can be found by searching for "Jacksonville.com" in iTunes.  You can always catch their show live on... »

From The Florida Times-Union: A project to deepen Jacksonville's ship channel scooped up $14.8 million from the federal government's stimulus package, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today. The money will help pay for deepening a 5.3 mile stretch of the river up to the Talleyrand terminal. Jacksonville Port Authority Executive Director Rick Ferrin said... »

After months of high-stakes public fighting, the Mayor's proposal to extend the Trail Ridge contract with Waste Management went down without a fight on an 18-0 vote on Tuesday.  The only abstention was from Councilman Warren Jones.  The Council will now have to decide what their next course of action is, something that could... »