Archive for October, 2009

The speculation has been growing for some time that State Sen. Paula Dockery (R-Lakeland) would challenge Attorney General Bill McCollum for the GOP Gubernatorial nomination.  According to her hometown newspaper, the Lakeland Ledger, it now appears as if Dockery will enter the race next week. Dockery, a State Senator who gained widespread recognition for her... »

The recent news uncovered by the Times-Union's Tia Mitchell in regards to the work by City Council Vice President Jack Webb for Republic Services has reignited a debate over ethics, or rather the lack thereof, at City Hall. Webb, who led the charge earlier this year to defeat the Mayor John Peyton's attempts to award the multi-million... »

Jacksonville's city budget may be under serious financial strain with city employees currently in line for paycuts and proposed reforms in benefits, but that hasn't prevented the city from hiring a number of part-time employees at salaries well above the county's median income and, in fact, well above the salaries some of those very same employees... »

Scenic Jacksonville Inc (formerly known as CAPSigns), the group that led the successful effort twenty-two years ago to amend the city's charter to prohibit new billboards and required many of the city's existing billboards to be removed, has launched a new website to educate voters on the billboard issue and to encourage the Mayor... »