Archive for January, 2010

Members of two community groups had questions, and Jacksonville’s leaders had answers at this year’s first SFPPCA / COPOCA sponsored Local Leadership Accountability Forum.  City Council Members  Johnny Gaffney, John Crescimbeni, Ray Holt, Glorious Johnson, Reginald Brown, Warren Jones and Clay Yarborough were on hand, along with Jerry Holland, Matt Shirk, Angela Corey, John... »

(Reprinted with permission from Folio Weekly) Sparks flew at the Dec. 17 Charter Revision Commission meeting when Duval County School Board Member Tommy Hazouri leaked the results of a mayoral campaign poll: 84 percent of Jacksonville voters oppose replacing their elected school board with an appointed one. When Hazouri implied that further discussion of the matter... »

Accountability is a buzzword usually bandied about in two settings; the campaign trail and the classroom.  Two local coalitions are trying to change that when they host the first in a series of Local Leadership Accountability Forums on January 21, 2009 at 6:30 PM in the Edward Waters College Auditorium.  The Sherwood Forest/Paradise Park... »

Perennial debate on what to do with downtown Jacksonville has become fashionable once again.  How does the country’s largest city (which is really a county of 804 square miles) revitalize its urban hub?   Apparently not easily, as numerous past attempts have not quite panned out as well as city leaders had hoped.  But hope... »