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JEA Managers Face Difficult Task
Public managers do not have the same luxury their counterparts in private industry have when it comes to dealing with personnel issues. When crisis hits in the public workplace, the matter can become very transparent and public managers have to contend with public outrage and stringent worker protections. When economic times are tough, it... »
Accountability Forum Links Elected Leaders and Community
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... »
Accountability Forums; The New Political Report Card
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... »
Downtown; The Old Neighborhood
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... »
