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Getting Schooled, Part II
Folio Weekly looks at Duval County School Board races in districts 2 and 4. With three new members joining the Duval County School Board this fall, and eleven candidates vying for those positions, local voters have lots to digest before the August 24 primary election. Some recent forums helped distill the positions of candidates for School... »
Getting Schooled
Meet School Board District 6 Candidates, courtesy of Folio Weekly, July 20, 2010 Known as the “ball cap” district because it stretches like a hat across the top of Duval County, District 6 hugs the northern border from Mayport to Baldwin. Current district rep, Vicki Drake, decided not to seek re-election, and the race to... »
An Immodest Proposal (re-posted with permission from Folio Weekly)
We should know soon whether the extreme right wing of the Republican Party in Florida will undergo its long overdue cold shower. Deep conditioning dies hard, but voters may have finally figured out that fiscal conservatism doesn’t always have to be paired with puffery on pseudo-religious social policy. Political consumers have unbundled other pairings,... »
Guest Column: Sounds of Silence
The following is a guest column written by @coj_tweeters on Twitter. What kind of city do I want to live in? That was the question Mayor Peyton posed during budget discussions in 2009. I knew that I was no longer sure Jacksonville was a place I wanted to call home. But why not? As I... »
