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Is There A Shake-Up Looming At City Hall?

By Abel Harding

Months after Jacksonville's Chief Administrative Officer was forced to apologize for his controversial dealings with a lobbyist during the Trail Ridge Landfill negotiations, he appears to be ready to leave City Hall.  Alan Mosley, who oversees the day-to-day operations of the City for Mayor John Peyton, is an applicant for the Florida Department of... »

A Step Towards A Transparent Budget

By Abel Harding

Abel Harding Transparency, and our local government's level of commitment to it, has been a key topic of conversation throughout Jacksonville over the last several months.  The oft-cited JCCI study on city finances that concluded with a formal presentation in June repeatedly called on city government to become more transparent, and to their credit, the... »

Hung Out to Dry

By g8rluvr

 Let's see if I have this straight. According to a recent TU article, Alan Williams and Doug Wood, former City employees involved with the original Waste Management deal, were approached a couple of months ago by Alan Mosley, the mayor's chief administrative officer. According to Williams, Mosley told him the original Waste Management contract was... »

Courthouse grand jury

By g8rluvr

The courthouse grand jury met and took testimony from 4 city officials today.  Most notably, the first two witnesses were the City's top two legal advisors - Rick Mullaney and Cindy Laquidara.  Adam Hollingsworth and Alan Mosley also testified. At issue are the findings in an audit that $64 million dollars were spent with nothing to... »