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Group Launches Website To Fight Visual Pollution

By Abel Harding

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... »

JTA & The Mysterious $72 Million Stash

By Abel Harding

Folio Weekly recently broke a story about a $72 million discovery by the City Council Auditor.  The secret JTA fund was questioned by Councilman Bill Bishop during a routine budget review and the Council Auditor delved into the matter to identify the previously-unmentioned funds.  The find is significant because of the fact that JTA... »