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Public Defender Settles Lawsuit

By Abel Harding

Abel Harding When JaxPoliticsOnline.com began last November, one of the hottest topics was newly-elected Public Defender Matt Shirk.  While I will confess ignorance as to the inner workings of the Public Defenders Office, it was something that one of our former contributors was quite passionate about.  In fact, his articles garnered statewide, indeed national, attention... »

PARRRR…TEEEEE!!

By g8rluvr

Yep, that's right.  It was party time earlier tonight.  And we all know how much Matt Shirk and Angela Corey enjoy a good party.  Wonder if Nelson Cuba was there to guard the door?  Oh, I guess he didn't have to guard the door - this party was by invitation only.  Ohhhhh, rats!  And I missed... »

Shirk lets 5 more PDs go

By g8rluvr

Five more Public Defenders were let go by Matt Shirk.  According to News4jax.com, Shirk let the attorneys go due to budget issues.  But according to PDO water cooler talk, the attorneys were let go due to pictures of donuts posted around the office - which Shirk supposedly thought represented the "hole left in the PDO"... »

The SA and PD Road Tour

By g8rluvr

Oh, what a warm, fuzzy feeling I got this morning (not!) when I read in the TU that Angela Corey and her family had traveled by bus to the other circuits to be sworn in at each one of them by her good buddy, and former State Attorney, Judge Lance Day.  The word "smarmy" immediately came... »