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Senate District 8 Profile: Stan Jordan

By Abel Harding

Abel Harding Over the next few weeks, JaxPoliticsOnline.com intends to profile the leading candidates for the State Senate seat of the late Jim King.  This profile is the first in that series. A Study In Contrasts Stan Jordan is a study in contrasts. In 1997, after being elected to his fourth term on the Duval County School Board,... »

Jax Pension Consultant Fights Madoff Accusations

By Abel Harding

Abel Harding The consultant hired in early 2008 by the Jacksonville City Employees Retirement System to serve as the general investment consultant to the $1.3 billion pension program has struggled to overcome charges that it was linked to disgraced financier Bernie Maddoff.  Summit Strategies Group, who also serves as the general consultant for the Jacksonville... »

Watch your tongue, boy!

By Abel Harding

Now I realize that this blog is devoted to the discussion of politics as it relates to Jacksonville and Florida as a whole; however, there are always moments for occasional deviation.   Today's comments by Tennessee's new football coach are the perfect example of when we might deviate... Memo to Lane Kiffin:  Watch your tongue! After... »