Today former Utah governor John Huntsman withdrew from the race for the Republican nomination for president. Now, what looked like a crowded race could be over before Florida holds its presidential primary at the end of January. The city of Jacksonville was slated to host a nationally televised presidential debate on January 26th, and the [...]
Today will more than likely mark the end an era in the history of Jacksonville Florida. At the NFL owners meetings in Dallas today a vote is all but assured to approve the sale of the Jacksonville Jaguars to Illinois businessman Shahid Khan. Although the sale of the franchise will not be completely final until [...]
Since the announcement that Illinois businessman Shahid Khan would be purchasing the Jacksonville Jaguars, a certain ignorant portion of the population have made racist references toward his Pakistani heritage. Mr. Khan is an American citizen and the personification of the American dream. Yet many who have been rightly condemning the racism on message boards and [...]
Like fanatics for horse racing or fantasy football, political watchers are in a constant search for any scraps of information or insignificant insight that can portend the results of future elections. Special congressional elections in far flung backwaters and percentage point changes in approval years from election day are often used to predict the mood [...]
On Tuesday the race for Jacksonville’s next mayor was supposed to come to a predictable close. The result was anything but predictable, and Alvin Brown and Mike Hogan took their race into overtime the next day. The closest race in Jacksonville history ended Wednesday night with Democrat Alvin Brown becoming the first African American mayor [...]
As we enter the last full week of the quest to be mayor of Florida’s largest city, what had seemed like a foregone conclusion of a race has become quite interesting. Prior to the first round of voting it was popularly assumed that only Audrey Moran making it to the second round would present any [...]
I sat quietly at my dinner table. WJCT’s Melissa Ross and her guests Able Harding and Matthew Corrigan blaring from my iPhone as I realized the glass of Pinot Noir would not be enough for tonight’s returns. There was not much to be happy about across the board as I began to understand what had [...]
Tomorrow, residents here in Jacksonville will go to the polls for what will be the first round of voting for the next mayor of our consolidated city and county government. The size of the field will ensure a run-off, and that is the only real suspense for tomorrow in the race for mayor. I am [...]
I’m a nice guy, a real mensch if you will. I decided Monday that I would take my lovely girlfriend out for dinner, not realizing that I would miss the third televised Jacksonville Mayoral debate. Unfortunately I missed Thunderdome between Audrey Moran and Rick Mullaney, and Mike Hogan doing his best Clarence Thomas silent act. [...]
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