JaxDaily has been around for just over 2 years now, and it’s time for a change.
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JaxDaily has been around for just over 2 years now, and it’s time for a change.
In the next few days I’ll be making some major announcements about the future of this site.
Stay tuned!
[...]A warm summer’s day on home plate was the stage for the performance of a lifetime by community leaders and a pig.
Learn to Read Jacksonville’s 16th Annual Kiss the Pig for Literacy Kiss Off was held at The Jacksonville Baseball Grounds, Sunday, May 3, 2008. The winner of this [...]
No surprise, but today Marco Rubio made it official by launching his campaign for the U.S. Senate in a YouTube video posted on his new campaign site.
Rubio is the first top-tier candidate to enter the Republican race, though Governor Charlie Crist is widely expected to announce his plans to seek [...]
I guess you could call it a relax tax.
I follow Paul Flemming on Twitter as a good source for quick information about the State Legislature. Flemming’s bio indicates he’s the State Editor for Ganette’s Florida Newspapers. Friday, he linked to an item on tallahassee.com concerning fishing [...]
Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ) will become Florida State College at Jacksonville on August 1st of this year, according to the following message from Steven Wallace, the President of what’s currently known as FCCJ:
I am delighted to inform you that a few minutes ago the Florida Legislature passed the [...]
The Duval County Republican Party announced today that due to unforeseen circumstances, Karl Rove has been forced to postpone his appearance in Jacksonville. The event was previously scheduled at the Florida Theater on May 15th.
Lenny Curry, Chairman of the Duval Republican Party, said he appreciates the public support and [...]
A group of 45 Republican women from 5 counties in Northeast Florida came to tour the Capitol today to support Aaron Bean’s bid for the Senate seat in District 8.
The group of charged up women wore “Aaron Bean for Senate” stickers and met with Governor Crist, Attorney General Bill [...]
In what is being advertised as “the Republican event of the year” for Northeast Florida, the Duval County Republican Party will be hosting a Lincoln Day Celebration on May 15th. This year’s event is to honor Thomas Petway III and will take place downtown at the historic Florida Theater, [...]
The Managing Editor of Channel 4’s sports coverage, Sam Kouvaris, is launching a new daily program on sports radio station 1010XL and 105.3-FM. This is not Kouvaris’ first experience with radio, as he is a regular feature of the syndicated Lex and Terry morning program heard on stations all across [...]
Orlando, a major point for travel to Mexico and Central America, and one of the world’s top tourist destinations, is getting ready to deal with a potential outbreak of what’s being called the “swine” flu. So far the virus has killed 150 or so in Mexico and hospitalized thousands more. [...]
Local political blogger Abel Harding, owner of JaxPoliticsOnline.com, will be the guest host on Urban Jacksonville Weekly today at 5:30pm. You can watch the show live on uStream or listen to the podcast later at UrbanJacksonvilleWeekly.com. I do hope that someone asks Mr. Harding why his blog does [...]
Morris Publishing Group, parent company of the Florida Times-Union, announced on Friday that it has obtained an extension until May 28, 2009 with respect to its failure to make a $9.7 million interest payment on its senior subordinated notes. The interest payment originally was due Feb. 1, 2009.
Morris Publishing’s [...]
This weekend marks the official “Opening of the Beaches” here in far east Duval County, which is also the “official” opening of the tourist season. And while that means more traffic and longer waits for a table at most of my favorites restaurants, I know it’s because our beaches [...]
You might have heard the radio ads running today, promising that a Channel 4 anchor would reveal a “big secret” on the air during tonight’s 6pm broadcast. My initial thought was of Victor Blackwell’s “I used to be fat” revelation on First Coast News a couple of years [...]
Today, the Jacksonville Jaguars held a press event where they rolled out a new logo and new uniform designs for the team. A single logo will be used on all of the official Jaguar organization materials… including stationery and business cards.
The team will wear teal on top and white [...]
Former St. Louis Rams wide receiver Torry Holt, nicknamed “Big Game”, has signed an agreement to a three-year deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars that could be worth as much as $20 million.
The 32-year-old agreed to a contract that will grow financially based on how productive he is for the team. [...]
Like millions of Americans, I filed my taxes this week. I handed the envelope to the guy behind the post office counter and watched him postmark it. I was about 10 in the morning, so I’m sure it would have been fine, but I just like to see it. [...]
Former Republican Senator Bob Smith appears very likely to enter the Senate race to replace Mel Martinez. Smith served three terms in the U.S. Congress representing New Hampshire during the 80’s and then was elected to two terms in the U.S. Senate from 1990 to 2002, when he was defeated [...]
Maybe, but this kind of average we could certainly use.
The University of Colorado, which until recently was the home of forecaster Dr. William Gray, is predicting only 6 hurricanes this season.
Six.
That would be considered an “average” season.
From Breibart.com:
“Of 12 predicted tropical cyclones for 2009, six were [...]
I am still not buying into the supposed excitement of this fight over the landfill. I feel as though I’ve heard both sides present their cases and it’s still as clear as mud.
Waste Management appears to be offering a pretty decent deal for extending the contract with their [...]
Republican State Senate candidate Dan Quiggle has gotten his campaign off to a fast start, raising an impressive $77,029 between mid-February and the end of March.
Among the other candidates in the race…
- Jacksonville City Councilman Art Graham has raised a total of $91,050 as of the end of March, [...]
State Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Bronson is planning to run for Governor next year if, as seems likely, current Governor Charlie Crist jumps into the open U.S. Senate race.
From the Tallahassee Democrat…
Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson, who got more votes than any other candidate for a state office in 2006, [...]
I had the privilege earlier today to have a small role in the opening of the Riverside Arts Market. I hope the event enjoys a long and successful run.
There were thousands of people wandering around under the Fuller Warren Bridge, enjoying the displays from the various artists, food and [...]
A new poll commissioned by SayfieReview.com shows Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Attorney General Bill McCollum essentially even in a potential race for Governor in 2010 if Gov. Charlie Crist weren’t running. Crist is rumored to be seriously considering making a run for the U.S. Senate in 2010, instead [...]
Senate President Jeff Atwater said Friday at a speech to the Capital Tiger Bay Club that lawmakers are unlikely to approve a tweak to the popular class size requirement in the Florida Constitution that voters approved in 2002.
Lawmakers have been drafting measures to adjust the constitutional requirements so they [...]
U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV, R-Fort Myers, became the latest big name politician to decide to sit out the open-seat race for the U.S. Senate in 2010.
In a letter to Gov. Charlie Crist that the governor’s office said it was expecting to receive Friday, Mack said he would not [...]
U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, will be in Jacksonville on Monday to hold a press conference with the Jacksonville press corps to discuss his U.S. Senate campaign and his effort to qualify for the U.S. Senate election by petition.
Congressman Meek was last in Jacksonville on March 6, but [...]
Are you on Twitter? On Facebook? Linkedin? Are these the domains of the college-and-20-something crowd, or is there room for those of us with a few more trips around the sun under our belts? The resounding answer, from my perspective at Thursday’s “Secrets of Social Media” seminar at UNF [...]
CRETUL CONFIDENT SESSION CAN END ON TIME
House Speaker Larry Cretul tried to convince a room full of reporters Friday that everything is on track pretty much as usual despite the cloud of the budget shortfall hanging over lawmakers. Cretul said about 22 percent of the 843 bills filed this [...]
A bill promoted as a protection of the democratic right to secret ballot elections was not handled very democratically by a Senate panel that cut off debate Wednesday so it could approve the measure before its time expired, several unions members said after the vote.
The bill (SJR 1908), which [...]
Gov. Charlie Crist met with farm worker advocates on Wednesday pledging to work with them to improve working condition in the fields.
Crist is the first governor to meet with the farm worker group that has been trying for more than a decade to get a hearing with the state’s [...]
I went last weekend down the Intercoastal Waterway from the St. Johns River to the Palm Valley Bridge. It was a great day, the annual migration of sailboats from south Florida had begun, and there was no lack of floating condos making way up and down the waterway. I [...]
Do you already find yourself dreaming of working in the soil this spring? Of getting your hands dirty and watching for those little green sprouts to magically appear? Why not use your garden planning time as the ultimate homeschool unit study? Don’t think of gardening as something that takes [...]
Times are tight and it can be difficult finding even an entry-level position at the moment. That’s why we like to pass along these items when the occassionally pop up.
From the Business Journal’s website…
Prudential Financial Inc.’s life insurance segment will have openings for 15 to 20 positions at its [...]
Morris Communications, the parent company of the Florida Times-Union has announced across the board paycuts for all employees. This includes both salaried and hourly workers and will take effect on April 1st.
This follows a string of bad news for traditional newspaper publishers over the last few weeks. In Seattle, the [...]
President Obama, in an attempt to promote his economic policies, somehow decided it was a good idea to be the first sitting President to appear on a late night comedy program.
During his exchange with Jay Leno on NBC’s Tonight Show, the President made the mistake of comparing his bowling [...]
COMMON CAUSE FLORIDA SHUTTING DOWN
The independent government watchdog group Common Cause is closing its Florida operation at the end of the month. “This economy and the times we’re going through are just real tough on non-profit organizations,” said Common Cause’s longtime Florida director Ben Wilcox. Wilcox and Common Cause [...]
You can almost hear the hesitation in his voice as he recognizes Corrine Brown to speak.
Then again, she does make a good point.
Corch Meyer did corch a great great game.
And we can’t forget about Percy Harvey.
[...]Local governments would be held to a higher standard when property owners challenge impact fees under a measure that unanimously passed a House committee on Tuesday.
Saying the current system is vulnerable to abuse and impact fee rates are skyrocketing, Rep. Gary Aubuchon, R-Cape Coral, told members of the House [...]
Environmentalists successfully convinced state utility regulators last fall that Florida could produce 20 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources, but after weeks of testimony before the Senate committee that would have to produce the legislation requiring that to happen, the panel’s chairman said he was not so sure. [...]
State employees may soon be seeing a slight dip in their paychecks.
From Florida Capital News…
State employees, who have not had a general pay raise in three years, could get hit with a 5-percent pay cut as Florida deals with an unprecedented fiscal crisis, a major Senate money manager [...]
The executive director of the state panel that enforces election laws is resigning, ending an 11-year tenure that was marked by clashes with state legislators and her own bosses.
Barbara Linthicum, 62, said she decided to step down as executive director of the Florida Elections Commission to spend time traveling to [...]
Additional homestead tax breaks for first-time home buyers, limits on commercial property assessments and an overall cap passed a key Senate committee Tuesday but still face long roads ahead.
The Senate Community Affairs Committee approved a trio of proposed constitutional amendments over the objections of Democrats who said they increased [...]
Now that the Mayport cruise terminal controversy has died down for the time being … the great Atlantic Beach chicken controversy has moved to the front pages. It seems that a couple of AB wants to keep chickens at their home, and there is a city ordinance prohibiting that.
Now, [...]
WJCT’s “Week in Review” is relaunching tomorrow. The weekly public affairs program has been off the radio and television airwaves since last Fall. The program will be hosted by Scott Kim as former host Tom Patton parted ways with WJCT several months ago. Of course, WJCT’s loss is our gain [...]
Adam Hasner (R-Delray Beach) is the Majority Leader of the Florida House of Representatives and sponsor of HJR 1013, a bill designed to guarantee the right to vote by secret ballot.
Representative Hasner authored the following op-ed piece for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel in support of his proposal…
Vice President [...]
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That’s why JaxDaily is proud to announce that [...]
After 11 years, Florida’s pension surplus is no more. Last July, the fund boasted an $8.2 billion surplus. But analysis provided to fund officials Thursday projected that by July 1, 2009, the pension fund will be $8.7 billion short of full funding.
The drastic market downturn that began last year [...]
With Florida looking at another black Friday later this week when the Revenue Estimating Conference will likely tell lawmakers again the state budget is in the red, advocates of imposing a $1 per pack increase on cigarette purchases may have been sensing momentum for the proposal. But Gov. Charlie Crist, [...]
According to the Jacksonville Business Journal, Advanced Disposal is holding a job fair aimed at hiring between 20 and 25 new drivers for the waste company’s rapidly expanding routes. Due to the current economic outlook, it seems highly likely that this job fair will be mobbed and only those with [...]
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