Issue 167, February 26
This week’s meeting was another interesting platform for the candidates of City Council District 11. Unfortunately, Raul Arias was a “no-show” but the two other candidates who accepted our invitation were happy to share their backgrounds and political stand. This Council District is from JTB South to Nocatee N and I-295 & Philips Highway combo […]
Issue 166, February 19
This week we were fortunate enough to hear from three of the candidates for City Council At-Large Group 5. First, we heard from Charles Garrison, a past construction manager who currently sits on the Jacksonville Environmental Protection board. He currently lives in Springfield and in the past, he worked on the Jacksonville Housing and Development […]
Issue 165, February 12
This week, we had the pleasure of hearing from Gary Dickinson, President of the Olustee Battlefield Citizen Support Organization. Dickinson spoke on the reenactment program done each year for the past 46 years (minus one year for Covid). This relives the 159th anniversary of the Battle of Olustee which took place February 20th, 1864. This […]
Issue 164, February 5
And the race is on… This past week we heard from the two candidates running for City Council, District 6 (Mandarin). Michael Boylan, the incumbent, spoke primarily on what was done in his past term. He said that 90% of his daily work is customer service. Legacy work is his focus. He took the lead […]
