Issue 194, August 27, 2023

This past week we heard from Congressman John Rutherford. He spoke on the economy in relationship to business. Will we have a recession? He said the economy grew by leaps and bounds in 2018-19 at 3.5-4% a year. We have a $32 Trillion deficit and with the prediction of a GDP growth at 1.9% a […]


Issue 193, August 20, 2023

This week, we heard from Charlie Cofer, Public Defender District 4. Cofer was a judge prior to running for Public Defender and stepped down in November 2015 so he could run for this office. His main priority was to provide representation for those who could not afford it. His staff has about 85 lawyers that […]


Issue 192, August 13, 2023

Today we had our annual Public Safety Award ceremony. It was very well attended. While Sheriff TK Waters could not make the meeting to present the awards, former Sheriff and now Congressman John Rutherford gave the opening remarks and gave out the awards. Here are this year’s SBMC Public Safety Officer recipients. Each recipient received […]


Issue 191, August 6, 2023

This week we heard from Jeff Price, JaxPort Director of Marketing. Price gave an overview of most of the activities going on at the port, as well as future changes. His PowerPoint presentation showed us the specific areas active and in transition. The port is proud to create a huge economic impact on Jacksonville, with […]