Eye on Jacksonville

Tag: Anna Brosche

  • Jacksonville: A city without a vision

    So far – as of yesterday – Jacksonville’s local elections have a pathetic voter turnout. Only about 75,000 people have cast their vote which is a measly 12% of the population of Jacksonville. Check out the statistics here: https://www.duvalelections.com/Election-Information/Voter-Turnout So why do you think the casting of ballots is so low? I have a thought…

  • Guest Writer: My vote for Mayor and why.

    Eye recently gave an opportunity to use our platform for anyone who wished to explain why they were voting for their candidate for Mayor. We reached out to all candidates and suggested they have someone write about them. We wanted to be fair and give everyone a chance. Jimmy Hill’s supporters were the ONLY ones…

  • Mayor’s Debate: Underdog Hill had the best line of the night.

    All of the candidates in the mayoral debate at Jacksonville University this week acquitted themselves well, but underdog Jimmy Hill may have surprised a few with his grasp of the issues. Incumbent Mayor Lenny Curry spoke of his “bold, decisive leadership” and cited some examples, but he seemed more interested in battering Anna Lopez Brosche,…

  • Jax Mayor’s Race: Where do the candidates stand on the 2nd Amendment?

    The Second Amendment is the ultimate protector of rights, and therefore the most important of our civil rights.  As General Counsel of Florida Carry, Inc., one of my jobs is to inform our members where candidates stand when it comes to our right to keep and bear arms.  On February 12, I reached out to…

  • Collusion in Jax Politics? Nope says State Attorney.

    It landed with a thud, but a recent report from the State Attorney’s Office pointed out how politics prevails in City Hall, which is not exactly a startling revelation. Prosecutors wasted an entire year and who knows how much money investigating another collusion theory, much like the one at the center of the Washington witch…

  • Jax Politics: A Trojan Horse or a Dark Horse? What say you?

    Local Republicans want to give one GOP candidate a loyalty test. Dean A. Black, chairman of the Republican Party of Duval County, issued the following statement: “As Chairman of the Republican Party of Duval County, I’ve watched the unfolding of Anna Brosche’s campaign with a great deal of concern. “It’s unfortunate that Brosche has decided…

  • Local Democrats supporting Republicans in Mayor’s race. What’s up with that?

    Lifelong Democrat politician Tommy Hazouri’s appearance in a TV ad supporting Lenny Curry raised a few eyebrows, and inevitably provoked much speculation. But Hazouri says people make too much of it. His take is that Curry has worked with him for the past four years on various issues and he thinks Curry is doing a…

  • Do you believe crime is down in Jax? What say you?

    Mayor Lenny Curry says crime is “down” in Jacksonville. Curry’s claim apparently relates to criticism from City Council Member Anna Lopez Brosche, who has filed as a candidate for mayor in the spring elections. His claim is impossible to fact-check. If you look at the major crimes (called “index” crimes) reported by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s…

  • Transparency, the lack thereof: Why opponents to Mayor Curry are running.

    Friday Anna Brosche was talking “transparency” in our local government — the lack thereof that is… (Read more about Anna’s challenge to run for Mayor here: https://www.jacksonville.com/news/20190111/anna-brosche-challenges-mayor-lenny-curry) and… Today Jimmy Hill, another candidate for Mayor, was on his band wagon about “Transparency, the lack thereof” too. Check out an interview with him here: https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/jacksonville-is-not-operating-in-transparency-jimmy-hill-discusses-campaign-for-mayor/77-1e5c76fc-e124-434a-8ff6-0c7a1a7b4d98 Eye…

  • Mayoral Candidates ready to go. Already seeing new levels of mud-slinging.

    At the last minute, City Council Member Anna Lopez Brosche filed to run against Mayor Lenny Curry, setting up an interesting race to be decided in this spring. Just by mentioning she might run and criticizing Curry recently, Brosche had unleashed Curry’s attack dogs, who hit her with a series of blistering, and mostly misleading,…

  • May the best man or woman win!! Local elections underway. Be nice!

    The Duval County elections are now underway. Truthfully, I’m not looking forward to them. I’ve been involved in many campaigns — especially in the last ten years when we started the tea party. The one thing I understand about campaigns is this — “Blood bath.” The tactics of bloodying up your competition takes precedence over…

  • So it begins: Upcoming local elections. Prepare for negativity instead of solutions.

    I knew it was coming. It’s now officially the season of Negativity in Duval County. The upcoming local elections will begin with the primaries in March. Ugh. Here is the first ad for the Mayor’s race. It isn’t pretty. It isn’t motivating. It’s the same old garbage from campaign consultants brief cases. Curry’s campaign consultants…

  • Curry’s Wall: Stonewalling information to the City Council???

    One member of City Council may have gotten a wake-up call after asking for public records. Garrett Dennis asked the administration for some information and got a note from a bureaucrat advising him that it would cost $3,000 to compile the data. At first the councilman thought it was an invoice, but Chief Administrative Officer…

  • The Curry Wall: Preventing access to public information. Maybe we should “recycle” politicians?

    Putting stuff into the yellow-topped curbside recycling bins may make homeowners feel virtuous, but it probably isn’t saving the taxpayers any money. The popular notion is that the garbage is sold and the operation breaks even or makes a profit. Not quite. The city does get $1.5 million in revenue, but it spends $2.2 million,…

  • Council President & Mayor’s office: Playing politics & calling names. Cut it out! Do your job.

    While the election battle is taking center stage here in Florida, our local city leaders have resorted to calling dissenters names and sending out press releases instead of talking things out and being respectful of differences of opinion.  This is not how you run a city government.  This is how you run a political campaign.…

  • The Pursuit of Open Government in Jacksonville. Does the Mayor care?

    We are handing out a WINK to City Council Member Anna Lopez Brosche for doggedly pursuing more open government in City Hall. As council president last year, she appointed a task force to look at whether the local government was giving sufficient access to the public. The report wasn’t good. Since then she has worked…