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A local news & civic accountability network

Welcome to Eye on My City Website Network

Keeping an eye on local government, school boards, crime and over-burdensome regulations — because local newspapers no longer represent the views of every day Americans.

Read our mission

The mission

Another view of local news

Americans have lost trust in their government at the national level and have watched the same freedom-hindering policies seeping into their own local communities causing great angst with their every day lives and their ability to live as free people.

At the core of every American is a desire to live free, make decisions for themselves and be at peace with their neighbors. Our government doesn’t understand that core principle and it is time for us to educate them once again on what Americans want!

That’s why we started this special website to inform local citizens about local government and school board shenanigans while keeping an Eye on crime, over-burdensome regulations and other personal attacks on our every day lives. The local newspapers are no longer representing the views of every day Americans and that’s why Eye On My City was birthed.

Wink · Stink · Think

We will be posting opinion pieces about various happenings in our city and we’ll give it a Wink, Stink or Think

Depending on what we think. It’s our opinion and we would love to hear yours.

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Wink

A nod of approval. Our political and school servants will surely be more excited to get a Wink than a Stink.

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Stink

A mark of disapproval, used to hold our political and school servants accountable for cronyism and corruption.

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Think

An article we believe will make you think about the issue in a deeper way — where dialogue and debate meets truth.

Our cities

Where we keep watch

Local editions of Eye On My City, each with writers, editors and researchers who have a nose for truth.

Jacksonville skyline and Main Street Bridge over the St. Johns River
Exhibit A — Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville

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Historic brick storefronts on a Nassau County main street
Exhibit B — Nassau County, Florida

Nassau

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The people behind the paper

Another view of local news, held to a higher standard

These are the people who research, write and edit every story — keeping an eye on local government, school boards, crime, and over-burdensome regulations.

Portrait of Billie Tucker Volpe

Founder

I’m Billie Tucker Volpe

Billie Tucker has worked in the CEO world for more than 30 years and was the Chief Operating Officer of Vistage Florida, a think tank for CEOs. She started her own consulting practice, CEO Service Bureau, in 2001 and earned a reputation for her keen understanding of the motivations, challenges and goals of people and became a life-long student and teacher of leadership principles.

She craved anything leadership related and enjoyed being around the world of entrepreneurial CEOs. She watched as they made decisions; pondered how they would make payroll when cash flow was tight; and appreciated how they created career opportunities for hundreds of thousands of people.

Because of her experiences, she has emerged as a key resource for the media and others who want to understand important insights about executives, management teams and board dynamics.

In 2008, Billie became discouraged as she watched some of her clients struggle with the political economic impacts on their businesses. The same CEOs who mortgaged their home and charged up their credit cards to make ends meet to build a business and keep others working, now watched as their government bailed out the big banks who had mismanaged their resources. She cringed as most of her clients laid off employees for the first time and she vowed she would help them… somehow…someway.

That somehow…someway showed up in the Tea Party Movement in America. She formed one of the largest tea party group’s in America (more than 9,000 members strong) and helped bring attention to America’s debt problem, out of control spending, over taxation and regulation strangulation on companies.

With her background in working with leaders and her influence in the political and leadership world, Billie has continued her dream to help CEOs navigate these troubling waters that permeate the world of capitalism in America.

She has been an active participant in the media as a guest on CNN, Fox News, Fox Business, Bott Family Network Radio and co-hosts a political/financial radio show in the Northeast Florida market entitled, Smart Money.

She was the first speaker at the House of Representatives Tea Party Caucus inaugural event and was invited by Heritage Foundation to speak at their prestigious annual Heritage Resource Bank, and on their National Security Panel live broadcasts.

She spoke at the Congressional Republican House Retreat in Pennsylvania in 2012. She was also the co-host and co-producer of the CNN Tea Party Express Debate in the 2012 Presidential Election.

She is a firm believer that America needs more entrepreneurs and more opportunities for people to use their God-given talents and passions to better themselves, their communities and America.

Her favorite quote has become her mission to help CEOs succeed: “Vision without execution is hallucination.” – Thomas Edison

Portrait of Lloyd “Scoop” Brown

Senior Editor

I’m Lloyd “Scoop” Brown

Lloyd was born in Jacksonville. Graduated from the University of North Florida. He spent nearly 50 years of his life in the newspaper business …beginning as a copy boy and retiring as editorial page editor for Florida Times Union. He has also been published in a number of national newspapers and magazines, as well as Internet sites. Married with children. Military Vet. Retired. Man of few words but the words are researched well, deeply considered and thoughtfully written.

The road ahead

Reclaim America one city at a time.

Eye plans to have Eye On My City set up in every city across America that desires to have another view of local news. If there is a loud cry out for a local publication of Eye On My City, we will work with you and your team to make it happen. Our articles will be researched well and written to educate the community about issues that will affect any of the We Believe statements noted above. We will find the best writers, editors and researchers in each community that has a nose for truth vs just opinion pieces.

We will set up an Editorial Board to review articles before placement. This is important to creating integrity and safeguarding our followers from online attacks. We will post some opinion pieces because that is where dialogue and debate meets truth.

A focus on issues that reek of Cronyism and Corruption as well as writing articles that Encourage Accountability and Integrity will be at the core of our writings Anything that affects our children negatively in the schools, by local government entities or because of crime will be a bedrock of our writings as well.

We will use a system to mark our articles with either a Wink Eye, Stink Eye or Think Eye so our readers will quickly understand the gist of the article.

This system will be used to hold our political and school servants accountable. They will surely be more excited to get a Wink than a Stink! A Think Eye means the article is one that we believe will make you think about the issue in a deeper way.

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