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Please contact those who are not enforcing laws on non-essential abortions. You have the time so let’s do this.
We received this information from an Eye on Jacksonville follower. We AGREE that something must be done to stop this NOW. Please take your time today to make your calls or email the people listed below. Abortions are not being performed in Texas unless the mother’s life is in danger. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton…
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Call to Action: Governor & Mayor need to hear from you. Coronavirus & the Choice People have the microphone.
Nothing else could be better than a pandemic to show the hypocrisy of our governmental leaders. The numbers of unemployment – more than 20% and growing – and my friend included — come from within the medical field too. That’s a fact and who would believe that? How could that be? Just take a look…
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Political leaders in the city should guard against being over-zealous
Over-reacting to a problem can be as bad, or worse, than under-reacting. Yes, “err on the side of caution” is good advice. But politicians in some parts of the country are erring badly in addressing the pandemic. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry raised a few eyebrows when he held a press conference – smack in the…
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SBA Loans Available for North Florida business owners
One of our readers sent us this email and we wanted to get this information to you asap. Thanks for sharing!! Details are below for assistance to a business’, they would apply directly to SBDC on-line and this is now open for the Bridge Loan or contact SBDC local offices for assistance if needed and…
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Jacksonville residents quickly change lifestyles to conquer coronavirus
Eye on Jacksonville has been limiting posts because the nature of the worldwide health crisis makes most other news, especially local news, pale by comparison. But we wanted to give a quick review of events to date. Officials at the state and local levels, meanwhile, have been addressing the problem of coronavirus, including the recommendations…
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Hope is what we need!
Yesterday I went to the Loop Restaurant to pick up lunch. There were 2 couples eating in the restaurant AND black take out boxes lined up for the To Go Order. The Loop is a locally owned restaurant and the founder is a man who puts his trust in God. You can feel that spirit…
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JEA management is digging a hole and raising suspicions
Advice to top management at JEA: When you are in a hole, stop digging. Under investigation by local government and the feds for its botched attempt to sell the utility, JEA brass are suspected of stonewalling on releasing public records. City Council’s special committee investigating the attempted sale asked for records more than a month…
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Media blackout on good news is all about politics
Frustration is at a high level among those who operate Florida’s largest school choice organization – and it should be. An incredible bit of media malpractice is taking place in this state. Two recent events provide strong evidence that school choice is beneficial to students, and to government schools. But the liberal media, which is…
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Mayor’s office taking lessons from Nancy Pelosi?
One of our readers sent me this picture. Eye thanks our readers for keeping us in the loop on news worthy items. We can’t be everywhere so having your “Eyes” out there helps us. When we saw this picture and posting by City Council Vice President Tommy Hazouri – our Eyes raised and we gasped…
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How Jacksonville compares may be revealed in new government report card
There is a bill pending in the Florida Legislature that could help residents compare their local government against others in the Sunshine State. Called the Local Government Report Card act and sponsored by Rep. Blaise Ingoglia, R-Spring Hill, it has passed the House and is pending in the Senate. The bill would require local governments…
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Need a weapon for self defense? Fox pee is the answer!
This is a new way for Eye on Jacksonville to serve the community. We will be posting weekly Local Business WINKS and our first one had to be controversial — of course! Eye ran into the founder of Pee Pistol and as he described how fox pee can elicit a strong, negative reaction in humans,…
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Florida students once were required to learn about a subject that is relevant today
With a socialist who praises communism running for president of the United States, it is worth noting that government schools in Florida once taught students about communism – thanks to a Jacksonville legislator. In 1961, Rep. George B. Stallings, R-Jacksonville, got a bill through the Florida Legislature requiring students to take a course in Americanism…
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Is justice fair in our city government? You decide.
Before anyone starts screaming at me that I don’t support this new bill placing tougher regulations on strip clubs and establishing the Sex Trafficking Survivors Leadership Council in Jacksonville, hear me out. I can speak to this issue because I have a family member who was sex trafficked so it is near and dear to…
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JEA: The Virus of Manipulation. We beat it!
We are all watching the news about the “latest” world wide pandemic — the Coronavirus. I’m in my 60s and I’ve seen this played over and over again. It has been proven that just before elections, suddenly a world crisis occurs and a new disease is spreading. The Coronavirus is the latest attempt at “whoever”…