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Sonny B: CRT is really “Communist Racist Tactics”
What is critical race theory (CRT) in a nutshell? Do you want the truth? Or do you want to hear the misinformation and rhetoric the progressives try to drive deep into our psyche? Okay, I’ll give it to you straight, because I don’t like to filibuster around, something Capitol Hill has become experts at. CRT…
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City Council votes for higher property taxes
City Council has made it official. Property taxes will go up. The tax rate will remain the same, but as Eye on Jacksonville noted earlier, values have increased and those who enjoyed an increase in value will pay higher tax bills. The council had the option to roll back the tax rate the same way…
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Jax gets art
Mayor Lenny Curry’s choice of “art” for a new public park is generating a large response on social media, not all of it adulation. Some who obviously are not on the same high intellectual plane as the art lovers in City Haul think the additions to Lenny’s Lawn at the foot of Laura Street are…
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Mayor’s proposed budget contains the usual blarney
People are catching on. In comments posted below a local media story online about the new city budget, someone said: “The mayor singled out the long-overdue septic tank project, saying it was a promise made to local neighborhoods decades ago. Now, he said, thanks to the “Jobs For Jax” program funded by the city’s gas…
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Duval GOP Hosts a Jam-Packed Campaign School for Future Candidates
This weekend the Republican Party of Duval County (Duval GOP) and their Chairman, Dean Black, hosted a campaign school that was “jam-packed” to say the least. Dozens of speakers, presentations and panels throughout the weekend at the Ramada in Mandarin, were designed to prepare and train the next generation of conservative Republican leaders in Northeast…
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Another downtown proposal that bears watching
Every day, it seems, more and bigger plans are being announced for downtown. But more and bigger isn’t always better. The ones to watch closely are those that require too much public “investment” (a euphemism politicians use when talking about spending your money). Another is one that could change the city’s character. Florida always has…
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Will Lee High rise again one day?
Congratulations! Jacksonville is now a safe space for snowflake protesters. The Duval County School Board is purging the district of six Confederate school names, including the storied Robert E. Lee High School. Instead of references to Southern history, the schools in question will bear bland, “inoffensive” names, such as, Anchor, Charger, Westside, Springfield, Riverside, and…
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Conservatives are mobilizing to counter divisive programs in local library
Having discovered that the Jacksonville Public Library is promoting racism, local conservatives are fighting back by offering contrasting views. Local activist Blake Harper, who is behind the effort, said the Jacksonville Public Library has done three Critical Race Theory/Systemic Racism/Social Justice programs through its Lit Chat venue since January. “I became aware of the last…
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Readership keeps plunging as the press toes the liberal line
Newspapers, once a dominant force in the media, continue to shrink. Tellingly, most of the mourning comes from the left. In the 1950s, newspapers were king. They feared the threat of television news but never saw the Internet coming, which proved far more menacing. The latest bad news is that newsroom employment has fallen 26…
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Multiple attempts to protect criminals failed in the Florida Legislature this year
Supporters of the Second Amendment are hailing the defeat of 25 “very bad” gun control bills in the 2021 Florida Legislature. Also, they are cheering for “Second Amendment Heroes” – seven Republican legislators including Jacksonville’s Rep. Cord Byrd. The others were Senate President Wilton Simpson (R), House Speaker Chris Sprowls (R), Sen. Joe Gruters (R), Rep.…
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The Communists are coming! The Communists are coming! Activate your Representatives, Senators and yourself!
Eye has reached out to our local Congressman John Rutherford, about the latest attack on the people by the government. Last week we asked him about the DC Capitol Police setting up regional offices in Florida. You can read his reply here. Since then we have uncovered other serious and major attacks on us by…
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Curry fumbles his message, again
Mayor Lenny Curry is recruiting new residents for Jacksonville but, as is often the case, his message is unclear. He is shopping in cities where a majority of the residents are liberal Democrats, putting up billboards suggesting that people buy a one-way ticket to Jacksonville. Is he soliciting liberal Democrats? Whatever the merits of diversity,…
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We asked Rep. Rutherford about DC Capitol Police setting up regional offices in Florida. His response.
In a startling turn of events, the keystone cops who run the Capitol Police force are setting up regional offices in Florida and California to protect politicians against threats. Don’t we already have FBI and Secret Service offices to do the very same thing? Why would we need another “police force” to protect politicians when…
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Alarm is raised over a proposal to name much of Northeast Florida a heritage area
U.S. Rep. John Rutherford has filed a bill to create a National Heritage Area in Northeast Florida, a designation that a conservative property rights organization calls “one of the most despicable stealth land grabs in the nation.” Rutherford, a Republican from Jacksonville, says his bill has adequate private property rights and that opponents are distorting…
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Update and response from CDC re Covid travel restrictions
Amelia Island resident Ken Timmerman sent us information on his travels abroad. Ken is no newbie to traveling abroad. He was a journalist during many wars and his first Middle East reporting trip took him to Beirut in July 1982. He’s lived in Egypt and Lebanon, worked with freedom fighters in Iran and Iraq, and…