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“Freedom” of the press means little in Jacksonville
The hoary story about the frog who was placed in a pot of cold water on a stove and stayed there contentedly while the water was raised to boiling seems relevant in the case of Jacksonville’s media. Over the years local newspapers and television news outlets have remained quiet while the government cut off access…
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Council member wants another shot at the local gas tax
One member of the City Council has stepped up to protect the city’s residents from a rapidly growing tax burden being heaped on them at all levels of government. Council Member Leanna Cumber told Eye on Jacksonville she will file a bill seeking to rescind the local option gas tax enacted earlier this year by…
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Using the Governor for photo shoot is a sign of Mayor’s race heating up
Governor Ron DeSantis was in Jacksonville yesterday announcing his plan for gas tax relief. Good job Governor! (Luv the Guv!) Standing behind our Governor was the President of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, Daniel Davis. Mr. Davis is said to be the “anointed one” for Mayor by the power brokers of our great city. Seeing…
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Once again, the size of the police force is debated
The perennial argument about the size of the police force has come up again. This go-around, it is about making it bigger, rather than smaller. At a meeting of the Taxation, Revenue, and Utilization of Expenditures (TRUE) Commission Oct. 7, there was a discussion of adding officers to the force. The typical argument is that…
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Eye on Jacksonville’s latest Citizen of the Month is a man on a mission.
Blake Harper says his mission is to do what he says all Americans should be doing. Politicians are public servants, Harper said, and the job of citizens is to manage them, providing them with guidance. Harper does that, in spades. He is everywhere. You have seen him if you have watched City Council or School…
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Deegan is in the race, and is a threat to conservatives
As expected, former TV talking head and liberal Democrat Donna Deegan has announced she will run for mayor in the 2023 elections. She has no experience in office. She ran for Congress in 2020 and was slaughtered by former Sheriff John Rutherford. Anything can happen in politics (Joe Biden was elected president) but Deegan’s run…
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Cameras in the classrooms – parents need an eye on Jacksonville schools
Most Americans would agree that the greater danger facing the nation today is not “white supremacy” but the teaching of racism in government schools. It is being done under the guise of “Critical Race Theory” and it was the major issue in the governor’s race in Virginia, which sent the Democrat Party into a panic…
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School Board: Much ado about nothing
Tuesday’s School Board meeting produced unanimous agreement on words written on a piece of paper that seemingly said nothing, meant nothing and accomplished nothing. That’s progress, perhaps, although it left a lot of observers puzzled. On the board’s consent agenda was a resolution – which is a statement, not law or policy. It addressed board…
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News4Jax story didn’t fool the viewers
Another hopeful sign for Jacksonville: the local media’s pathetic bias is becoming evident to readers and viewers. See this piece from News4Jax. To begin with, this is not an investigation. The Florida Highway Patrol compiled the database, in an effort to be transparent. Also, the FHP inspector general already had analyzed the data and concluded…
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Council members finally are bucking the cancel culture
There may be a backlash forming in the City Council against the unending demands from the Far Left. The local signs mirror what may be major turning points nationally. The first of those is the Republican win in Virginia, a clear repudiation of the liberal agenda. In addition, Minneapolis voters turned down a proposal to…