Month: January 2022

  • Buzz about the retirement of a longtime city employee

    Buzz about the retirement of a longtime city employee

    The retirement of a longtime fixture at City “Haul” seems routine. But nothing ever is these days. Cheryl Brown is leaving after more than 30 years as a city employee, the last 20 as City Council secretary. That’s the longest reign ever in that crucial job, which is a focal point of the council operations.…

  • Case against liberal activist collapses

    Case against liberal activist collapses

    State Attorney Melissa Nelson has a relationship with Ben Frazier. That, at least, is what she told the governor’s office when she asked the governor to reassign a case to another circuit. Frazier was arrested at a press conference the governor was holding in Jacksonville, and charged by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office with trespassing. It…

  • Your property is a gold mine for politicians

    Your property is a gold mine for politicians

    Florida is worth more than $3.12 trillion. It was worth that much on Sept. 30, and has been adding value since. This, and a whole lot more valuable and interesting information, is available in a new report from the Property Appraiser’s Office. The appraiser, Jerry Holland, had all the information compiled and it shows the…

  • Creating a Carlucci clan dynasty

    Creating a Carlucci clan dynasty

    Joe Carlucci would get a kick out of the fact that his grandson Joe Carlucci may serve on the City Council. The original was a character. A businessman who was fed up with the corruption in City Haul, Carlucci got involved with the Local Government Study Commission in the late 1960s and helped write the…

  • New health service in schools needs a checkup!

    New health service in schools needs a checkup!

    The government schools in Jacksonville have adopted a health care service for students that has aroused suspicion in other parts of Florida. Hazel Health is a Silicon Valley telehealth company that provides primary, urgent, and mental health care services to “historically under-served communities.” One of the services is “virtual visits.” During Hazel’s virtual visits, students…

  • Insurrection, anyone?

    Insurrection, anyone?

    Guest Writer, Kenneth Timmerman, lives in North Florida after retiring here from a professional career in the days of real journalism. He continues to stay involved by keeping an eye on political developments and recently published his latest book, The Election Heist. Eye welcomes guest writers and we are honored to have Ken Timmerman join…

  • Local State House Candidate needs to know the rules of the game

    Local State House Candidate needs to know the rules of the game

    Emily Nunez, a local political activist, declared she was going to run against State House Rep. Cord Byrd (R) in a primary last week. See her website here. She has been highly engaged on her social media platforms and is well known in the Republican activist world in North Florida. Today FloridaPolitics.com announced Ms. Nunez’…

  • Millions in federal funds were distributed by local government

    Millions in federal funds were distributed by local government

    Like many state and local governments, Jacksonville was showered with cash by a federal government eager to run the national debt up as high as possible. This always is the end game of tax-and-spend Democrats when they are in power, in the hope that a crushing debt eventually will force even more confiscatory taxation. The…

  • Auditors blame faulty city computer system for late financial report

    Auditors blame faulty city computer system for late financial report

    Finally, the long-delayed annual financial report of the city is available – and it contains scathing criticism of the local government’s new financial system software. The report hysterically is renamed the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report rather than the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report it always has been called, because some half-woke government officials decided the acronym…

  • The power of the political purse prevails again

    The power of the political purse prevails again

    As always, there were many political twists and turns during 2021. One was the jockeying for position in the mayor’s race coming up next year. Three people got in and one of them dropped out. Others seem to be waiting in the wings. The dropout was Matt Carlucci, an insurance agent who has been a…