-
Remembering “The Fallen Soldier”
Jocko Willink is a former Navy Seal, author and podcaster who can be heard weekly at The Jocko Podcast. We thought you would enjoy hearing this moving tribute written and narrated by Jocko in observance of Memorial Day. Please remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice so that you could be free.
-
Democrats got a little help from their friends
There are five Democrats on the 19-member Jacksonville City Council. They couldn’t pass a bill without help from Republicans. The Democrats got help from Republicans this week — help to defeat a bill sponsored by a Republican. Council Member Al Ferraro, a Republican, had proposed an ordinance to hold a straw ballot on the issue…
-
Did Sheriff Williams Break the Law?
Twitter was on fire yesterday with the big news that Sheriff Mike Williams had moved to Nassau County and no longer was a resident of Duval County. That information seemed odd because Mike Williams is the Sheriff of Duval County!Eye reached out to Sheriff Williams to get his side of the story. He responded quickly…
-
Sonny B attends Moms 4 Liberty meeting and gets schooled on porn in children’s books
I was invited to my first Mom’s 4 Liberty meeting where I met a young mother from Clay County with a book that was banned from their county entitled, Gender Queer A Memoir by Maja Kobabe. It wasn’t the title of the book that initially took me by surprise, but it was the material that…
-
New property insurance law will be tested in the marketplace, and perhaps in the courts
Meeting in special session, the Florida Legislature enacted a bill intended to help solve the growing property insurance problems in the Sunshine State. Will it? Opinions vary, as Dalton the bouncer in the movie Road House said. Because it is a highly complex problem, no one really has answers that will satisfy all the parties…
-
Supervisor says mules were not at work here
Concern about safe and secure elections has been heightened by a new movie from Dinesh D’Souza called “2,000 Mules.” The good news is that there may be mules in other cities who helped Joe Biden get elected president but they probably had little, if any, effect in Jacksonville. Mike Hogan is the supervisor of elections.…
-
Politicians showing little confidence in democracy
Tuesday night Jacksonville will learn whether the City Council trusts voters to make decisions important to the community and its heritage.An ordinance calling for a straw vote on the future of local historical monuments is up for a final vote. Committee votes call for it to be defeated, a position advocated by local liberal organizations…
-
Local attorney/legislator tapped as Secretary of State
Gov. Ron DeSantis has chosen State Rep. Cord Byrd of Jacksonville to be Florida’s next Secretary of State. Byrd, an attorney who is from Jacksonville and lives in Neptune Beach, has been a staunch advocate for election security, public integrity, the fight against big tech censorship, and the de-platforming of political candidates. Byrd has served…
-
Anticipated lawsuit is filed by liberals obsessed with skin color
Liberals are thrilled over an unserious lawsuit that has been filed in Jacksonville challenging the new City Council districts. But anyone can file a lawsuit over anything. It does not in any way indicate that the claims in the suit are meaningful or justified. In this case, they are not. The headline in First Coast…
-
Leak on abortion decision could be a ploy
One local lawyer calls the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe V. Wade “much ado about nothing,” and he’s right. If the news stories are accurate, the decision merely corrects what one justice called an egregious error by the court. “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision…
-
Tuesday: School Board will be asked to support parental rights
Parents with children in the government schools may want to attend Tuesday’s School Board meeting to participate in what may be a showdown on parental rights. One board member plans to make certain the board knows about the state’s new law on parental rights and understands what it actually means. This is necessary because of…