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Candidate says she was intimidated by opponent’s husband and Board Appointee
School Board candidate April Carney said she was intimidated by the husband of her opponent this week and she was shaken enough to file a police report overthe incident. It happened at a meeting of the First Coast Republicans in the Whiskey Jax Kitchen & Cocktails restaurant at Atlantic Beach. About 75 people attended. Carney…
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Breaking News: High School diploma not needed for America’s Military
U.S. Army announced it is dropping a long-standing requirement for a high school diploma or GED for volunteers. Recently, the military services have been having increasingly difficulty meeting their recruiting goals, but 2022 is likely going to be a recruiting disaster. Bottom Line. Dropping the requirement for a high school credential is a big deal. It isn’t so much…
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Sonny B: Justice Clarence Thomas speaks and I agree with one slight change
This is my response to two articles taken from the NY Post and Redstate.com of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas telling how liberal policies have killed black communities. In his newly released book titled ‘Created Equal:’ Clarence Thomas In His Own Words” also made the same statement. However, I would go further than “killing…
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Tiny liberal newspaper is not a melting pot
The remnant of what used to be a major newspaper in Florida is failing — on its own terms.Now a liberal enclave, written by liberals for liberals, it is driven by the Twin Pillars of the Modern Liberal Religion — diversity and inclusion. Providing news and information to readers seems secondary.It is part of the…
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Property fraud alerts now are available in the Jacksonville area
Property Appraiser Jerry Holland is taking steps to ward off a threat that has been getting South Florida residents swindled out of their homes. As unlikely as that seems, it too often happens in South Florida, where there are a lot of absentee owners of second homes.Thieves will file quit claim deeds with fraudulent notarizations…
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Deadline to change political parties is approaching
There are only a few days left to become a Republican and help save America.The deadline to change party affiliation is July 25.A number of people left the conservative party, many because it wasn’t conservative enough.It is at the federal level, however, that the GOP is failing to meet expectations. As someone said, Republicans would…
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Gov. DeSantis endorses two Duval County School Board candidates
This morning, Governor DeSantis posted this message on social media: “We need strong local school board members who are committed to advancing our agenda to put students first and protect parents’ rights. I am proud to endorse 10 local school board candidates who will set our children up for success.” This is certainly big news…
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Politicians don’t always vote with their party
Here is a list of names. See if you notice anything unusual about them.Matt Carlucci, Garrett Dennis, Reggie Gaffney, Joyce Morgan, Ju’Coby Pittman and Brenda Priestly Jackson.Those were the members of the City Council voting to tear down monuments relating to Jacksonville history, as liberal activists have demanded.In the vote on tearing down monuments, all…
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Corrine, “delivering” again
Ex-convict Corrine Brown of Jacksonville is running for Congress, giving life to Mark Twain’s comment: “here is no distinctly American criminal class – except Congress.”Never one to be deterred by a small thing like being convicted of a felony, Brown has decided to try to get back in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she…
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Powerful union bosses bankroll conservative School Board candidate’s opponent
An attempt to get a little balance on the Duval County School Board brought out the well-heeled teachers union, which does not want the liberal majority to be diluted.School Board districts 2, 4 and 6 are up for election. The member in District 6 is Charlotte Joyce, arguably the only firm conservative on the seven-member…
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Conservative conflict is resolved in congressional race
Two First Coast conservative legislators were vying for the new Congressional district 4 seat in Northeast Florida when one suddenly dropped out of the race.Jason Fischer and Aaron Bean, both members of the Florida Legislature, were trying to show who had the best credentials. “I’m a conservative fighter and I have a record to prove…
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Silver alert: person missing from City “Haul”
Lenny Curry, mayor of Jacksonville, did not show up for Jacksonville’s 200th birthday celebration. In the past few months, Curry has not shown up for: The JaxPort harbor deepening event, which was a $400 million project that will change the way Jacksonville does business. It will put Jacksonville in position to compete with many larger…
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Local citizen reports: Shelves are bare at Naval Air Station
Maps and signs help us navigate and avoid danger. As a society, do we still have that ability to recognize signs that something is not right?Pulling into a gas station or standing in the checkout line at the grocery store have become anxiety inducing interactions. High prices are not the only sign that something is…
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DeSantis gets a sample of Jacksonville love
Eye on Jacksonville had a front row seat for the tremendous tribute to America’s best governor.We rode in the lead boat in the DeSantis Flotilla Saturday with hundreds of boaters following in our wake along the St. Johns River.John Williams of Lamb’s Yacht Center was the captain of the Bounty and provided the ride.We went…
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School Board members seemed to be reading from a script
Eye on Jacksonville has no taste for baloney and there was a huge helping of it at the June 7 School Board meeting. Board members obviously had been programmed with a talking point they thought was swell. While discussing their already-decided plan to give a pay raise to the superintendent,they constantly made reference to her…
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Politicians won’t pledge to obey the law
Although the liberal majority on the Duval County School Board is trying desperately to avoid supporting a popular new law in Florida, parents are not letting them get away with the ploy.Board Member Charlotte Joyce proposed a resolution last month endorsing and supporting the new parental rights law enacted by the Florida Legislature and signed…