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JEA customers don’t need Tallahassee’s help
Jacksonville’s City Council is right to oppose state legislation that would reduce the control taxpayers have over the local water, sewer and electricity utility.
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Mailbox Madness: Did it cause a Revolution in the local Republican Party
After the primary, I considered placing garlic inside my mailbox to rid it of the smut left behind by those negative campaign mailers.
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Legislature might restrain those attacking history in Jacksonville
Freshman state Rep. Dean Black continues to sponsor high-profile bills in the Florida Legislature, which current is having one of its most productive sessions ever.
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In Central Banks We Trust
Remember when you were a kid and had to ask your parents for money? Remember the agony of waiting for the answer?
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Free to the Community: Showing of Epoch Times documentary, “The Real Story of January 6th”
A local group of concerned citizens will host a public showing of “The Real Story of January 6,”
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Possibility of a liberal Democrat mayor looms
There are 655,396 people registered to vote in Duval County. Yet only 168,256 bothered to vote in the first city election – 25.66 percent.
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BREAKING NEWS: Prayer Protests on behalf of President Donald J. Trump and our nation are underway
By now you must have heard that the Attorney General of New York has decided to actually arrest President Trump on Tuesday, March 21st.
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Local “garbage man” goes “Incognito” with new space waste innovation
John Arwood, owner of JDA Companies, is a Jacksonville native and a waste industry entrepreneur. He has over 30 years of experience in waste disposal and sanitation and has founded several waste-related businesses, including Arwood Site Services. Arwood is now applying his expertise to the space industry with his groundbreaking concept vehicle, Incognito, designed to…
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Enterprise Florida is in the cross-hairs again
An idea that has been simmering in the Florida Legislature for several years may be resolved this year and it has conservatives somewhat divided. Eliminating Enterprise Florida, the state’s entity for business recruitment since 1996, is the goal of House Speaker Paul Renner. Renner said the agency has overpromised and under-delivered for years and has…
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Is JEA a target again? Pay attention or your rates will go up.
Eye reached out to State Representative Wyman Duggan about his support of HB 1331 that would restrict municipal electric and gas utilities. It would increase state regulation of municipal electric utilities that serve customers outside of city boundaries. The bills would give the Florida Public Service Commission the power to regulate these utilities’ rates, similar…
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Bringing Life Again to the Independent Life Building
I was delighted to see the article in the Jax Daily Record noting the city had approved the adaptive reuse of the historic Independent Life Building in downtown Jacksonville. The building has been vacant since its previous owner, JEA moved out in the 90s. That’s way too long for a building to sit without life…
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Banking problems stem from excessive government tinkering
One local banker sees the rapidly spreading bank failures primarily as the result of misguided activity by the federal government. Bennett Brown said there may have been bank mismanagement, but the government-driven inflation is the root cause. “Three years of interest rates kept artificially low and printing money generates inflation and even banks that…
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Liberal candidate for mayor had a strange associate
Mayoral candidate Donna Deegan is a Far-Left Democrat who was “crushed” when her choice for governor of Florida was defeated in 2018.
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Opinion by Eye On My City Reader: The darkness of politics hitting mailboxes
*This letter was sent to us by one of our readers. We thought it was important to publish due to the issue of dark money seeping into the political races across the city. It is a terrible experience to walk to your mailbox and read outright lies about people who are willing to serve the…
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Daylight Savings Time
It’s happening this weekend – daylight savings time. We lose an hour of sleep but gain an hour of daylight – or so they say. Daylight saving time was first introduced as a way to save energy by reducing the need for artificial lighting in the evenings. It also provides more time for outdoor activities…
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Protections for teen-aged girls in the city are upheld in court
LeAnna Cumber deserves credit for pushing legislation that may help with the problem of human trafficking. As a City Council member, Cumber proposed an ordinance that would raise the age of women who work in strip clubs to 21. It was approved by the council in 2020 but challenged in court. Last week, the U.S.…