Month: December 2022

  • New numbers for major downtown project are out 

    New numbers for major downtown project are out 

    Estimates for the price of the Four Seasons hotel to be built on the Northbank turned out to be low even when pricing in the cost of inflation.  The 2021 estimate was $321 million. The actual cost will be almost $388 million, according to the Jax Daily Record.  Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan is building…

  • Merry Christmas!

    Merry Christmas!

    Yesterday my husband of three years and I had a discussion about how to bring in the plants from the lanai.  He wanted to slide them into the bar area – which makes sense because they would not have to be lifted and could easily find warmth just inside our home. I shook my head…

  • Not all that is new is progress

    Not all that is new is progress

    Today it seems that too many jeer at the 1950’s portrayal of the family in “Leave it to Beaver.” Ward and June Clever represented that awful patriarchal condition forcing a woman to be an at home wife and mother.  The 1960’s birthed the notion that women needed to be rescued from the oppression of cooking…

  • Local congressman defends defense spending bill 

    Local congressman defends defense spending bill 

    U.S. Rep. John Rutherford, R-Jacksonville, supported the passage of next year’s National Defense Authorization Act when it was approved by Congress last week.  When it passed the House, 35 Republicans voted against the measure, calling it “bloated and irresponsible.”  One described it as “a 4,408-page, $860 billion bill crafted behind closed doors, dropped on the…

  • Legislature again comes to the aid of homeowners 

    Legislature again comes to the aid of homeowners 

    Rising property insurance costs in Florida may begin to taper off in time, if new legislation works as hoped.  The Florida Legislature in special session hammered out a 105-page bill that seeks to stop the bleeding from two years of stiff rate increases and the loss of insurance for a number of residents.  Republicans who…

  • Fernandina Residents kick far left candidates to the curb 

    Fernandina Residents kick far left candidates to the curb 

    The vision for Eye on my City is …  “Taking Back America One City at a Time”  Last night Fernandina residents did just that and took their city back from left wing, looney toon candidates who loved outlandish spending of tax dollars and outlandish ideas against traditional family values.  Mike Lednovich and Genese Minshew have…