BREAKING: Florida Sued Over Election Integrity Concerns
A Florida-based nonprofit, Citizens Defending Freedom (CDF), has joined United Sovereign Americans in filing a lawsuit aimed at addressing election integrity concerns. The case, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, targets issues regarding the certification of federal and state elections in the state. The lawsuit names both […]
Two mistakes Eye didn’t make
Like any organization or institution, Eye on Jacksonville can make mistakes. We also treasure reader input. So when a couple of readers pointed what they thought were typos in a recent column, we quickly checked. They were not errors. One reader claimed the city budget was $1.9 billion, not $8.6 billion, as we wrote. I’ve […]
New council faction emerges
Last week’s vote on the $8.6 billion city budget revealed the existence of a new faction on the City Council. Eye on Jacksonville will call them Deegan’s Republicans. Will Lahnen, Joe Carlucci, Matt Carlucci, Ken Amaro, Randy White and Michael Boylan voted to fund a position in the budget that Real Republicans, led by Council […]
All successful people are targets
Once again, liberals are counting on their belief that most Americans are stupid. Kamala Harris wants to tax unrealized gains and the liberal fact checkers have her back, as usual. It is only for the evil wealthy people, they say. You know – the ones who actually earned their money, unlike Harris and other politicians. […]
Vote Yes: No. 2 Amendment on November Ballot Because We Probably WILL Need a Constitutional Right to Fish and Hunt
The proposed “Right to Fish and Hunt” amendment to Florida’s constitution, which seeks to preserve hunting and fishing as public rights, may seem silly and unnecessary at first glance. After all, fishing and hunting are long-standing traditions in America. However, some Florida residents are concerned these four issues could hurt the right to fish and […]
Strike threat looms over U.S. ports
Jacksonville has always enjoyed a sizeable economic benefit from its port but that will be threatened if longshoremen go on strike Oct. 1. The local port had 147 vessels visit last month alone, moving more than a million tons of cargo, including 42,843 cars. A strike would shut down 36 ports that handle roughly half […]
Shad Khan’s Best Team Ever? Maybe It’s Time to Stop Spending Billions on Losers
So, Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan thought 2024 was going to be the year, didn’t he? He declared his team the best ever assembled, signed Trevor Lawrence to a massive $275 million deal, and promised the fan base that “winning now is the expectation.” Fast forward to Week 3, and the Jaguars are 0-3, fresh […]
CBS Network accuses Florida of COVID misinformation
Weeks late, CBS finally responded to Florida’s official guidance against the covid shots, with a hilariously ironic op-ed disguised as straight news, and headlined “Florida’s new COVID booster guidance is straight-up misinformation.” Haha! The article’s first rollicking claim was that Florida —not CBS or its cadre of cherrypicked covid experts— has a “pattern of spreading […]
State GOP tosses a local Republican out of office
Never mind what Republican voters wanted. The state party has decided to remove a person duly elected to the Republican Executive Committee of Duval County for the past 20 years. To top it off, the complainant is the chairman of the GOP in Duval. This is but the latest twist in a simmering dispute between […]
Corruption, collusion & the CBA: What the LERP is going on?
Jacksonville’s majority Republican City Council voted in favor of the Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) forcing taxpaying citizens of Duval County to spend $94 million dollars trying not leave anyone behind by revitalizing the same run-down areas of town for the umpteenth time, jobs training, homelessness initiatives and “affordable” housing. We also get to spend $56 […]