Celebrate Constitution Day at the USS Orleck Naval Museum
The local chapter of Citizens Defending Freedom is sponsoring a special event Tuesday, September 17, 2024, for the third annual Constitution Day Celebration at the USS Orleck Naval Museum in Jacksonville, FL! This free event promises to be a fun and inspiring way to celebrate the birth of the U.S. Constitution by the St. Johns […]
Can USPS deliver the votes?
Given the justified concerns about election fraud, doubt about the role of the U.S. Postal Service voiced by a number of public officials is worth noting. A letter from the National Association of Secretaries of State and the National Association of State Election Directors warned that problems with the government’s postal service might disenfranchise some […]
Jags stadium deal pays for consolidation’s broken promises
Part of the city’s EverBank “stadium of the future” deal includes a “historic” $300 million Community Benefits Agreement (CBA). The idea is to force the Jaguars and all of us, to pay for the mayor’s pet projects of workforce development, homelessness initiatives, affordable housing and to revitalize poor minority neighborhoods, mainly the core of pre-consolidated […]
Politicians are poised to spend billions
City Council is teed up to vote on the city’s budget in a couple of weeks and one member is warning that higher taxes are in the city’s future. The budgeted amount for general government in the current year was just shy of $4 billion. Barring last minute changes it will be $4.44 billion next […]
Leaking internal government info can help the public
“Whistleblowers” provide a public service. Those who work in the government can see and hear things outsiders cannot and when those things are illegal revealing them can be valuable. Whether James Gaddis, 41. Is a whistleblower, as he claims, remains to be seen. It also is not entirely clear that he was fired for revealing […]
Florida takes on Biden-Harris administration over releasing dangerous criminals onto streets of America
Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a lawsuit against the Biden-Harris administration over its failure to produce public documents responsive to a Freedom of Information Act request. The FOIA request, filed by the Florida Attorney General’s Office in March, seeks documents regarding the administration’s policies permitting the release of dangerous criminals into the United States following […]
Why do we celebrate Labor Day?
Most of us will have Labor Day off this coming Monday. Many of us believe it is a celebration of the end of summer but it has so much more meaning than that. Labor Day is a celebration of American workers and their tremendous contributions to the nation’s success. Originating in the late 19th century, […]
Keep up the good work, council members
City Council members who are pruning waste from the mayor’s budget deserve credit for considering taxpayers and remaining focused on what is the government’s job and what is not. Mayor Donna Deegan has peppered her budget with left-wing spending. Specifically, Deegan is on a crusade to end homelessness and make housing “affordable.” One is impossible […]
Software glitch during election does not appear to be malicious
State officials and the vendor supplying phone service to elections offices said a cyber attack was not the reason for a glitch that occurred soon after the polls closed in Tuesday’s primary election. Nearly all of the 67 counties in Florida, including Duval, were unable to upload vote totals to the state’s website. VR systems […]
Weed is good, Jax mayor says
Two of the city’s top officials differ on legalizing pot. Mayor Donna Deegan, a liberal Democrat, is for the proposed amendment to the state constitution that would make Florida the 25th state to make “recreational” marijuana legal. Sheriff T.K. Waters, a Republican, is opposed. The issue has been hotly debated for years. Marijuana can help […]