Dear Mayor Deegan: Thank you for focusing on improving city’s permitting and inspection process in your first budget
The line item in Mayor Deegan’s first budget provides for $21.72 million to be allocated to better the city’s permitting and inspection processes, improve technology, and hire four new staffers. We send a hearty Wink to Mayor Deegan for listening well to those who do business in Jacksonville. She heard their concerns and she is […]
Deegan’s spending priorities aren’t that different
Mayor Donna Deegan’s proposed budget for next year is cast as “new” thinking yet it focuses on the same things every mayor for the past 75 years has focused on. She proposes to spend $3.9 billion on the general government, not including the independent authorities. The size of her budget is being reported inaccurately by […]
Jax skipped in money handout
Recently, the Biden administration again did what it does best: give away Other People’s Money. This time it was for mass transit, a favorite liberal delusion. The automobile is perhaps the clearest expression of personal freedom in America. It allows people to go anywhere in the nation they want to go, when they want to […]
Small Business City of the South: Give Mayor Deegan some advice
Donna Deegan is now Mayor and we anxiously await to see how well she will perform. It’s a new job to her and she has stated big aspirations for our city. One that caught our EYE is her desire to see Jacksonville become the small business city of the south. We give her a big […]
Lawsuit Challenges Unequal Voting Precincts in Duval County
A recent lawsuit has been filed against the outgoing Duval County Supervisor of Elections, Mike Hogan, alleging an unequal distribution of voting precincts throughout the county. Six registered voters in Duval County are claiming that this disparity violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment whereby no state shall “deny to any person within […]
Mayor’s staff has much needed balance
It appears that Al Ferraro is going to get into the mayor’s office; just not the way he had hoped. Ferraro, who was a conservative Republican member of the City Council, ran for mayor but didn’t make it to the runoff. Now the Democrat who won the race is hiring him. Ferraro will be director […]
Breaking News: Thirteen United States Declare their Independence Today
(Eye has taken the liberty to write what we believe may have been news of the day on July 4, 1776. We also believe those same grievances from our past are alive again today such as obstruction of justice, the imposition of taxes without our consent and the abdication of our President to be our […]
Eye’s Welcome to Mayor Donna Deegan
Congratulations on your historic achievement as the first woman to be elected as the mayor of Jacksonville. This is a significant milestone not just for you personally but for the city as a whole. It’s been a rough 8 years with the JEA scandal, lack of transparency in the Mayor’s office, cronyism tactics, and the […]
Protecting what is important
To go into City Hall or the courthouse, you have to go through a screening as if you were about to board a plane. Why? Because we must protect the lives of politicians and bureaucrats at all cost. You aren’t frisked when you go to Cracker Barrel or Wal-mart – which by the way has […]
Eye’s Farewell Letter to Mayor Lenny Curry
Dear Mayor Curry, As your eight-year tenure as the Mayor of Jacksonville draws to a close, we feel compelled to address the controversies and scandals that have marked your time in office. While it is customary to express gratitude and highlight achievements, it is essential to acknowledge the issues that have deeply impacted our community. […]