Sunday night twitter storm with three local “leaders” proves we have a lot of growing up to do
It wasn’t a quiet Sunday night on this first Sunday of 2021. Our hopes of a better year with politicians in DC and locally were thwarted when our Mayor decided to respond to a mean-spirited tweet about his wife. Instead of leaving it alone, Mayor Curry responded with a “meet me outside” tweet. NOTE: Before […]
City Council member tweets are out of character for a community leader seeking truth
Eye noticed a tweet discussion between city council woman, Brenda Priestley Jackson and a Jacksonville native/military veteran, Emily Nunez. The tweet discussion was unnerving because Eye has watched Councilwoman Jackson during her time on the special committee for JEA where she has done great work and handled her role with professionalism and a desire to […]
Twitter suspends Eye on Jacksonville’s account
Shortly after posting this article on Eye on Jacksonville’s Twitter account, we found our account suspended. Executive Privilege: The rise of the dark side in Jax politics We did not hear from Twitter as to why our account was suspended. We simply went there to post something and — we were unable to do so. […]
Mayor Curry bullies a citizen and gets hammered
Yesterday Mayor Curry set off a firestorm on Twitter. It started with an article posted on Jacksonville.com by Nate Monroe. He stated, “City Council members have no idea of which of @lennycurry’s proposed capital construction projects will start first, or last, or when they will get done, but they will pass this list of projects […]