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A.G. Gancarski has 224 articles published.

A.G. Gancarski has written a weekly column for Jacksonville’s Folio Weekly since 2003. His writings on politics, culture, and sport have appeared in the Washington Times, the Daily Caller, and the American Conservative. His radio and TV appearances include frequent contributions to WJCT-FM (Jacksonville’s Public Radio station); additionally, he has been a guest on Huff Post Live and the Savage Nation radio show. Gancarski can be reached at [email protected].

Alvin Brown campaign endorsed by convicted killer?

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The Alvin Brown campaign has distanced itself from the endorsement of Zakee Fur’qan, who apparently changed his name from Leon Edward Nelson, who was convicted of second-degree murder and felony-level robbery. This past month Brown’s campaign touted Fur’qan’s endorsement. On Friday, though, it had scrubbed all mention of Fur’qan from the mayor’s campaign’s website and issued a statement condemning Fur’qan/Nelson’s actions. In 1991, Nelson was convicted of second-degree murder. He was released in 1998. In 2000, Leon Edward Nelson changed his name to…

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Previewing the 2015 legislative session with Rep.-to-be Paul Renner

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Paul Renner came within two votes of winning an election last year for the seat that Jay Fant holds. And he is still one election away — a special election on April 7 — from formally being elected to the House. He very likely will win that election, so we have reached out to him and gotten answers to questions regarding his opinions on issues relevant to the pending legislative session. Our questions are in bold; his answers are directly below. In one…

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Florence Snyder: Fed up with elite reporters on “Permanent Campaign”

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Former governor and probable presidential hopeful Jeb Bush calls them “the 20 people who talk to each other.” You know, the folks who make their living in and around The Permanent Campaign. There’s an Internet site that counts down the days, hours, minutes and seconds from one election to the next. The political press refers to it often, as if it were important. Fake newscaster John Oliver spoke for millions of fed-up, frustrated Americans recently when he told reporters he…

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Miami-Dade legislative delegation lays out 2015 priorities

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The Miami-Dade delegation approved its list of legislative priorities last week, agreeing to stand behind a wide array of issues, from final funding  for a Miami Military Museum, to beefing up funding for community mental health providers, to supporting efforts to grant additional protection to policyholders taken out of Citizens property insurance. The Miami-Dade delegation met in Tallahassee last week to vote on the priorities. All items making the list had unanimous support of the delegation members in attendance, said…

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Miami Gardens police turn friends (like Quickstop job creator) into enemies

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If you don’t live in Miami Gardens, you probably think its police department is no concern of yours. Ira Glass thinks otherwise. This week, the host of This American Life used his highly respected program to bring the Miami Herald‘s reporting on the out-of-control police department to his international audience of public radio listeners. The tale was first told to Herald investigative reporter Julie K. Brown by Alex Saleh, the owner of the Quickstop convenience store on Northwest 207th Street. Saleh’s Quickstop…

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Manufacturing consent: Lenny Curry scores Duval GOP endorsement

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Second-ballot endorsement with intrigue beforehand After a solid few weeks of endorsements and control of the news cycle, the Lenny Curry campaign garnered the official party endorsement Monday night at the Duval County Republican Party meeting. The Curry team offered a statement on the endorsement: “We appreciate the grassroots supporters for asking Chairman Lumb to hold a vote, and for inviting Lenny to present his vision for Jacksonville’s future. Duval Republicans voted to send a message to Alvin Brown; our…

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Lenny Curry’s ground game begins

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As snow flurries fell in parts of Duval County on Thursday, the Lenny Curry street team took its message to potential voters in the March 24 Mayoral Unitary Election, according to the candidate’s Twitter. “Grateful for team Curry walkers out braving the cold – knocking doors! Y’all are awesome,” Tweeted the candidate, who closed with his customary #ilovejax hashtag. Thus begins a new phase of the Curry campaign. Bolstered by well-timed national endorsements this week, the Curry operation will continue…

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