Tom Taylor, Darren Gardner out of NE Florida State House races
Republicans Tom Taylor and Darren Gardner, former candidates in House Districts 11 and 13, opted not to run for different reasons. Taylor felt, after reflection, his energy was better spent in Jacksonville Beach. “I have heard from hundreds of people of their concerns that Jacksonville Beach was at a point where some serious decisions needed to be made. Do we continue on the family-friendly path that we are on or do we go back to the days of a blighted beach that was unsafe at…