Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland announces that the courtesy of curbside voting for physically handicapped voters is no longer permitted.
 
Curbside Voting was a courtesy the Supervisor of Elections staff would provide to voters who were unable to come into a precinct because of physical limitations. To assist these voters on Election Day, two precinct poll workers of different political parties would carry a ballot out of the precinct to the voter. Once the voter had marked his or her ballot both precinct poll workers would cast the ballot through the Optical Scanner like all other voters.

Audrey Moran, Republican candidate for Mayor of Jacksonville, recently completed a candidate questionnaire for Beaches Watch, a non-profit, non-partisan citizen advocacy organization that is committed to helping residents maintain the quality of life for themselves and for future generations. 

Here is the completed questionnaire with Audrey Moran's responses.

Interlocal Agreement:  Some current Jacksonville City Councilors believe the beaches are not paying enough taxes for the services provided by Jacksonville, so the City has launched an audit of the interlocal agreements with the beaches.  In your opinion, are there changes that should be made to the interlocal agreements?  Please explain your answer. 

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. --  A decorated firefighter, Rusty Butler spent more than two decades running into burning buildings for the city of Jacksonville.

In 1996, he had to retire. He was diagnosed with heart disease and high blood pressure.

He retired qualifying for Florida's Heart/Lung bill, which mandates that police and firefighters' medical bills related to heart disease and high blood pressure be paid for because the conditions are presumed connected with their jobs.

For seven years, Butler said he had no problems getting heart-related medical bills paid, but something changed in 2003:

The city stopped paying and started denying.