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Will Your Foreclosed Home Be Worth More Underwater?
James Hansen, Climatologist from NASA speaks on the distressing changes the world is facing. MetroJacksonville proudly posts this brilliant speech from the leading authority on the science behind climate change, and posts detailed local maps showing what land disappears as sea level rises. Where is...
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One Spark Exposes Local Music Scene
Music lovers got a taste of local talent as budding Jacksonville musicians turned out in force to entertain festival goers on the One Spark Music Stage at the Jacksonville Landing on Friday, April 11th.
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Councilman Joost: Why I Oppose Extending the Gas Tax
Jacksonville City Councilman Stephen Joost explains to the Metro Jacksonville community why he opposes extending the gas tax.
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Dog Without A Bone – JTA’S Great Greyhound Deception
In this editorial, Metro Jacksonville's Bob Mann explains why JTA's proposed Greyhound station should be reconsidered and why Jacksonville may be a code word for Screw the Pooch.
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Sen. Don Gaetz at JU PPI's Healthcare Conference
Don Gaetz, President of the Senate, speaks at the Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute: Healthcare Policy Conference on November 13, 2013.
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Will Weatherford at JU PPI's Healthcare Conference
Will Weatherford, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives (and JU alumni) presents at the Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute: Healthcare Policy Conference on November 13, 2013.
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Freeze & 40: A Plan for Pension Reform in Jacksonville
A Proposal to Reform the Jacksonville Police and Fire Pension Fund and Restore Jacksonville’s Financial Future submitted by Tom Majdanics, Michael Yang, Christopher Owens and Felisa Franklin Read their proposal and respond with suggestions if you like! Join us for some serious wonky analysis after...
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Pat Geraghty at JU PPI's Healthcare Conference
Patrick Geraghty, Chairman & CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, discusses Healthcare Policy at the Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute: Healthcare Policy Conference on November 13, 2013.
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Alvin Brown's Pension Reform: Here We Go Again...
While everyone in the city has been caught up in the latest round of murders, odd weather, and denunciations of local artists, attempting to do something interesting with the city, the new budget battle of the year is brewing. Alvin Brown, eager, yet again, is determined to ram his two-tiered labor agreement...
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Why We Can't Have Nice Things
Metro Jacksonville's Bob Mann illustrates how a walk of only 600 feet through two local parks writes the book on why Jacksonville doesn't have nice things.
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