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Jobs announcement showcases Daniel Davis ahead of expected Jacksonville mayoral bid
Daniel Davis is not running for Mayor . yet.
In Northeast Florida, the mosaic of the 2023 mayoral picture continues to take shape.
Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce CEO
Daniel Davis has been on hand for many endorsement events and business development announcements over the years, but Thursday was in the new context of his expected entry into the mayoral race.
Despite polling at just 6% in the
only public poll of the embryonic field, Davis has an advantage no other candidate in the race does: a deep network of statewide enthusiasm, measured by more than $2 million in his political committee, and also by other markers.
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09:38 PM EST Share City lawmakers aim for a final vote on the proposed tax increase for $1 billion in infrastructure before the end of May.
City lawmakers cut $132 million from the Jacksonville Transportation Authority’s Downtown Skyway modernization in a proposal to increase and extend Duval County local option gas tax.
The Jacksonville City Council voted 16-2 on May 12 in favor of an amendment by Ron Salem to reduce money for the JTA project in Ordinance 2021-0223.
The amendment was added during the Council Committee of the Whole meeting and is the first substantive change to Mayor Lenny Curry and JTA’s proposed Duval County gas tax increase from 6 cents to 12 cents per gallon.
After at-times heated debate Tuesday evening, the Jacksonville City Council withdrew a controversial measure that would have eliminated a local requirement that the Duval County Health Department director be a physician.
The bill is expected to be reintroduced later and referred to multiple council committees the initial measure was only discussed by one for extensive discussion and public input. Let all the parties involved talk about it, City Council President Tommy Hazouri said. I don t know why it s emotional … but it seems to be.
The bill was intended to help fill the local director position that has been vacant since 2018. The hiring difficulty stems from a city ordinance that requires the department director to be a physician, not just have public health training, the only such mandate in the state, according to Stephanie Burch, the city deputy chief administrative officer.