THE FIGHT TO KEEP A DEVELOPER FROM PAVING PARADISE IN JACKSONVILLE Wednesday, February 25

How one connected developer’s big ambitions in a rural Northeast Jacksonville neighborhood became a microcosm of the city’s relationship with sprawl

THE BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF JACKSONVILLE CITY GOVERNMENT IS BEING FOUGHT BETWEEN TWO KINDS OF CONSERVATIVES Wednesday, February 25

raymond Johnson is a name you probably haven't heard before — unless, perhaps, you're part of the Christian right. Or unless you're in the habit of reading Matt Schellenberg's campaign expenditure reports: The Jacksonville City Councilman paid …

REVERSE ROBIN HOOD Wednesday, February 25

Finally, someone gets it. Someone, that is, beyond the myriad economists and journalists who have laid bare this scam in cities all over this nation of ours time and time again. Someone actually in office, a chairman of a powerful state legislative …

MEET JACKSONVILLE'S NEW $60K PORT CONSULTANT Wednesday, February 18

Dr. Dr. Herbert M. Barber Jr. (that’s not a typo) thinks the country’s going to hell, really dislikes the “ugly,” “entitled” poor, and — oh yeah — thinks Obama is “more anti-American than any ten thousand terrorists.”

E. DENISE LEE IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HEMMING PARK Wednesday, February 18

The Jacksonville City Councilwoman and the Much Ado About...Something

WILL BILL BISHOP'S PLAY FOR ALVIN BROWN SUPPORTERS UPEND THE MARCH ELECTION? Wednesday, February 18

Jacksonville City Councilman Bill Bishop's mayoral campaign is obviously still underway, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that his opponents are exercising due diligence. Last month, for example, Tim Baker of Data Targeting requested records from …

THE BEST SHOWS OF 2014 Wednesday, February 11

Unknown Hinson and Grandpa’s Cough Medicine, Feb. 27 at Jack Rabbits The mutant chimera of a trailer-park gene pool and Conway-Twitty-off-his-meds, at his recent Northeast Florida appearance …

THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2014 Wednesday, February 11

Civil Brute, Civil BruteThis self-titled, five-track EP is a well-rounded collection of songs, exposing Civil Brute’s forte for capturing both raw emotion in lyricism and masterful clarity in …

7 NORTHEAST FLORIDA BANDS TO WATCH IN 2015 Wednesday, February 11

The John Carver Band soundcloud.com/the-john-carver-band Self-described as “Hobo-Core,” the boys from The John Carver Band are really something else entirely. TJCB (Dan McLintock on …

THE FOLIO WEEKLY (MOSTLY) LOCAL MUSIC ISSUE Wednesday, February 11

Daniel A. Brown, this esteemed publication’s A&E editor, and I are both recovering musicians, though I’ve kicked the habit a little more completely than he has. We both played in …