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Thank You, Vickie Cavey: A Career of Service Deserves a Better Ending
After more than three decades of service to JEA and the Jacksonville community, Vickie Cavey has submitted her resignation as JEA’s CEO and managing director, effective September 25. At Eye on Jacksonville, we want to say something that may get lost amid all the headlines, investigations and political maneuvering: Thank you, Vickie. Cavey didn’t arrive…
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Data Centers: Golden Goose or Godzilla?
Bookending the Flock camera debate is the equally loud war on data centers. Yesterday, the President declared a side. Like clockwork, the sharklike editors at the Washington Post smelled blood in the water and gleefully reported, “Trump says voters who oppose data centers will ‘kill the Golden Goose.’” Polls show Americans from both political parties…
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Florida Tells Flock Cameras to Get the Flock Out
Flock camera haters enjoyed a massive win yesterday. NBC reported, “Florida bans Flock and other license plate readers from state highways as backlash grows.” The subheadline added, “The state said it was ordering cameras removed from the right-of-way of state highways ‘to preserve Floridians’ sovereignty and quality of life.’” Yesterday, Florida’s Department of Transportation published…
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Have you been to the Post Office lately? Disgusting!
I have a question: What is going on with the U.S. Postal Service? In recent months, I have had several pieces of mail returned to me — birthday cards and handwritten thank-you notes — stamped with those yellow “Unable to Deliver” stickers. The problem? The addresses were correct. So yesterday I decided to go to…