OurJax Urges Citizens to Join Effort and Stop Council From Passing Rigged Lot J Taxpayer Subsidy Deal

Dear OurJax Members, We all are waiting to see what, if anything, the U.S. Attorney’s Office will do when its current grand jury session ends. The federal grand

Dear OurJax Members, For the first year of our existence, circumstances dictated that OurJax focus on public officials who acted to avoid transparency, evade public policy, and ignore

Dear OurJax Members, In an effort to keep you informed and up to date, below is the latest development regarding the failed effort to sell JEA. The U.S.

Dear OurJax Members, Over the past couple of weeks, OurJax has been asked if we plan to take positions on two large local issues being planned. One is

Dear OurJax Members, The good news is several organizations in Jacksonville are beginning to focus on ways to bring more transparency and community conversation to decisions made by

Dear OurJax Members, In our continuing effort to keep you informed, as well as remind you of the impact your engagement with OurJax has made, I want to

Dear OurJax Members, The JEA Special Investigative Committee’s final report by counsel Steve Busey in January didn’t receive the news coverage or community conversation it deserved because of

Dear OurJax Members: During the last several months, we’ve all worked together to halt a pair of flawed government policy actions, sale of JEA and the proposal to

Dear OurJax Members: The aftermath of news from the failed Lot J effort continues to show us that bad things can happen when government policy is made behind

Dear OurJax Members: The drama over the failed Lot J proposal appears to have ended, due in large part to opposition from engaged taxpayers who wanted their voices

Dear City Council President Hazouri and Members of the Council: We expect City Council to vote Tuesday on Ordinance 2020-0648, the current Lot J taxpayer subsidized private development

Dear OurJax Members: Thursday, a majority of the City Council not only turned a deaf ear to the overwhelming opposition from the community to the current Lot J