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A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 2016

Sen. Aaron Bean had a quiet month of fundraising, as the Fernandina Beach Republican runs unopposed in Senate District 4, yet one donation stood out in his $1,600 April haul. Tools for a Time, the company of Geoff Youngblood, a defeated candidate for Jacksonville’s City Council in 2015, gave $500 to Bean. Bean was the Senate sponsor […]

A.G. GancarskiMarch 2, 2016

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Though the majority of the Jacksonville political establishment has cast its lot with Marco Rubio for President, Ted Cruz backers remain on the Christian right. The “Ted Cruz Faith and Values Coalition” released a list of 43 prominent supporters. The majority of them will be best known to the faith-based community. Some, however, are known by a more […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 1, 2015

In another in what has become a series of interviews with incoming Jacksonville city council members, Florida Politics contacted Tommy Hazouri’s team. Instead of talking with the councilman because he was vacationing Friday, Jenny Busby, Hazouri’s millennial campaign manager who will be his city council assistant, spoke on his behalf. Hazouri received more votes than […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 13, 2015

In Jacksonville, the endorsements of the father fall unto the son. And so it is that Geoff Youngblood, a Republican At Large Group 3 Council candidate bedeviled by media inquiries into a sign on his father’s church that read “Homosexuals must repent or go to hell,” finally won a news cycle by getting an endorsement that […]

Melissa RossMay 11, 2015

The Rev. Gene Youngblood, father of Jacksonville City Council At-Large Group 3 candidate Geoff Youngblood, says a message posted on the marquee outside his First Conservative Baptist Church is “reacting to current events” and corresponds to Scripture. The sign reads “Homosexuals must repent or go to Hell.” It has sparked a petition response at the website […]

A.G. GancarskiMay 1, 2015

“You can count on me to show up, to read legislation before I vote, to represent every part of Duval County.” Those words, from At Large Group 1 Council Candidate Anna Brosche, were a purposeful jab at her opponent, Kim Daniels, who no-showed the Beaches Watch forum. It was unsurprising, given that Daniels has been at loggerheads […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 28, 2015

The Westside Republican Club meeting, held at a jampacked church on Old Middleburg Road on Monday night, was devoted entirely to the upcoming election. Though a lot of the media focus has been on where voters in the urban core might go in the May 19 election, turnout in Republican strongholds like the Westside is […]

Melissa RossApril 21, 2015

One of the most heated Jacksonville City races heading into the May runoff is the testy matchup between former mayor Tommy Hazouri and business owner Geoff Youngblood. The two sparred repeatedly during a Monday night debate, one of four held in libraries across the city and sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Jacksonville […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 17, 2015

The monthly meeting of the Jacksonville Tiger Bay Club included an At Large Council candidate forum. Three races have runoffs, and five of the six candidates were on hand. Ju’Coby Pittman, of Group 5, was without her challenger, and therefore did not have much to say much. Both candidates in Groups 1 and 3 were on […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 16, 2015

Democrat Mincy Pollock finished third in the First Election against fellow Democrat Tommy Hazouri and Republican Geoff Youngblood. A Democrat in good standing, he was expected by those who have expectations in such matters to endorse Hazouri. But it doesn’t look imminent. “Election Night, I got a call from both campaigns, valuing what we accomplished,” Pollock said. “When […]

Tag: Geoff Youngblood

Geoff Youngblood’s business donates to Aaron Bean in April

Former City Council Prez leads Jax Ted Cruz supporters

Tommy Hazouri campaign focused on public safety

Hazouri snubbed: Geoff Youngblood’s dad endorses his son

Minister, father of Jax City Council candidate, defends “homophobic” sign

Jax at large council candidates address Beaches Watch forum

Lenny Curry, Mike Williams pitch to Westside Republicans

Sparks fly at Tommy Hazouri, Geoff Youngblood debate

Kim Daniels, HRO talk enliven Jax Tiger Bay council forum

Tommy Hazouri has a Mincy Pollock problem