The sold-out event starts at 11:30 a.m. at Club Continental.<\/p>\n
Media that might be on hand won\u2019t have to leave Orange Park for a second story, though.<\/p>\n RPOF Chair Evan Power<\/strong> will appear with Clay County Party Chair Rhonda Jett<\/strong>, County Commissioner Alexandra Compere<\/strong>, and School Board member Erin Skipper<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cRepublican leaders will expose the truth: Democrats don\u2019t put women or families first. They can\u2019t define a woman, let boys play in girls\u2019 sports and try to strip parents of their right to choose the best school for their child. Our event will set the record straight and stand up for women, parents and families,\u201d Republicans promise.<\/p>\n That event starts at 2 p.m. at the Clay County GOP Office.<\/p>\n Clay County is strongly Republican, but Democrats have made plays there despite the GOP advantage. Clearly, Republicans aren\u2019t taking their advantage for granted.<\/p>\n Cyber Sleaze<\/strong><\/p>\n Attorney General James Uthmeier<\/strong><\/a> has charged another suspect, he says, connected to sexually charged content on the internet and the social media platform Snapchat<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n A First Coast man was arrested and accused of three felony counts of possession of child sexual abuse material, along with three other counts of unlawful use of a two-way communication device.<\/p>\n Luke Sedlock<\/strong> of Green Cove Springs in Clay County is in that county\u2019s jail on a $600,000 bond. He\u2019s also prohibited from contact with anyone under the age of 18. He cannot have access to any devices with internet access, according to a press release<\/strong><\/a> issued by Uthmeier\u2019s office.<\/p>\n Uthmeier said Sedlock was arrested Sept. 11 following an initial investigation launched by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE<\/strong><\/a>). Investigators with the FDLE received several tips about Sedlock in August from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cOver and over again, our office is prosecuting predators who are using Snapchat to trade disgusting content and victimize children. Protecting our kids is my utmost priority,\u201d Uthmeier said. \u201cOur statewide prosecutors will ensure that this predator is held accountable for his abhorrent behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n Officers with the Green Cove Springs Police Department executed the search warrant at Sedlock\u2019s Northeast Florida home. Law enforcement personnel seized Sedlock\u2019s electronic devices. Uthmeier said they contained material that involved sexual abuse with young children and animals.<\/p>\n Uthmeier\u2019s office has stepped up charging what he calls sexual predators since he took over the Attorney General\u2019s Office after being appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/strong> when Ashley Moody<\/strong> was elevated from the top prosecutor in the state to U.S. Senator to replace Marco Rubio,<\/strong> who advanced to Secretary of State in President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/strong> administration.<\/p>\n Tweet, tweet<\/strong><\/p>\n Democratic donnybrook<\/strong><\/p>\n A recurring Democratic candidate for Congress is considering another run, and a significant reason for this is her opposition to someone who just filed this week.<\/p>\n L.J. Holloway<\/strong><\/a> says she\u2019s \u201cstrongly considering\u201d becoming the fourth candidate in a crowded Primary race in Florida\u2019s 4th Congressional District, which includes Clay County, Nassau County and part of Duval.<\/p>\n A significant reason for her political comeback is her aversion to Michael Kirwan<\/strong><\/a>, a retired Jacksonville lawyer who was a partner at Foley and Lardner and once chaired the Jacksonville Ethics Commission.<\/p>\n A lawyer herself, Holloway predicates her argument on his work in real estate transactions, mergers and acquisitions.<\/p>\n \u201cFor years, Michael Kirwan has made a living helping the rich get richer \u2014 whether it\u2019s Wall Street investors buying up our neighborhoods or Big Pharma hiking drug prices,\u201d Holloway said. \u201cHe\u2019s not just out of touch with working families \u2014 he\u2019s actively working against them.\u201d<\/p>\n Holloway contends that Kirwan has materially prospered while the people he would serve in Congress have not.<\/p>\n Holloway has been the Democratic nominee against incumbent Republican Aaron Bean<\/strong><\/a> in the last two elections. In 2024, Bean won by a margin of nearly 15 percentage points.<\/p>\n Her path to a third try in the General Election doesn\u2019t come without obstruction.<\/p>\n Two Democrats, Ricky Knoles<\/strong> and Brittney Robinson<\/strong>, already opened campaign accounts before Kirwan\u2019s entry. Knoles has raised just over $4,000, while Robinson has yet to report any fundraising activity.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the incumbent\u2019s political machine is humming along. As of the end of June, Federal Election Commission<\/strong><\/a> records showed Bean with more than $830,000 cash on hand. The district comprises 41% Republican and 34% Democratic voters.<\/p>\n \u2018Dependency and control\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack<\/strong><\/a> says she doesn\u2019t expect the federal government to be shut down<\/strong><\/a> for long.<\/p>\n But if the \u201cshort-term\u201d pause happens as it has many times over the years, she believes the opposition party is to blame if a spending deal isn\u2019t struck by the end of the month.<\/p>\n \u201cDemocrats want to shut down the government so they can give $40 billion to insurance companies. That\u2019s what this comes down to. They don\u2019t want to put more money in people\u2019s pockets? Of course not. Their agenda has always been about dependency and control, and so what they want to do is subsidize insurance companies,\u201d Cammack said Monday on \u201cMornings with Maria<\/strong><\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n At issue: Democrats want an extension of insurance subsidies<\/strong><\/a>, one in doubt since the passage of President Donald <\/strong><\/a>Trump\u2019s One Big, Beautiful Bill<\/strong><\/a>. Republicans, such as Cammack, are considerably less enthusiastic and in her case, she draws analogies from the Roman Empire to describe their alleged intransigence.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ve already kind of crossed the Rubicon, so to speak, on this. So, I anticipate we will see a government shutdown, but it\u2019s simply because the Democrats want to subsidize their buddies in big insurance,\u201d Cammack claims.<\/p>\n Despite the current loggerheads, Cammack thinks Democrats will cave due to the strength of the executive branch in Washington in this \u201cfight that the President is willing to have.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think it would be a short-term shutdown because Democrats recognize that they\u2019re not playing with the same old GOP of yesterday. This is Donald Trump\u2019s<\/strong> America, and he is not scared to take the fight to every single media platform across the country and explain directly to the people what is really going on,\u201d Cammack believes. \u201cLegacy media no longer controls the narrative that Democrats are the heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n Republicans, she added, are \u201cgoing to take this fight on because we\u2019re not going to continue to garnish the wages of our children by spending us into oblivion on top of the 37 trillion in debt that we currently have.\u201d<\/p>\n Tweet<\/strong>, tweet<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Port plus<\/strong><\/p>\n Northeast Florida\u2019s preeminent port is trumpeting enhanced export-import business to start the week.<\/p>\n JAXPORT<\/strong><\/a> says Enstructure Auto Logistics<\/strong><\/a> has inked new deals with Mazda North America and Toyota Logistics to \u201cprovide finished vehicle logistics\u201d at Talleyrand by the end of the year.<\/p>\n \u201cMazda and Toyota have been valued JAXPORT customers for decades and are two of our longest-standing automotive partners,\u201d said JAXPORT CEO Eric Green<\/strong>. \u201cWe are pleased to see them continue to grow their businesses in Jacksonville by leveraging Enstructure\u2019s capabilities, which further strengthens our position as one of the nation\u2019s top vehicle-handling ports. Together, we are building on JAXPORT\u2019s role as a gateway to Florida and the U.S. Southeast, one of the nation\u2019s fastest-growing automotive markets.\u201d<\/p>\n Enstructure, which leases 114 acres at Talleyrand under an agreement running through 2054, notes the deals \u201cestablish EAL as Mazda\u2019s premier port processor in the southeast region for imports from Japan and Mexico and ensure a seamless transition for TLS\u2019s shipments bound for Puerto Rico.\u201d<\/p>\n Co-CEOs Matthew Satnick<\/strong> and Philippe De Montigny<\/strong> herald a \u201cbest-in-class finished vehicle logistics business\u201d as \u201ca strategic priority for Enstructure,\u201d with the two new deals representing a \u201cmajor step\u201d in that direction, developing domestic and international supply chains.<\/p>\n Dolphin Safe<\/strong><\/p>\n Jacksonville University had the best performance of any private school in the state on the July Florida Bar.<\/p>\n Jacksonville University\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> College of Law had 91.7% of its first-timers getting through the test, albeit with a small sample size of 12 sitting for the Bar, meaning just one Dolphin didn\u2019t make it safely through the net.<\/p>\n Good luck next time.<\/p>\n Only one school could boast a better number.<\/p>\n The University of Florida\u2019s Levin College of Law<\/strong><\/a> set a torrid pace, with 92.8% of the 138 test-takers passing without needing a retake.<\/p>\n On the dole<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for a job, you\u2019ve got competition.<\/p>\n The Jacksonville Daily Record<\/strong><\/a> reports the \u201cunemployment rate in the Jacksonville metropolitan area of Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties rose from 4.2% in July to 4.6% in August, the Florida Department of Commerce reported Sept. 19.\u201d<\/p>\n To find numbers this bad, you have to go back to the dark days of the pandemic.<\/p>\n The state of Florida\u2019s unemployment rate is up overall, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/strong><\/a>, to 3.8%.<\/p>\n Uber, Lyft, and Instacart drivers can expect increased competition if this keeps up.<\/p>\n Tweet, Tweet<\/strong><\/p>\n Hologram hurrah<\/strong><\/p>\n Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan<\/strong><\/a> is defending<\/strong><\/a> a much-criticized<\/strong><\/a> holographic image of herself<\/strong><\/a> at the local airport, saying her counterparts in other cities offer functional equivalents.<\/p>\n The \u201cnew, cutting-edge holographic communication platform,\u201d as described in a press release from the city, was added in 2024.<\/p>\n Deegan said at a town hall this month that \u201cpeople love it\u201d and that the expenditure is not an example of wasteful spending, as Republicans maintain.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the one thing they keep going back to. She spent, you know, $50,000 or whatever it was on a photo box,\u201d Deegan said. \u201cIf that\u2019s your example of government waste, I think we\u2019re probably doing OK.\u201d<\/p>\n Deegan added that \u201cat every airport in the country, the Mayor greets people when they come into the airport, either on a monitor or over the loudspeaker.\u201d<\/p>\n CFO Blaise Ingoglia<\/strong><\/a> was one of many prominent Republicans mocking the device.<\/p>\n \u201cI considered doing this presentation as a hologram. But I wanted to save taxpayers\u2019 dollars,\u201d Ingoglia quipped when he came to town to claim the city could cut property tax by 1.19 Mill and not \u201cskip a beat\u201d as it cut $200 million of spending or 1\/10 of the roughly $2 billion budget.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fried-powers--640x301.jpg\")
<\/a>Nikki Fried leads a Democratic event; Evan Power and others hold a Republican one.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/UTHMEIER0924-640x427.jpg\")
<\/a>James Uthmeier announced charges against Luke Sedlock for possession of child sexual abuse material. Image via the Florida Attorney General\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PMI_IIA_Static_600x400_V1.jpg\")
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<\/a>L.J. Holloway considers a congressional run, motivated by her opposition to candidate Michael Kirwan.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/wolfson.png\")
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<\/a>Kat Cammack blames Democrats for a potential government shutdown over disagreements on insurance subsidies.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fiorentino-tweet-640x584.jpg\")
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<\/a>Eric Green celebrates new vehicle logistics deals with Mazda, Toyota and Enstructure Auto Logistics.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ju_college_of_law_r850x580-640x437.jpg\")
<\/a>Jacksonville University College of Law celebrates a 91.7% first-time pass rate on the Florida Bar.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/unemployment-640x360.jpg\")
<\/a>The Jacksonville metropolitan area unemployment rate rose to 4.6% in August, a pandemic-era high. Image via AP.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/jta-tweet-640x792.jpg\")
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<\/a>Donna Deegan defends her airport hologram from criticism by Blaise Ingoglia and Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The Jacksonville Jaguars and Trevor Lawrence prepare for a key road game against the 49ers. Image via AP.<\/p>\n