Marissa Mahoney

"This project is not about any one person or any one organization. This is about our community. We wanted to continue to progress and to live on. I believe that the founders of American Beach would be proud to see what we are doing with the legacy that they left to us."

"This is in my commission district. I do understand the concern of folks who live here. I live there. I cannot and will not support the settlement, and my vote will be for option three where the county tells Riverstone to pound sand and see you in court."

“When it became clear that Mike was instructing us to do something illegal, Susan got uncomfortable and actually asked for herself to be excused and she did. Me, Taco (Pope) and Mike were all present, and he told me to delete the text messages. Then, he told me he also deleted his.”

“Funding through ARPA should relieve property owners of tax burden. Duval County did not assess water and sewer fees for residents in at least one of its predominantly Black neighborhoods. They’re not paying one red cent in Jacksonville.”

“According to my CAT scan, my lungs are inflamed. I don’t have pneumonia. I’ve never been a smoker. But I’ve smelled smoke and breathed smoke every single day.”

Only one man would feel comfortable blasting a playlist that bounces from improvised jazz to “Disco Inferno,” and that man is presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

"'Our officers just want to go home to their families, too,'" Gelzer says. "But that’s not the same for a citizen who gets stopped by a police officer?"