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Yahoo
6 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
Incoming City Council president said he felt 'threatened' by another City Councilman
There was a tense moment in a Jacksonville City Council meeting this week. Incoming City Council president Kevin Carrico, said he felt 'threatened' by City Councilman Matt Carlucci and requested that the sergeant at arms remove Carlucci from council chambers. The two were debating a bill that would make some changes to the Downtown Investment Authority. Carrico is the sponsor of that bill. It would enable the DIA to file legislation directly with the council president, thereby sidestepping the Mayor's budget review process. It would also require the DIA's CEO to be confirmed by the council, and gives the council and/or the DIA Board the authority to remove the CEO with a majority vote. Councilman Carlucci is not a member of the special committee on the future of downtown. But he helped put the DIA together. He said the DIA is meant to be independent. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< 'The DIA has its own board,' Carlucci said. 'They hire and then they fire the DIA board, who the executive director or the CEO reports to. That's the way it should stay.' Councilman Carrico said, 'With autonomy comes accountability. It is not a power trip, it's an accountability thing. The likelihood of the council wanting to remove a CEO would be pretty extreme.' In a video from Thursday's meeting, you can see Carlucci get up from his seat and stand near Carrico. That's when Carrico said he felt threatened. Action News Jax asked Carlucci what he was doing by approaching Carrico. Carlucci said, 'I walked up, as I normally do, before I leave a meeting early, and walked over to the chair and to say I'm leaving early. He was engaged in conversation.' We reached out to Councilman Kevin Carrico for an interview. He replied back saying 'no comment'. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
Fox News
18 hours ago
- Politics
- Fox News
EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Mace dismisses 'burner' account allegations as 'bitter exes' tale
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is firing back at accusations she directed staffers to create so-called "burner" accounts to boost her image online, telling Fox News Digital the claims are from "bitter exes" and lack any real proof. "When a story relies on 'anonymous former staffers,' it's journalist-speak for 'We didn't have anything real, so we called the bitter exes,'" Mace said, responding to a recent article published by Wired magazine. The article cited former aides and consultants, including a deposition from political consultant Wesley Donehue, to allege Mace used burner accounts and even automated bots to amplify her political messaging. But Mace, who chairs the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation, isn't buying it. "Unlike some folks, I don't need a burner phone to tell the truth," she said. "I say what I mean, I mean what I say, and I post it from my real account, with my name on it. Accountability starts there." At a time when anonymous sources dominate headlines, Mace is leaning into her reputation for saying the quiet part out loud. "I'll keep telling the uncomfortable truth," she added. "And if it makes you squirm, good. That means you're finally paying attention." Mace has built her brand on fighting for survivors of sexual assault, including her own, and advocating for policies that protect women and parental rights. She has taken public stands on legislation to preserve Title IX protections for biological women and expand access to resources for survivors of violence. Earlier this month, she called out a transgender activist accused of threatening to "assassinate" her, saying, "You don't have to agree with me, but threatening a mother and congresswoman with violence isn't protest, it's criminal." In the interview, Mace pointed to her real-world experience in tech, a rarity in Congress, as a major asset in crafting meaningful policy. "Well, for starters, I actually understand the intricacies of technology, which already puts me ahead of most of Washington," Mace said, referring to her background as a self-taught computer coder. "We're writing policy focused on protecting your data, cracking down on cyber threats, and pushing back against Big Tech censorship." Her hands-on experience, she said, helps her spot both software flaws and political spin. "It turns out writing code teaches you to spot bugs in software and in political BS," Mace said. When asked how she keeps her office's online work grounded in conservative principles like accountability and leadership, Mace didn't miss a beat. "I lead with facts, I speak for the people who sent me here and I don't hide behind consultants or filtered statements," she said. "Being accountable means saying the hard stuff, standing your ground and not running from a fight, even if it makes the media clutch their pearls." As for the viral video online showing what appeared to be a stack of burner phones, Mace had a laugh at the spectacle. "About as many burner phones as Wired has credible sources for 'burner-gate,'" she quipped. She even poked fun at claims on social media with a tongue-in-cheek AI-generated image of herself holding two Bernese Mountain dogs outside the Capitol, captioned it, "It's true. I have multiple berners!" Mace made it clear she sees this controversy as more smoke than fire, one she believes won't distract her from the work of legislating and representing her district. Mace is the first woman to graduate from South Carolina's Citadel and the first woman elected to represent Charleston in Congress.
Yahoo
19 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
Ex-McHenry County detective pleads guilty to multiple charges: sheriff
The Brief Former McHenry County Detective Marvel pleaded guilty May 30 to two counts of official misconduct. He was placed on administrative leave in September 2023 following an off-duty incident and resigned in December that year before an internal investigation was completed. The sheriff's office reported his resignation to the state board for potential decertification, citing a commitment to accountability and transparency. MCHENRY COUNTY, Ill. - A former McHenry County detective has pleaded guilty to multiple charges following a lengthy investigation into an off-duty incident, authorities said. What we know The detective, Christopher Marvel, was placed on administrative leave on Sept. 16, 2023, after the sheriff's office administration was notified of an "off-duty incident." An internal investigation was launched, but Marvel resigned on Dec. 21, 2023, before it was completed, according to the McHenry County Sheriff's Office. On Feb. 16, 2024, the Illinois State Police and the McHenry County State's Attorney's Office filed charges against Marvel, including: 8 counts of official misconduct 2 counts of solicitation of a sexual act 1 count of defrauding drug and alcohol screening tests According to court records, Marvel pleaded guilty to two counts of official misconduct and pleaded not guilty to the other charges. What they're saying "The McHenry County Sheriff's Office holds every member of our team to the highest standards of integrity and accountability. When we were first made aware of Marvel's actions, we took swift action—placing him on administrative leave and launching an internal investigation. Before that process concluded, he resigned in December 2023, and his resignation while under investigation was reported to the Illinois Training and Standards Board in accordance with the SAFE-T Act. The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board is responsible for decertification, which means revoking an officer's certification to work as a law enforcement officer," the sheriff's office said. Further details on the case haven't been released.
CBS News
21 hours ago
- Politics
- CBS News
Baltimore County school fails to notify mother of brutal bullying incident
A Baltimore County mother is demanding accountability after she says her sixth-grade son was assaulted by two students at General John Stricker Middle School and that the school never informed her of the incident. The woman, who asked not to be identified for safety reasons, said her son was supposed to be taking the MCAP state assessment on Tuesday when he was allegedly attacked in a hallway. Video of the incident, which has circulated on social media, appears to show the boy being knocked to the ground and later stomped on the head by another student after briefly being restrained by a staff member. "I just want to go through the video and help my child," the mother said. "It's a bunch of adults just standing there. It makes me angry because of the amount of people who were standing around with no compassion." She said she learned of the incident not from school officials but from her seventh-grade daughter, who also attends Stricker Middle. The daughter called her crying, she said. "My stepdaughter calls me, I hear crying in the background," she recalled. "They said, 'He's on the floor and they couldn't get to him." Denied entry into school The mother said she rushed to the school, which is located less than a mile from her home, but was denied entry. She said a school resource officer confronted her outside. "She threatened to kick me off the property," the mother said. "She started a countdown telling me to get off the property, and I said, 'I'm not going anywhere. My children are in the school — I need to know what's going on with my son." The mother said she took her son to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he was diagnosed with a concussion. She claims that the school nurse and staff failed to call 911 after the assault. Baltimore County Public Schools issued a statement in response to the incident: "Any student that engages in disruptive and dangerous behavior — such as fighting or assaulting another student — would receive serious consequences aligned with the BCPS Student Handbook and Board policy. That behavior would not be tolerated at any BCPS school." The mother said her son will not return to Stricker Middle School and that she has retained legal counsel.
Wall Street Journal
a day ago
- General
- Wall Street Journal
Watergate-Style Hearings for the Biden Coverup
The massive coverup of Joe Biden's mental decline has stimulated plenty of indignant commentary. Missing from the hand-wringing is a demand for accountability, which brings to mind the quip: 'Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.' This newspaper and recently published books have exposed the trickery and lies of Mr. Biden's minions and Democratic allies, who attempted to wield power in a leaderless vacuum. It was perfectly described in Tunku Varadarajan's review of Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book, 'Original Sin,' as resembling 'a hush-hush leftist capture of an infirm president.' A White House cadre, with media connivance, hoped to drag their puppet over the electoral line to win four additional years of power, dangerously undermining the institutional integrity of the presidency. Memorial Day has come and gone, and Washington's elite is already enabling the machinery to which the Democratic left turns in the face of scandal—elevating sideshows such as insupportable claims that Republicans are destroying Medicaid or rants regarding President Trump's dispute with Harvard, all to make this latest deceit disappear like April's cherry blossoms.
