• The Duval County Democratic Lawyers Task Force is hosting a get-together Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Democratic Party campaign headquarters to introduce attorneys to the Task Force and discuss how they can participate in the group, which will monitor voting precincts during the upcoming election to make sure all the votes are counted properly. Scott Maddox, chair of the Florida Democratic Party is the speaker.
• Reminder: the Jacksonville Bar Association’s annual meeting is Thursday at the Omni. It’ll be the last chance to vote in the Board of Governors election.
• U.S. District Judge Timothy Corrigan is the speaker at Thursday’s Jacksonville Bankruptcy Bar Association meeting. It begins at noon at Sterling’s Downtown.
• Renovations are underway on the old Lerner Building on West Adams Street. It’s a mixed-use project that includes a restaurant and office space.
• Dan McCarthy, director of military affairs for the City, will be the luncheon speaker for the next meeting of the Jacksonville chapter of the Federal Bar Association on July 21. The chapter plans to start meeting every other month.
• The Landing is expanding its music repertoire in preparation for Memorial Day and will have live music Tuesday through May 31 by a different band every night. The bands — primarily jazz, reggae and cover bands — will be in the courtyard deep into the evening every day. Eight waterfront restaurants will also be offering drink specials.
• Visitors to the beach now have another lodging option. The Marriott Fairfield Inn and Suites opened last week and business was brisk over the weekend.
• After 20 years, the Famous Amos in Atlantic Beach at the intersection of A1A and Atlantic Boulevard may be closing. The restaurant is up for sale and the employees have been told to look for new jobs. An office complex may replace the restaurant.
• The Jacksonville Economic Development Commission sent out mass mailers to area businesses, reminding those that qualified to take advantage of Empowerment Zone tax credits. The JEDC reports that it alerted several businesses to the credits in time to take advantage.
• Sail Jacksonville 2004 chair Gary Anderson made a special request following a recent press conference. After climbing aboard the Grand Nellie, Anderson, yelled “fire in the hole” and fired the ships’s cannon. However, Anderson requested ear plugs beforehand.