The Jacksonville Jaguars 2005 media guide (on the right side of the photo with last year’s on the left) is out and features a night shot of Alltel Stadium with the faint hint of the team’s logo in the background. It’s 368 pages long and costs $10. Compare that to 1996, the team’s second season, when the guide was 256 pages, cost $5 and featured Mark Brunell on the cover.
• Legislation has been filed that would appoint City Council member Suzanne Jenkins as an alternate for Mayor John Peyton on the First Coast Metropolitan Planning Organization board. The MPO advocates on behalf of the area to get dollars for various transportation projects.
• Speaking of Jenkins, she’ll be gone for about two weeks. She and her oldest daughter Shyla are going to New York City.
• The Police and Fire Pension Fund has produced a comprehensive report about the Laura Trio. The report includes an 18-page introduction and 20 chapters worth of exhibits. The Fund is working with the City to secure funding to refurbish the Bisbee Building, the Florida Life Building and the Marble Bank Building.
• The Dames Point Bridge is about to get a fresh coat of paint. Representatives from The Florida Department of Transportation said the project should get underway sometime in 2006.
• On the mend: City Council member Lake Ray, who hurt his back over the weekend. Ray is said to be taking it easy in the meantime and is expected to make a complete recovery.
• Happy Birthday to Jacksonville Community Council, Inc. The non-profit group is about to turn 30. A reception and dinner to mark the event has been scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 25 at the Schultz Center. Call JCCI for more details.
• Even though Kevin Hyde is the newly-elected City Council president, he hasn’t forgotten how he makes a living and apparently neither has his wife Kathi. Hyde, an attorney, jokingly told the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Government Affairs Committee this week that Kathi frequently reminds him to “bill some hours before he comes home.”