• Think all the limos left town when the Super Bowl crowd departed? Judging from the line of long vehicles at Monday night’s Jimmy Buffett concert, plenty are still around.
• City Council president Elaine Brown is neither supporting nor opposing Art Shad’s idea to list Council member attendance on the internet. However, she does look forward to seeing it discussed. “I haven’t taken a position on it at this time, but it’s a very interesting idea and one that I’m sure will endure a lot of debate and scrutiny from the Council,” she said. “A lot.”
• Now open: Pizza Palace in Five Points.
• The menu at Tropical Smoothie in San Marco has taken an interesting turn. They still serve sandwiches and smoothies, but they’ve added beer specials.
• The City’s Property Safety Division is moving. On Monday, March 14 they’ll relocate to 1801 Museum Dr. Their offices will be on the second floor.
• Effective today, Jeanne Miller is the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission’s interim executive director. She’ll likely serve in that capacity until the end of April when a permanent replacement for Kirk Wendland is hired.
• We may have misled you in a recent story about Ever Bank’s Susan White. When she was at the old Barnett Bank, her duties didn’t include lobbying or asset management.
• The Dalton Agency added four new hires. Art director Wesley Wright comes to the firm after three years in Atlanta with TMP Worldwide. Kathryn Miller will work in design layout after previous stints with Habitat for Humanity in St. Augustine and the St. Augustine Record. Kelly Senteno is back with the firm as a media buyer. Jim Strickland will work with clients Special Counsel and McDonald’s as a media coordinator.
• The Florida Wildlife Foundation, a statewide nature advocacy group, is supporting Mayor John Peyton for reconsidering the destruction of the old Fuller Warren Bridge. President Manley Fuller said he’d like to see the bridge turned into a public pier. Fishing provides Florida with more tourism dollars than any other activity, he said, with an annual impact of almost $8 billion.
• If you were among the Firehouse Subs customers who deposited money in the firefighter boots at the downtown and San Marco locations, then your money is on the way to help victims of the December tsunami. The sandwich chain’s founders, Robin and Chris Sorenson, presented the Salvation Army in Northeast Florida with a check for $7,000 collected in boots at all 175 stores.
• Seems often that more things close down at the World Golf Village than not, but here’s an opening — a cafe will be open every day except Sunday in the Hall of Fame area.
• The Jaguars signed safety Donovin Darius to the “franchise” tag Tuesday, making it the third straight year he became the team’s designated player. According to league rules, he gets a big salary but can’t go elsewhere. Only one other Jag ever was “franchised” in the rule’s four years — remember defensive end Tony Brackens?