• A related note to our story today involving the proposed Riverside Artist Market and the old Fuller Warren Bridge. The St. Johns River Water Management Group plans to discuss removing what’s left of the old structure at its July 12 meeting. If Andy Johnson, the local radio personality who wants it to remain, plans to attend he’s going to have to get on the agenda early or skip his own show. The meeting starts at 1 p.m. Johnson’s show runs from 2-6 p.m.
• Richard Clark, though still in his first few months on the City Council, is putting the next 10 days to good use. The Council is in the middle of a two-week hiatus, but Clark was seen Wednesday morning at City Hall looking over a map of all of the City-owned property in Duval County. Clark said that with all of the talk surrounding the upcoming tight fiscal year, the City may want to consider selling some of its land to account for the impending shortfalls. “It’s worth looking at,” he said. “There’s so much of it and, aside from it being valuable, it would be smart put some of it back on the tax rolls.”
• Speaking of the down time over at the City Council offices right now, the Mayor’s office is also making the most of it. Mayor John Peyton and chief policy advisor Adam Hollingsworth are meeting face-to-face with each of the Council’s standing committee chairs this week.
• In a City Note last week, we said the San Marco bar Local’s is closing. True and not true. Local’s is moving around the corner to 1216 Kings Ave. and general manager Preston Waldrop says the bar will reopen Sept. 1
• State Sen. Steve Wise has moved his district office to 1460 Cassat Ave. Suite B. The phone number’s the same: 381-6000.
• Thirsty Thursdays at the Jacksonville Suns games have proven so popular the team is holding them when the players are on the road. Starting this Thursday (tonight), the band C-5 will play, admission is $2 and the Budwesiers are still $1. Next Thursday, the Wes Cobb band will play even though the team will be on the Southern League All-Star Game break.