• Eric Green, the former deputy chief administrative officer under former Mayor John Delaney, has been tabbed by the Jacksonville Port Authority for its recently created Director of Government Affairs position. The Monday story said Green will report directly to David Kaufman, the senior director of planning and port development. Port Authority spokesman, Robert Peek, said the position was created out of need because the Port has changed so much over the past few years. “We wanted to create a job that would help us maintain good communication with the local, state and federal elected officials,” said Peek.
• Also in Monday’s paper City Council President Kevin Hyde introduced legislation that addresses pay day lenders all over Jacksonville. Currently, the laws governing those lenders are vague and tough to enforce. Through Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Hyde — an attorney with Foley & Lardner — hopes to put the clamps on high-interest loans that prey on the military and disadvantaged.
• Editorial Director Fred Seely went to New York for the Jaguars game against the New York Jets. The Jags won a thriller in overtime, 26-20, and Seely caught up with several Jags fans who made the trip in a story for Tuesday’s paper. In Thursday’s paper, he did a story on the urban legend surrounding former Teamsters Union boss Jimmy Hoffa and his much-debated burial location.
• The City, particularly the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission, has decided that no more City incentives will be awarded to Southbank residential projects. With The Strand and San Marco Place coming out of the ground and The Peninsula soon to follow, JEDC Deputy Executive Director Jean Miller said she would like to see those projects come to fruition and examine their impact on the area before proceeding much further with any other residential towers. “I think I can say that you won’t see any more incentive deals for residential projects on the Southbank,” said Miller in a story Wednesday.