• The U.S. General Services Administration is looking to put a new Customs and Border Patrol and Coast Guard office in Jacksonville but it won’t be Downtown. According to USGSA Contracting Officer Michael Ellis, an executive order gives first priority to locating the office “in the central business area.” However, because both offices will serve primarily the port, they’ll be built in that area.
• Thanks to a record number of petitions, the City’s Value Adjustment Board — specifically Carol Owens of Legislative Services — will be very busy this year. Usually the VAB gets about 1,500 petitions from people seeking adjustments to their property assessments. This year? How about over 6,000?
• Jaguars Communications Manager Ryan Robinson is responsible for getting coaches and players where they need to be for interviews and appearances, but somebody should have told him he needed to be away from head coach Jack Del Rio at the end of the Senior Bowl on Saturday. After the Jaguars coaching staff guided the South team to a 35-18 win, Del Rio was given the traditional Gatorade shower with Robinson standing next to him.
• The Jacksonville Chapter of the Federal Bar Association will be celebrating U.S. District Court Judge Susan Black’s 30th anniversary on the bench July 10. There will be a luncheon at The River Club.
• As of Monday afternoon, the Famous Chicken was leading the “Entertainer would you most like to see at the Baseball Grounds in 2009” poll on the Jacksonville Suns Web site. The Chicken had 47 percent of 201 votes followed by Zooperstars with 27 percent. Opening day for the Suns is 71 days away.
• Bruce Springsteen will be a lot like Pittsburgh Steelers fans, leaving Florida after the Super Bowl. The U.S. leg of Springsteen’s 2009 tour won’t return to the Sunshine State after the Super Bowl. The closest he will come to Jacksonville will be Atlanta on April 26.