• There’s a new security measure in the City Council offices. At the front desk a “panic button” has been installed at the front desk. If needed, the button sends a signal directly to the police station.
• The City is holding a book fair through Wednesday in the Lynwood Roberts Room at City Hall.
• Speaking of the City, it owes the IRS $160 in penalties because the City didn’t file its tax exempt Form 990 on time. The IRS wants its money by May 18.
• This may help explain why LandMar is in default on the Shipyards property for not paying the 2008 property taxes. According to the most recent financial statements of LandMar Group, LLC and parent company Crescent Holdings, LLC, for the quarter ending March 31 LandMar Group’s total current assets were negative $36.4 million.
• According to Todd Linder, administrator of planning, grants and development for the Jacksonville Aviation Authority, JAA will hold a public hearing May 14 to discuss a “reusable launch vehicle program” at Cecil Field. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. at the Cecil Field Conference Center. If JAA gets all the necessary approvals, Cecil Field could become home to commercial space operations.
• Speaking of Cecil Field, the April 8-19 air show attracted approximately 28,000 people. Proceeds from ticket sales totaled $110,000 which has been donated to the Alan Henley Foundation. Henley, the former leader of The Aeroshell Aerobatic Team, was paralyzed from the chest down last July. In addition part of the proceeds from the air show benefited FDR for MS Research, Inc. Funds raised from food and drink sales at the event and participation fees from a motorcycle poker run held during the air show brought in another $22,000, which will be used towards the organization’s mission of finding a cure for Multiple Sclerosis.
• Attorney Becky Barlow is the most recent addition to the Law Offices of Stone & Associates. The firm also congratulated former partner Julie Taylor on her appointment as Assistant State Attorney in charge of the Juvenile Division.
• The Jacksonville Bar Association may be joining the masses of adults that have journeyed back to the playground. Kickball may be added to its list of sports leagues and veteran kickball player Eileen LaCivita of Tritt & Franson has been charged with organizing the league.
• Speaking of Tritt & Franson, the firm has become Tritt Henderson recently. Albert Franson and Chris Iseley left the firm to create Franson & Iseley. Reese Henderson Jr. is the new partner with Tritt Henderson.
• Wednesday, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department will hold a graduation ceremony for recruit class 109 at the South Campus of Florida Community College at Jacksonville. The ceremony is at 7 p.m.
• Downtown Vision Inc. Board Chair Jay Southerland has asked Mayor John Peyton to delay the implementation of the new Bay Street traffic signalization system. According to Southerland, the DVI board voted April 22 to ask for the delay so property owners in the area can address their concerns about the project and the impact it will have on their businesses.