{"id":1056,"date":"2019-04-17T13:25:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T17:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2021-08-15T13:28:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T17:28:16","slug":"freeman_defoor_sellout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/freeman_defoor_sellout\/","title":{"rendered":"BOUGHT AND PAID FOR: Terrance Freeman and Randy DeFoor Sell Out to Lenny Curry"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1056\" class=\"elementor elementor-1056\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f29577f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"f29577f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b780269\" data-id=\"b780269\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e7f59a elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_banner\" data-id=\"8e7f59a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-qi-banner qodef-layout--standard qodef-vertical--middle qodef-horizontal--center qodef-image--hover-zoom \">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-m-image\">\n\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/BACKGROUND-ARTICLES.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"background articles\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/BACKGROUND-ARTICLES.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/BACKGROUND-ARTICLES-300x39.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/BACKGROUND-ARTICLES-1024x133.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/BACKGROUND-ARTICLES-768x100.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/BACKGROUND-ARTICLES-1536x200.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/BACKGROUND-ARTICLES-700x91.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"qodef-m-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"qodef-m-content-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"qodef-m-title\">\n\t\tBOUGHT AND PAID FOR: Terrance Freeman and Randy DeFoor Sell Out to Lenny Curry\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a9af04e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no\" data-id=\"a9af04e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dec1ffb\" data-id=\"dec1ffb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b5d59d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9b5d59d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><em>In Tweets, Freeman and DeFoor Will Be Complicit in Curry\u2019s Culture of Intimidation and Corruption<\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><em>Berkman Deal Debacle Has Made Clear The Critical Need for Independent Oversight on City Council<\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Lenny Curry\u2019s administration is beset by scandal, the stench of the Berkman deal debacle, and a hyper-politicized culture of intimidation.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>And that\u2019s just the way City Council candidates Terrance Freeman and Randy DeFoor like it.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In Jacksonville\u2019s version of the corrupt bargain, the mayor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lennycurry\/status\/1118509947791319041\">tweeted<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lennycurry\/status\/1118268175848751105\">pictures<\/a>\u00a0of himself with Freeman and DeFoor in front of City Hall and said he was giving them \u201ccampaign resources.\u201d The tweets make clear that Freeman and DeFoor are bought and paid for by the Curry machine \u2014 and that both candidates are comfortable with the way the mayor\u2019s record of scandal and incompetence.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>\u201cThe Berkman deal debacle has made clear the critical need for a City Council that is unafraid to stand up to Mayor Curry, provide strong oversight of this administration, and protect taxpayer money. Terrance Freeman and Randy DeFoor this week made clear that they are simply running to be two yes votes for the Mayor and his ethically challenged administration. Now more than ever we need City Council members who are unbought and unbossed by the corrupt Curry machine,\u201d said Duval County Democratic Party Chair Daniel Henry.<\/strong><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1058  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Terrance-Freeman-and-Randy-DeFoor-Sell-Out-to-Lenny-Curry-1024x659.png\" alt=\"terrance freeman and randy defoor sell out to lenny curry\" width=\"486\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Terrance-Freeman-and-Randy-DeFoor-Sell-Out-to-Lenny-Curry-1024x659.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Terrance-Freeman-and-Randy-DeFoor-Sell-Out-to-Lenny-Curry-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Terrance-Freeman-and-Randy-DeFoor-Sell-Out-to-Lenny-Curry-768x495.png 768w, https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Terrance-Freeman-and-Randy-DeFoor-Sell-Out-to-Lenny-Curry-1536x989.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Terrance-Freeman-and-Randy-DeFoor-Sell-Out-to-Lenny-Curry-700x451.png 700w, https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Terrance-Freeman-and-Randy-DeFoor-Sell-Out-to-Lenny-Curry.png 1618w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/p><p>The tweets come just two days after the Jacksonville Times-Union reported that Curry\u2019s Chief of Staff Brian Hughes allegedly threatened to retaliate against Republican City Councilman Matt Schellenberg for speaking out against the Berkman deal debacle. Earlier, Schellenberg was threatened by Hughes for expressing disappointment that the Curry administration had failed to uncover \u201c$11 million in financial judgments\u201d against the main investor behind a project backed by the administration.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Tweets, Freeman and DeFoor Will Be Complicit in Curry\u2019s Culture of Intimidation and Corruption \u00a0 Berkman Deal Debacle Has Made Clear The Critical Need for Independent Oversight on City Council \u00a0 Lenny Curry\u2019s administration is beset by scandal, the stench of the Berkman deal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duvaldems.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}