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December 2009 December 29 - Person of the Year: Stetson Kennedy The 93-year-old former Klan-buster counts 2009 as one of his busiest years yet. Ecomonic interests trump environmental concerns in Jacksonville's pursuit of the St. Johns River dredging. Homegrown punk rockers Evergreen Terrace celebrates 10 years of making joyful noise. December 8 - Age Inappropriate The prosecution of teens as adults surges under State Attorney Angela Corey, despite a national consensus that it doesn't work. Kiko Battle was stopped by police because he wasn't using a sidewalk. He ended up dead. Is this style of law enforcement reducing violence? November 2009 Solantic founder Rick Scott has spent millions attacking health care reform. But his business model raises its own troubling questions. November 17 - Holiday Gift Guide Fun Stuff! Local Shops! Holiday Events! After a lifelong struggle with mental illness and addiction, Jacksonville writer Kathy Horak committed suicide. Her family agreed that this story be published posthumously in her name. It is their hope that it will help someone avoid a similar tragic end. Marion Jackson only lived in the hell hole on East 12th Street because he couldn't see it. October 2009 Fear & Loathing in Northeast Florida October 20 - FL/GA Bingo and Best of Jax Part 2 Tramp Stamps, Man-Boobs and Sam Kouvaris Sightings: It's Time To Play... October 13 - Best of Jax Readers' Poll 2009 A lickably sweet guide to all that's awesome from Ft. Clinch to the Matanzas Bay. October 6 - The Different Kinds of People That There Are Just to name a few: People who choose to correct you about the definition of "Hobo", people who still have jobs, people who care about "Tweet" being the verb form of "Twitter" and have opinions about its usage... September 2009 September 29 - Peanut Butter Salvation Why a Southside MegaChurch things that goldfish swallowing and toe licking will lead the next generation to God. A Jacksonville businessman blames his spectacular real estate collapse on a local bank. This issue also contains our Fall Menu Guide. Springfield's "Renaissance Man" Craig Van Horn becomes a casualty of the market that made him a hero. September 8 - Fall Arts Preview A comprehensive list of art festivals and events this season. How Florida's Corporate Tax Credit Scholarship program dodges state law to fund private religious schools. August 2009 Welcome to Main Street: The intersection of Walgreens and CVS Northeast Florida's most notorious "monkey fisherman" sits down for an interview by a former law-enforcement nemesis. August 11 - Bite by Bite by Cuisine Dining from Ft. Clinch to Matanzas Bay! Fernandina Beach's Felix Jones is a city vendor, a community icon and proof that goodness is often better than greatness. July 2009 July 27 - David Petlansky is a Dean Man A year after escaping a hired hit, a Riverside man awaits justice for the privileged son who paid to have him murdered. County Commissioner Ken Bryan redefines what it means to be black and Republican in white -- and red -- St. Johns County. July 14 - Field Guide to Northeast Florida All the information you need to survive and thrive from Fort Clinch to the Matanzas Bay. How an unelectable Bible Boy became a Jacksonville City Council force majeure. June 2009 Getting by, getting over and getting it done: Life along Lem Turner Road. The real estate bust has left residents of large planned communities without neighbors, amenities, or any real sense of when that might change. What water shortage? Local water regulators give a water use permit to a mudbogging facility. Jamie Salcedo is either an exploitative scumbag or an entrepreneur with a heart. A look at the man who brought you the Caylee Sunshine Doll. Having infiltrated St. Augustine's tourist trade, faux pirates now threaten to sink the ship of historic legitimacy. May 2009 May 26 - Ultimate Summer Guide 2009 Hit the beach -- and everywhere else -- with our essential guide to what to do and where to go this summer! A photographic essay of the Black Kids on tour. Cinephile Central: Jacksonville Film Festival 2009 Despite having one of the highest arrest and incarceration rates in the country, Jacksonville can't shake the title of murderville. A look at why cops aren't stopping the bad guys. April 2009 Twenty years after a court order to integrate, Jacksonville's fire department struggles with racial divisions, allegations of favoritism and more discrimination-based lawsuits. Our 18th annual biggest, bestest guide to keeping little Billy busy all summer. Folio Weekly celebrates the innovators, motivators and instigators on Northeast Florida's art scene. A shattered bone, a broken trust: How my own police brutality case taught me more than I'd ever wanted to know about how the system really works. March 2009 How a mild-mannered historian forced they oldest city to grapple with a past it would sooner forget. Chasing sushi dragons from Fort Clinch to the Matanzas Bay. March 17 - Every Child Left Behind Parents and educators rally to save Florida from the cruelest cuts. How a giant dirt pit in St. Johns County demonstrates the failure of the regulatory machine in Northeast Florida. A former UNF professor pushes complacent Americans to live greener. February 2009 February 24 - JSO's Rising Deathtoll A police shooting of an unarmed, fleeing and partially paralyzed teenager raises questions about the need for citizen oversight of JSO's rising deathtoll. A new lawsuit claims the city's behind-the-scenes land deal enabled Jaxport to gobble up Mayport. February 10 - Book of Love, More Unrequited Love Stories, and Wedding Planner Read love messages from Folio Weekly readers and our annual wedding guide February 3 - Miller's Crossing If Jacksonville ethics officer Carla Miller keeps asking the right questions of the wrong people, she may not have a job much longer. January 2009 January 27 - Health & Beauty Issue Everything from raw foods to plastic surgery. Also, copious listings of all things healthy. Our annual list of who sucks the most. Water, that is. First-hand accounts of how it feels to be out of work in the worst economy in decades. Walter Coker's ten years of photographs
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