Bouquets and Brickbats

February 28, 2025
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BOUQ:

To the Jacksonville Sports Foundation for naming Samantha Vance as its new executive director. Vance has a proven track record demonstrating impactful leadership throughout her career, including consulting with the NFL and the NBA.  She also has many years of experience leading nonprofits.  

 

BRICK

To the JEA Board for approving a whopping 25% salary increase for its CEO Vickie Cavey. Cavey’s new salary is $700,000 per year (or $336.54 per hour for anyone counting). Of course, the board insists her enormous salary has nothing to do with a potential rate increase customers could see beginning April 1, which, unfortunately, is not an April Fools’ Day joke.

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