Our man, Brian Baldwin, reports an ‘Angela Sighting.’
“She just drove up in a big Cadillac Escalade or similar Giant SUV. The windows were smoked so you couldn’t see inside. Suddenly, the window rolled down and THERE SHE WAS!” exclaimed Brian. He said she appeared to be evaluating her new digs at 311 West Monroe. “Just as quickly as she appeared – SHE WAS GONE! I guess she was satisfied with what she saw. She gave me a glance and slight grin and away she flew – faster than Santa.”
“The word on the street is that State Attorney Angela Corey will not be getting wet walking into the New Duval County Courthouse from the State Attorney’s Office next door,” he added.
Chief Judge Donald Moran had publicly opposed the idea of a walkway and the discussions were widely reported by The Florida Times-Union. Corey argued on the side of security for her staff and, adding to her win loss ratio, she won.
Complete drawings and renderings for the project are on the city website and available for download and viewing with Adobe Acrobat Viewer. Work on the walkway will not begin until 2011 but structural changes to the New Courthouse must be made immediately.
The document contains wording explaining that the funding for this walkway was in the original new courthouse budget.
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