Dr. Ceil Pillsbury Discussing

The Jacksonville Hustle is a multimedia book I am writing that chronicles the audacious fraud of Jacksonville Mayoral aides as they almost pulled off a caper of daring fearlessness: The secret sale of the citizen-owned Jacksonville Electrical Authority for $11B dollar to their confederates at Florida Power & Light.  A nearly ~ $800M slush fund would have personally enriched the JEA collaborators and the power-addicted, self-described “Bad Boys” of City Hall.

The grand prize, however, belonged to Mayor Curry: A massive War Chest that would place him in the Governor’s Office with his CAO, Bryan Hughes, and political consultant, Tim Baker, sitting on top of the power heap in Tallahassee.

As if treachery by the Mayor’s office wasn’t enough, Jacksonville’s hard-working citizens have been recently shocked that those atop Duval Country Public Schools, a critically important mainstay in the community, were willing to betray their students and families by ignoring 2,785 complaints of sexual misconduct against a long-term vocal teacher at the award-winning magnet school Douglas Andersen.  Instead of Duval County Public School’s Superintendent Greene, her top staff, and DCPS School Board Members choosing to protect the safety of the youth entrusted to their care, they chose to protect the reputation of their nationally known, award-winning magnet school.