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BY MAX MARBUT
THE CANDIDATES
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
The office of the Duval County Tax Collector now sits empty. Michael Corrigan resigned May 30 to become the CEO of Visit Jacksonville, setting up a special election for the seat Aug. 28. Here are the candidates, all former or current City Council members:
authorized to collect city and state revenue will bring with them years of experience as an elected official. One is a current City Council member (Carter), three are former council members (Jones, Overton and Ray), two are former state representatives (Jones and Ray) and one is a former constitutional officer (Overton). Having a former council member or state legislator elected to a consti-
The American Bar Association has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought against it in federal court by Florida Coastal School of Law. Florida Coastal, along with the two other law schools owned by Naples, Florida-based InfiLaw Corp., in May filed due process complaints in federal courts in response to the ABA finding that the schools are not in compliance with standards related to admissions and curriculum that have resulted in poor first-time Bar exam pass percentages for its graduates. The pass rate for Florida Coastal was 42.7 percent for the July 2017 Florida Bar exam; 62.1 percent in February, below the ABA minimum standard of 75 percent within two years of graduating. The February results for Florida Coastal’s graduates was the fourth-highest pass rate in the state among 11 law schools, according to the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. Arizona Summit School of Law, also owned by InfiLaw, reported a 20.1 percent pass rate in July 2017 and 19.8 percent in February. It was placed on probation by the ABA in March 2017. The other InfiLaw school, Charlotte School of Law in North Carolina, closed in August. Its graduates had a 34.1 percent Bar passage rate in July 2017. Florida Coastal was notified in October that the Accreditation Committee of the ABA Council of the Section of Legal Education
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Doyle Carter Republican
City Council: 1999-2003 and 2011-present
Mia Jones Democrat City Council: 2003-08 State House: 2008-15 Jim Overton Republican City Council: 1992-2003 Duval County property appraiser: 2004-16
Whoever is elected will bring years of public service experience to the office. BY MAX MARBUT
Lake Ray Republican City Council: 1999-2007 State House: 2008-12
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
W
ith four candidates on the primary election ballot, it’s likely that whether Doyle Carter, Mia Jones, Jim Overton or Lake Ray will be the next Duval County Tax Collector won’t be known until voters go to the polls for the general election in November. What is known is that whoever is sworn in to lead the county constitutional office
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