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🚨 MAYOR DEEGAN’S $28 MILLION PUBLIX GRANT — WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER $19.25 MILLION? 💰 WATCH THE VIDEO! 👇 Jacksonville Mayor @MayorDeegan is trying to make the controversial downtown Publix incentive package more acceptable to City Council by announcing that only $9 MILLION would come from the city’s General Fund. Sounds like a major reduction, right? NOT SO FAST! Here’s what the original deal included: 💰 $28.25 MILLION — Cash completion grant to the developer. 💰 $21.412 MILLION — Property-tax-based REV grant over 17 years. 🚨 TOTAL PROPOSED PUBLIC INCENTIVES: $49.662 MILLION! Now Deegan says the General Fund contribution is being reduced to just $9 million. THAT LEAVES $19.25 MILLION THAT NEEDS AN EXPLANATION! Was the grant actually reduced? Was the remaining money shifted to another taxpayer-funded account? Or was the financing simply restructured to make the deal easier for Council to approve? The original DIA documents identified the General Fund as the source of the completion grant. And here’s another important detail: The $28.25 million completion grant goes to the DEVELOPMENT ENTITY, 119 Beaver St W, LLC — not directly to Publix! This is not simply a grocery store incentive. It’s part of a much larger taxpayer-supported private development deal. And Deegan wants Council members to look beyond their so-called “political concerns”? NO, MAYOR. THESE ARE TAXPAYER CONCERNS! Before City Council votes on Ordinance 2026-0541, taxpayers deserve a revised financial breakdown showing: The exact source of every dollar of the $28.25 million completion grant. Whether the $19.25 million difference has been eliminated or moved elsewhere. Whether the total $49.662 million incentive package has been reduced. The enforceable public benefits, job commitments, and taxpayer protections. Jacksonville residents should not have to piece together a nearly $50 MILLION incentive package from television interviews! Don’t fall for the 🐂💩 Council conmen @MattCarlucciAL4 , @JimmyPelusoCD7 and @rahmanj tonight!! 📄 OFFICIAL CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATION: jaxcityc.legistar.com/Legisl… 📄 ORIGINAL DIA BOARD DOCUMENTS: dia.jacksonville.gov/cms/get… @CityOfJax @NickHowland15 @RoryDiamond @Ron_Salem @CMKevinCarrico @ActionNewsJax @wjxt4 @FCN2go @WOKVNews @JAXTDY @JaxBizJournal @kenamaro9 @jaxdotcom @DTJax #Jacksonville #JaxWatchdog #DowntownJax #Publix #TaxpayerAccountability 🇺🇸 Follow @Jax_Watchdog for independent Jacksonville government accountability, exposing wasteful spending and holding elected officials accountable!