1 PAGE 7: LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID PAGE 30: HOROSCOPES PAGE 36: PRIDE IN THE PGA PAGE 43: I SAW YOU, 2.0H! FREE, AS ALWAYS. NEWS, ARTS, AND OPINION MAGAZINE *MAKING THE MOVEMENT* * * ALWAYS FREE 2 3 VOLUME 34 WHAT’S INSIDE ISSUE 2 A QUICK NOTE ON HOW TO BEST USE THIS ISSUE To see the additional interviews and photos from this issue, you can visit folioweekly.com or scan the QR codes within the print articles. To scan a QR 4. From the Publisher 6. From both sides now code, open your phone’s camera and center the code in the screen, a link Saving and preserving an icon is a Former mayor John Delaney will appear. If your phone does not have this capability, a QR code app can labor of love for the Phillips family. cancels cancel culture. be found in the app store. By John Phillips By John Delaney 8. Behind the Mask 10. Baking it through a pandemic Folio honors the medical staff BEHIND THE COVER: keeping us safe. A Jax Beach staple celebrates its By Folio Staff. fi rst anniversy during COVID-19. * We’re living through a movement so large in scope it is nearly By Lindsey Nolen impossible to capture. For the fi rst cover of Folio 2.0, we wanted to show a moment in the movement, one that traces back to 1619, as you will read in the cover story. How will you remember 2020? We hope you hold onto this cover, like a scrapbook, to tell future generations about the year that we all wore masks and everything 11. We all roll on 15. Making the Movement changed--hopefully. The Jax Roller Derby Girls face off From 1619 to 8:46, where do we against COVID-19. go from here? John Aloszka, Creative Director By Folio Staff By Nikesha Elise Williams 22. At the Center 24. Building Bonds * A mural in the Baker County Bail reform is necessary, but it starts courthouse deserves to go. with compassion. PHOTO OF THE MONTH: By John Phillips During the Jacksonville Community Action Committee protest on June 27, staff writer Isa Barrientos captured this roller skating protester outside 3O.Written in the stars 26. Live PD Interview * the Duval County Jail. Folio Weekly has obtained Mayor Deputy Craigmyle of Live PD Fame Curry’s Birthchart. discussing BLM and police reform. For more photos from the Black By Isa Barrientos By Teresa Spencer Lives Matter protest, scan the code below. Also Inside: 07... Love in the time of COVID-19 36... Pride in the PGA 12... Back to school, maybe? 38... Folio Crossword 21... Will the budget backfi re? 39... Kids Section 27... Day or night, pizza with a sight 43... I Saw You 28... Still Truckin’ 43... Folio Weed 29... It’s a beautiful day to be Black 31. Dear Dumbs with Terry and Shari 34. Gray’s Gridiron 2 4 FROM THE PUBLISHER THE MAIL: 5 THE SYSTEM IS DOWN My sons know who Jordan Davis is. They know he We are fi ghting the same and realize the inequalities in our holds a special place in our lives and that he’s no longer Give a Toy. battles our ancestors fought country, we have an opportunity with us. Neither they, nor I, ever met Jordan. But we know and that our descendants will to change the balance of power. Ron Davis and Lucia McBath well. They are family. From loss fi ght, unless we change the This will not be easy, as those in came second chances. FeeL the Joy. system that we operate in. power are resistant to change, The wealthy have always but a constitutional convention This is Folio Weekly’s second chance as Folio 2.0. Since used their infl uence in politics, may be the best way to reform 1987, Sam Taylor and his team have shaped, informed, and government, and economics to taxation, and to provide more entertained us. They’ve shown us the best, and the worst, make the rules to increase their resources for the lower classes. among us. Over 1650 issues- week after week. I’ve touched wealth and infl uence. The lower We must also address them all during the last classes are considered resources term limits, lobbying reform, DONATE month. The old issues will to be used to perpetuate the and campaign fi nance reform. TO KEEP FOLIO 2.0 PRINTING also be getting a second ruling class and its supporters, Citizens United, where chance in an archive we as they provide the labor to the Supreme Court ruled will build for generations keep society producing for corporations are people, must to read. the upper classes. Education, be overturned. We have an health care, a living wage, and opportunity to move ahead as As a lawyer who deals infrastructure are less important a nation, but we need leaders with signifi cant loss than a second or third home, to take us there. Be a leader or and the worst, most vacations, a yacht, and other support leaders that you believe unimaginable days of luxuries to the ruling class. in. our client’s lives, my law Now, as people protest DAVID STEARNS job is not something I readily share our boys. WONDERWALL: WHAT’S UP WITH But reading is. And storytelling is. Bennett and I have spent VirtuaL TOY & hours upon hours in Folio Weekly’s archives getting me ready MEMORIAL PARK? for our fi rst issue back... laughing and learning, preparing for DONATION DRIVE Jacksonville natives three years to make a relatively this second chance. It’s been exhausting and amazing. recall the damage of Hurricane simple repair, let alone, for a Now untiL JuLy 25, 2020 Irma, especially in the Riverside landmark designated public My warmest regards to Sam area. Residents voyaged into space? Where did the private BRICKBATS + BOUQUETS Taylor. It has been my honor It’s the most wonderful time of the year at Wolfson Children’s the storm to see the St. John’s donations go- are they sitting to learn from you and pick Hospital. It’s Christmas in July, and this year, it’s 100% online pouring over into Memorial in an account, waiting to match BRICKBAT TO KIM DANIELS up where you left off. Your to keep patients, caregivers and you safe against COVID-19. Park. In the aftermath, Irma with the alleged and elusive Rep. Kim Daniels, facing a tough primary challenge, kindness and dedication is left mementos; several inches FEMA funds? It shouldn’t be a has resorted to giving out gas gift cards to her to be commended. I told You can still help us restock toys and games, which run low this of water, strewn branches, and civilian’s responsibility to save a constituients. As the old addage goes, if you can’t you I’d fi nally get a photo of time of year, and have a huge impact on the healing process for the gorgeous balustrade that fl agship of their community. convince voters, buy them. you in Folio Weekly after 33 our patients at Wolfson Children’s Hospital. Toys help patients bordered the river completely One could go on about years. feel like kids again. destroyed. taxpayer money and how BOUQUET TO RANDY DEFOOR Nearly three years later, this plays into public works, Our team is small, but Give online at ChristmasJuly.com or check out our Wolfson When massive fl ooding struck Riverside, City the park has mostly returned however, the city invalidates Councilwoman Randy Defoor went to Willow spectacular. Our friends Children’s Hospital baby registry on Amazon.com. If you are a to its heyday with blossoming this: they were swift to tear down have been incredible and are expanding. Our desire to fi nd regular Amazon shopper, please consider using AmazonSmile Branch Park with her executive council assistant, foliage and casual picnics in the the Landing in the course of a Brooks Dame, to see the damage for herself. CM commonality and reason is limitless. We owe each other and choosing Wolfson Children’s Hospital as your Charity of grass. However, the balustrade year but stall with these repairs. opportunity to grow and learn and to give -and get- second Choice. Each time you shop, eligible purchases result in a Defoor swore that she would work to fi x the horrid has not been rebuilt, despite A dead mall went down, but a infastructure issues--and we believe her. chances. donation to Wolfson Children’s at no cost to you. promises from the city for repairs popular fi xture can’t be brought over the years. Over a year back up. To Jordan Davis: fi ghting for you taught me more about love, ago, a gaudy chain link fence Certainly, there are more BRICKBAT TO JEA life and loss than I could ever imagine. I dedicate this issue took place of the balustrade, questions than answers. Heads Even though COVID-19 continues to ravage our to you and your family, to the lives prematurely ended. May decorated with fl yers and are scratched, optimism wanes. community, JEA found it appropriate to restart they all provide us a second chance to be better. resources for private donations Maybe it’s time to make some disconnections for customers. As a community to rebuild it. Earlier this year, calls or just hold out for the owned utility, JEA should be focused on making Excuse our dust, but it’s built with love. FEMA offered to make a plan best. But just like the iconic sure citizens are taken care of, instead of leaving to fi x the balustrade and seven bronze cast angel, our hope them to swelter in the July heat.