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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2016
Vol. 103, No. 226 • Two SecTioNS
Aubrey Edge, a founder of Daily’s
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Deal expands J&J vision products
First Coast suCCess: aubrey edge
You see them all over town, and soon you will see the name on the new amphitheater and flex field at EverBank Field, home of the Jacksonville Jaguars. The name is Daily’s, which is a brand of Jacksonville-based First Coast Energy, which operates more than 200 Shell stations in Florida and North Carolina. Of those, 33 are Daily’s and two more will open this year. First Coast Energy will sponsor the amphitheater and flex field as Daily’s Place. Aubrey Edge, 50, is president of First Coast Energy L.L.P. and its predecessor, Petro Distributing Inc., which was created in 1994. Revenue now exceeds $1 billion and its workforce tops 1,000 employees. In 2004, Edge and his partners branded the Daily’s concept, whose motto is, “It’s nicer here.”
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Johnson & Johnson is expanding its Jacksonville-based eye care products unit with a major acquisition. The medical products giant announced a $4.3 billion agreement to buy Abbott Medical Optics, a deal that adds $1.1 billion in annual sales and three ophthalmic products to its Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. division. Before this expansion, J&J Vision Care has been a contact lens company that produced $1.3 billion in sales in the first half of this year. The acquisition of the Abbott Laboratories subsidiary will expand the business with products in cataract surgery, laser refractive surgery and consumer eye health. “Eye health is one of the largest, McEvoy fastest growing and most underserved segments in health care today,” said Johnson & Johnson Group Chairman Ashley McEvoy in a news release. “With the acquisition of Abbott Medical Optics’ strong and differentiated surgical ophthalmic portfolio, coupled with our world-leading Acuvue contact lens business, we will become a more broad-based leader in vision care,” she said. J&J Vision Care spokeswoman Angela Sekston said it’s too early to speculate if the deal will have an impact on the division’s
Edge orders lunch at a Daily’s Dash self-service station in San Marco.
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Fussell has had successes, challenges during term
By David Chapman Staff Writer Ronnie Fussell has had some successes since he was elected Duval County clerk of courts in 2012. His office was one of the first in the state to comply with a Florida Supreme Court mandate requiring full public access to electronic court records. He secured free juror parking in a garage across the street from the Duval County Courthouse, eliminating the need for a cumbersome shuttle service.
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The Downtown and Beaches offices added passport services that processed 4,000 applications and is expected to bring in $115,000 this fiscal year. And an amnesty program, “Operation Green Light,” in April 2015 accounted for nearly 2,300 cases being paid in full and 355 driver’s licenses reinstated with another 633 made eligible. The daylong event for traffic tickets and criminal fines waived a 40 percent surcharge on fees, which encouraged people to pay down the backlog. In all, more than $513,000 was
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brought in and distributed among the city and state programs. Fussell has had a couple of challenges, too. The office’s initial compliance with the Supreme Court mandate in July 2015 drew complaints from some area attorneys who couldn’t immediately access files because they had not been screened to redact sensitive information. The goal is to allow the public similar access as attorneys, but the initial backlog frustrated many attorneys who were used to the immediate access as the standard. FUSSELL CONTINUED ON PAGE A-11
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Opponent says she would reinstate same-sex weddings
Duval County Clerk of Courts Ronnie Fussell seeks re-election in November. He faces Democrat Paula Bartlett.
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