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After Zahn’s downfall, Curry stepped into his shoes.. trying to speed up the timeline for bidders to submit final offers to purchase JEA, .. It didn’t work, and now the actions of both appear to be of interest to federal prosecutors.
...Times Union.
Lock him up, lock him up!
...Times Union.
Lock him up, lock him up!
Some believe Zahn simply got greedy. Others believe in a more complex conspiracy that reaches into City Hall. Zahn’s defenders, and Zahn himself, believe he has been scapegoated for pursuing a politically unpopular policy decision.
Zahn’s ultimate aim, JEA says in its lawsuit, was to “sell JEA and loot it for millions of dollars in the process.”
There was a carefully orchestrated process under the guise of strategic planning to convince the board that JEA had to be sold, while simultaneously creating a (bonus plan) under which management would reap huge financial rewards from such a sale.”
Records to City Council investigative committee showed the company hired 2 consultants w close ties to Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry: Tim Baker, who ran both of Curry’s mayoral campaigns & is a friend and adviser, & Sam Mousa, served as Curry’s chief of staff until June 2019.
A company run by Baker and Mousa, attended a secret trip in Oct. to Atlanta on a private plane to watch a playoff baseball game along w Zahn, Curry, his top admin. Brian Hughes, & City Council Pres. Scott Wilson — after the competitive bidding process to purchase JEA had begun.
Baker also sat in on several internal JEA meetings and provided political and strategic advice to JEA executives during the privatization effort, services Baker says he provided for free. Zahn, JEA officials have said, wanted to hire Baker as a consultant
— Zahn’s political and social ties 2 the mayor dogged him throughout his tenure. & in turn, Curry’s repeated attempts since 2017 2 distance himself from 2 efforts to privatize JEA have come under fire after evidence emerged his office was more involved than he had acknowledged.
The ties between Curry and Zahn also appear to be of interest to federal prosecutors. The grand jury subpoena to JEA demands records of any contacts between Curry’s administration and JEA officials related to the CEO hiring process.
Asked if Zahn ever took directives from Curry, his office or his political consultant, Baker, or if they ever had input into the privatization process, Zahn’s attorney didn’t directly answer. He said Zahn “reported 2 the Bd. of Directors of JEA and took direction from the Board.
selling the utility became a topic of public discussion and controversy when JEA board member Tom Petway — one of Curry’s closest confidants and a top donor who has contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the mayor’s political causes — announced at his final board...
meeting in November 2017 that he believed JEA should consider privatization. Curry had appointed Petway to the JEA board shortly after his election. It was unlikely such a close adviser and ally would have made the announcement without Curry’s blessing.
Indeed, Curry supported an initial exploration of privatizing JEA near the end of 2017, an ultimately unsuccessful effort that bled into early 2018.


Then-City Council President Anna Brosche — a political opponent of the mayor — publicly accused Curry of using this initial “exploration” of privatization as a chance to actually move the idea forward, an allegation Curry vehemently denied at the time.
Seeking to quell suspicion that selling JEA would come up again after his re-election the next year, Curry issued a written statement in April 2018: “… I am choosing to state unequivocally that I will not submit any JEA privatization plan to the City Council.”
He lied, again!
He lied, again!
Zahn.. . a graduate of Yale with a degree in philosophy and psychology, Zahn lacked an academic background in engineering, mathematics or finance, though he had worked at several investment firms after graduating from college in 2001.
Curry tapped Zahn for a vacant seat on the JEA board of directors in late 2017. After sitting in on a single meeting, in March 2018, Zahn abruptly resigned from the board to pursue the interim CEO position after McElroy announced his retirement.
Months later, the board chose Zahn as its permanent CEO over other applicants with extensive experience at public and private utilities, some larger than JEA.
It wasn’t just Zahn’s lack of experience and his rapid rise that made the board’s decision remarkable.
It wasn’t just Zahn’s lack of experience and his rapid rise that made the board’s decision remarkable.
Buy the Times Union, read the article & decide for yourself.
Curry and his crew are criminals engaged in conspriracy, graft, influence peddling, coercion & accepting bribes.
Maybe they can get adjoining cells.
I will shower attempt to remove the slimy feeling from this article.
Curry and his crew are criminals engaged in conspriracy, graft, influence peddling, coercion & accepting bribes.
Maybe they can get adjoining cells.
I will shower attempt to remove the slimy feeling from this article.
