JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Action News Jax has confirmed that Jacksonville City Councilman Raul Arias is under investigation by Jacksonville\u2019s Office of Inspector General.<\/p>\n
Sources told Action News Jax\u2019s Ben Becker it\u2019s because of his reporting in November that led to Arias resigning as chair of the City Council Finance Committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n We detailed potential conflicts of interest regarding Arias\u2019 family being paid $35,000 to cater the installation ceremony<\/a> of City Council President Kevin Carrico.<\/p>\n In addition, Arias tried to steer a $100,000 grant outside his district<\/a> and urged a nonprofit to use a company he previously owned, Bold City Media.<\/p>\n Bold City Media also had a short-lived contract<\/a> with city agency Kids Hope Alliance.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Arias sent a statement that reads:<\/p>\n \u201cLast year, I was informed by the Office of Inspector General of the review. Since then, I have fully cooperated and provided any information requested.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe transparency is important, and I welcome the opportunity to ensure that any questions raised are addressed thoroughly and appropriately. I respect the process and the role of the Office of Inspector General and I will continue to cooperate as they complete their work.\u201d<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n Buy Now, Regret Later?: The growing trend of BNPL apps and the financial risk<\/a>Effort to bring first national POW\/MIA museum and memorial to Cecil Field marks major milestone<\/a>Clear eyes, full hearts, empty wallets: Florida lawmakers aim to address high school coach pay<\/a>Nassau County 7-year-old inspiring others to donate blood amid critical need<\/a>Oceanway storage project heads to city council after planning commission denial<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Action News Jax has confirmed that Jacksonville City Councilman Raul Arias is under investigation by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[34901,34902,34903,116,118,117],"class_list":["post-161816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-1-28-22","tag-alex-arias","tag-alex-p","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}