JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Artis Gilmore, a Basketball Hall of Famer and Jacksonville University administrator, announced Tuesday his candidacy for Jacksonville City Council, At-Large Group Three.<\/p>\n
In a news release, Gilmore said his platform will be focused on expanding educational and special needs programs, lowering living costs for families and seniors, and improving city park and road infrastructure.<\/p>\n
Gilmore first rose to prominence in Jacksonville as a collegiate basketball player for Jacksonville University. Known by the nickname \u201cThe A-Train,\u201d he went on to play professionally for the Kentucky Colonels, Chicago Bulls, San Antonio Spurs and Boston Celtics, earning 11 All-Star selections, winning the 1975 American Basketball Association championship and retiring as the NBA\u2019s career leader in field goal percentage.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n Since returning to Jacksonville University in 2007, Gilmore has served as a special assistant to the university president and as a color commentator for Dolphins radio broadcasts on WJXL.<\/p>\n \u201cJacksonville gave a kid from Chipley a scholarship, an education and a home, and I\u2019ve spent my life trying to pay that forward,\u201d Gilmore said. \u201cI grew up one of ten children. My father fished for a living and my mother was a teacher, and they taught me that you show up for your neighbors. That\u2019s what I will do on the City Council. Every child in this city deserves the chance to finish their education, including our children and adults with special needs. And every family deserves a neighborhood with safe parks, good roads and streets free of blight.\u201d<\/p>\n Gilmore, a Democrat, will run against Republican Nick Howland<\/a>. The primary election is scheduled for March 2027.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Artis Gilmore, a Basketball Hall of Famer and Jacksonville University administrator, announced Tuesday his candidacy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[344,116450,167836,347,167837,28,348,116,4040,351,118,117,8525,349,350,346,345],"class_list":["post-426985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-artis-gilmore","tag-at-large-group-three","tag-cbs47","tag-educational-and-special-needs-programs","tag-florida","tag-fox30","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-city-council","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jacksonville-university","tag-northeast-florida","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426985","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=426985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}