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New questions are being raised about newly released public records tied to Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico and a state investigation into the attempted appointment of his boss to the JEA board.
The questions center on two different images of the same Carrico text message. One was provided last week to Jacksonville media outlets and another later sent to Florida Trib Executive Editor Nate Monroe after he asked for additional context and posed questions about unexplained omissions.
Placed side by side, the images appear visibly different, with changes in timestamp placement, cropping and missing header and recipient information. The differences have prompted scrutiny over why a public record would be released in an altered form.
Watch News4Jax’s latest report, with Trib executive editor Nate Monroe, here:
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Nate Monroe is Executive Editor of The Florida Trib. He has been a journalist in the Southeast for the past 15 years. Most recently, he wrote a column about Florida for the USA Today Network. He was previously a metro columnist, beat reporter and investigative reporter for the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, where he focused on covering the largest municipal government in Florida. Prior to arriving in Jacksonville in 2013, Nate was a reporter for newspapers in the Florida Panhandle and South Louisiana.
Nate’s work has won local, state and national awards and led to federal convictions, voter-led reforms, and other significant impacts.
You can reach him at [email protected].
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by Nate Monroe, The Florida Trib
June 19, 2026
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