Less than a week after City Council President Kevin Carrico asked another councilman to author legislation to change how free tickets and perks for events at city-owned venues are distributed among councilmembers, he’s now changing course and calling for the elimination of the long-held practice related to Jacksonville Jaguars tickets.

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Carrico said Tuesday he is filing an amendment to Councilman Ron Salem’s legislation to “eliminate ALL taxpayer subsidized Jaguar tickets for both the City Council and the Mayor’s Office.”

On Friday, Salem said he authored the legislation at the request of Carrico after Carrico ran into issues getting free tickets to events fro

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