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Issue No. 1 · October–November 2026

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Issue No. 1 • October–November 2026

Foxridge Voices

Your neighborhood. Your stories. Your voice. A free independent magazine for Foxridge, Orange Park and Clay County.

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In This Issue

Issue No. 1 · October–November 2026 · Free community magazine

01 · Editor’s Letter — We The People of Foxridge

02 · Neighborhood News & Events

03 · Election Day 2026 — Your Foxridge Voting Guide

04 · Florida’s 2026 Amendments & Clay County Questions — What a Yes or No Vote Means

05 · Candidate Q&A: Mike Sell — U.S. House, Florida District 4

06 · Candidate Q&A: Jason Bellamy-Fults — Florida Senate, District 6

07 · Candidate Q&A: Annette Taddeo — Florida Chief Financial Officer

08 · Candidate Q&A: Erik Morris — Florida Governor

09 · Candidate Q&A: Joey Atkins — Florida Commissioner of Agriculture

10 · Foxridge Homes — A Better Way to Read a Listing

11 · Health & Wellness — Your Fall Checklist

12 · Around the House — Garden, Pets & Kitchen

13 · Explore Clay County — Fall Calendar & a Day Trip

14 · Ask Foxie — Neighborly Advice

15 · Useful Info — Your Foxridge Resource Guide

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01 · FROM THE EDITOR

We The People of Foxridge

“Every family in our neighborhood deserves real information and a voice. Welcome to our first issue — a magazine shaped by the people who call Foxridge home.” Francesca De Biase Birchard, Editor.

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Inside This Issue

02 · NEWS

10 · HOMES

Neighborhood News & Events

A Better Way to Read a Listing

11 · WELLNESS

12 · HOME

Your Fall Checklist

Garden, Pets & Kitchen

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More From Your Neighborhood

13 · EXPLORE

14 · ASK FOXIE

15 · RESOURCES

Fall Calendar & a Day Trip

Neighborly Advice

Your Foxridge Resource Guide

03 · Voting Guide
04 · Amendments
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03–09 · ELECTION 2026

Independent Nonpartisan Coverage

Foxridge Voices invited the candidates in each race to answer the same questions. Interviews are published as they arrive, in the candidates' own words, without edits or endorsements. Where no interview appears, we have not received a response yet. We are still waiting to hear from several candidates, including those in the races closest to home: U.S. House District 4, Florida Senate District 6 and Clay County Commission District 2, which includes Foxridge. This page will be updated if more interviews arrive before Election Day, November 3.

U.S. House
Florida District 4

05 · Mike Sell (Florida Forward)

No response yet: Aaron Bean (Republican, incumbent), LaShonda "L.J." Holloway (Democrat), Todd Schaefer (NPA)

Florida Senate
District 6

06 · Jason Bellamy-Fults (Democrat)

No response yet: Jennifer Bradley (Republican, incumbent), Joseph Thornton (American Solidarity)

Florida
Attorney General

No interviews received yet

On the ballot: James Uthmeier (Republican, incumbent), José Javier Rodriguez (Democrat)

Florida
Governor

08 · Erik Morris (Write-in)

No response yet: Byron Donalds (Republican), David Jolly (Democrat), Scott Eckhard Jewett (Libertarian), Dean Abrams (NPA), Charles Burkett (NPA), Jeffrey Peter Datto (NPA), Moliere Dimanche (NPA), Frank Russo (NPA), Kathy Anderson (Write-in)

Agriculture & Consumer
Services Commissioner

09 · Joey Atkins (Democrat)

No response yet: Wilton Simpson (Republican, incumbent), Kyle "KC" Gibson (Write-in)

Florida
Chief Financial Officer

07 · Annette Taddeo (Democrat)

No response yet: Blaise Ingoglia (Republican, incumbent)

Clay County Commission
District 2

No interviews received yet

No response yet: Leroy Edwards (Democrat), Lolita Smoak (Republican). Foxridge is in Commission District 2: only District 2 residents vote in this race.

U.S. Senate
Florida

No interviews received yet

No response yet: Ashley Moody (Republican, incumbent), Angie Nixon (Democrat), Neil J. Gillespie (NPA)

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Foxridge Voices, Issue No. 1, October–November 2026. A free independent community magazine for Foxridge in Orange Park and Clay County, Florida, published by Foxridge Community – We The People.

Our mission is to inform the community, share documented information, give residents a space to be heard, highlight local activities and events, and preserve an independent archive of Foxridge over time.

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