State Attorney's Office

SPECIAL PROSECUTION DIVISION

MEMORANDUM

TO: Chief ASA Heavener S.A. NO: 18SAO15842AD

FROM: Investigator Adams CASE NO:

RE: ALLEGATIONS OF SUNSHINE LAW S.I. NO:

VIOLATIONS

DATE: 12/17/2018

On December 14, 2018, Jacksonville City Council President Aaron Bowman (hereafter
“Bowman”) was interviewed telephonically. During the interview, Bowman provided the following
information:

Jacksonville City Council Member Katrina Brown (hereafter “Brown”) was the first member of
the City Council to say something to Bowman about Garrett Dennis (hereafter “Dennis”) and his
(Dennis) efforts to get City Council members to not vote for Bowman as City Council President.
In describing the incident, Bowman said he was getting on or off an elevator when Brown said
something to the effect that she was letting him know Dennis was saying bad things about him
to council members and was possibly doing it to get them to not vote for Bowman as President.
Bowman responded that he was not worried about Dennis.

Approximately two to three weeks later, City Council Member Tommy Hazouri (hereafter
“Hazouri”) told Bowman that Dennis claimed he (Bowman) was supporting Scott Wilson for City
Council Vice President. Bowman said this was not true. He explained that, at the time, four City
Council members were running for Vice President and he had decided not to support any
candidates. He did not want his support for a specific candidate to create any undue influence or
otherwise effect the votes. Bowman told Hazouri that he had not committed to supporting any
candidates for Vice President.

Approximately a week later, possibly the week before The Players Championship, Brown told
Bowman that Dennis was saying bad things about Bowman to City Council Members Reggie
Gaffney (hereafter “Gaffney”) and Sam Newby (hereafter “Newby”). Bowman contacted Gaffney
and Newby separately and asked if Dennis was saying things about him. Both Gaffney and Newby
told Bowman that Dennis said he (Dennis) could not vote for Bowman but did not specifically ask
them not to vote for him (Bowman). Bowman believed Gaffney and Newby said they did not
respond to Dennis.

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 (Note: This interview was facilitated through Deputy General Counsel Jon R. Phillips and was
conducted in lieu of a sworn statement pursuant to a subpoena. The subpoena was to be issued
to compel Bowman to provide the names of certain City Council members who had talked with
him about Dennis’s efforts to influence the City Council President election involving Bowman. This
matter was discussed during the initial interview of Bowman but he was not comfortable providing
the names at that time).

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