Action News Jax Ben Becker has learned Mayor Donna Deegan and numerous members of Jacksonville’s City Council on Monday attended an invitation-only ‘holiday event’ on-board Jaguars owner Shad Khan’s massive Kismet yacht that is docked downtown.
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Khan, whose football team is in the middle of a disappointing 2-10 season, is set to receive $775 million in public funding as part of a $1.4 billion stadium renovation ($1.25 billion plus deferred maintenance) that was enthusiastically supported by the mayor and approved by city council in June before NFL owners signed off on it in October.
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