JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — The Florida state attorney's office issued a subpoena to Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico in February 2026. The subpoena requested Carrico's calendar entries and communications, including emails and text messages, from January 1, 2025, to February 24, 2026.

Unredacted documents from the state attorney's office were obtained by News4JAX and the Florida Trib on Thursday, June 25, 2026. These documents contained details of communications between Carrico and Paul Martinez, the president and CEO of Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida.

On January 7, Carrico sent a text message to Martinez regarding a Nassau County property. In this message, Carrico stated, "They are checking with CEO to see if the donation of the land is still in play." JEA owns land in Nassau County, which was appraised at over $1 million.

Martinez later inquired about the Nassau County property on January 20, asking Carrico, "Good evening, any word on Nassau for Nassau?" Carrico responded the same day, stating, "No love, first they said no to giving it away because of fear of the board. Now they say not interested in selling either because of further growth in Nassau County. Guess it's time they get a new board member to show them who's boss. You ready to play the game?" Carrico confirmed sending this message.

Real estate officials had concluded that JEA could not give away the Nassau County land and offered the nonprofit the opportunity to discuss a market-rate lease or purchase. A draft agreement that was never signed had considered leasing the JEA land to the Boys and Girls Club nonprofit for $1 per year. Carrico introduced a resolution on February 10 to nominate Martinez to the JEA board.

Martinez issued a statement denying any connection between his potential nomination to the JEA Board and the Nassau County Boys & Girls Club Foundation's discussions regarding the property. He stated, "There was no connection between my potential nomination to the JEA Board and the Nassau County Boys & Girls Club Foundation's discussions regarding the property." Martinez also said, "The Nassau County Boys & Girls Club Foundation is a separate 501(c)(3) organization with its own independent board of directors." He noted, "The Foundation's board had expressed that it was not receiving responses regarding the property and asked me to inquire on its behalf." Martinez added, "Other than this inquiry, I had no further conversations with Mr. Carrico regarding the property."

Carrico serves as the vice president of strategic initiatives at Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida. Regarding his text message, Carrico stated, "I'm a straight shooter, and sometimes that means my language is more blunt than polished." He added, "The text reflects what I've said publicly for years: JEA needs change." Martinez also stated that had he been appointed to the JEA Board, he understood he would have been required to abstain from participating in any discussion or vote involving the property.

In April, a separate subpoena sought records concerning discussions involving Carrico and a lobbying firm that employs former Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry. The City Council initially provided a cost estimate of nearly $4,000 for the records related to Carrico, but this cost was reduced to $220 after newsrooms inquired.