As Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico got ready to nominate his boss for a spot on the JEA board, he sent the candidate a text message: “Guess it’s time they get a new board member to show them who’s boss.. … You ready to play the game?” The text was sent Jan. 20, three weeks before Paul Martinez, head of the Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Florida, was tapped for the utility’s board. The text was included in more that 1,000 documents Carrico delivered to the State Attorney’s Office in response to a subpoena on Feb. 24. Prosecutors sent the subpoena just days after a media report that Carrico had texted JEA board member Arthur Adams on Feb. 5 to say he would not be reappointed because the council president “owed a big favor to a friend and opted to put him of the JEA board.” That text also appeared in records delivered to the State Attorney’s Office. Jacksonville Today obtained Carrico’s response to prosecutors Tuesday, more than 100 days after requesting the documents from the city on Feb. 27. The disclosure followed dozens of emails and intervention from an attorney. Many of the 100 pages contain black-out information — or redactions — and a lack of context. But the material reveals new communications from Carrico to Martinez in the lead-up to the nomination and as media reports began to document it. Carrico officially nominated Martinez for the board seat Feb. 10, and the nomination was withdrawn at Martinez’s request on Feb. 24. Since late February, Carrico has accused JEA CEO Vickie Cavey of fostering a toxic workplace culture and made claims of racism at the utility’s corporate headquarters. He launched a City Council Special Investigatory Committee into JEA to investigate the largely anonymous claims. That led to