Getting to know the Next Director of JTA

Started by Metro Jacksonville, October 09, 2012, 03:02:25 AM

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fsujax

#45
October 10, 2012, 04:32:49 PM
thanks Stephen for the updates.

tufsu1

#46
October 10, 2012, 04:34:56 PM
I think they definitely got this one right....the only problem is what if they can't reach agreement with Ford...then they fall back to Martin...who was probably only #2 because of the comments made by Corrine and Gaffney

copperfiend

#47
October 10, 2012, 04:40:36 PM
Great updates on the meeting.

exnewsman

#48
October 10, 2012, 05:41:03 PM
Ford said he wanted the JTA job and obviously JTA wanted him. He doesn't expect any delay in contract negotiations.

ben says

#49
October 10, 2012, 05:59:50 PM
Great choice Jax
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thelakelander

#50
October 10, 2012, 06:28:37 PM Last Edit: October 10, 2012, 06:34:40 PM by thelakelander
Quote from: stephendare on October 10, 2012, 04:00:08 PM
Deibenow asks Gaffney:

As a council member is there any one of these candidates that you can not support or work with?

We are looking for a leader.

Its very obvious who has the most experience.

More football metaphors.

The council will work with all of them, and we would prefer Tebow (Tim) or Michael Vick.

I have friends and my house has been vandalized, but god is looking out for me.

I understood where Gaffney was going with the football references but I think he used the wrong players to compare what we witnessed today.

Ford was the Tom Brady of that group.  He's a guy who has won multiple championships and clearly has command of the huddle when its late in the 4th Quarter and your squad needs the TD to win.  Bland was Trent Dilfer.  An average QB with decent skills.  If you have a great team in place, he knows enough to not screw it up and go with the flow and every now and then, he'll make a decent play.  Martin, on the other hand, I felt sorry for.  The other two were NFL caliber.  Compared to those two, Martin was Al Bundy.  Great high school player but now an out-of-shape shoe salesman who's married with kids.

From being in the crowd, today's selection should have been an easy choice, once Bland was eliminated.  It was like Blaine Gabbert lining up against the 85' Bears. One guy has been intimately involved with three of the largest transit agencies in the country and the other guy is still struggling to put together a power point.
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

Ocklawaha

#51
October 10, 2012, 06:33:51 PM
OMG! I'm playing the lottery tonight!

YIPPEE!

Charles Hunter

#52
October 10, 2012, 07:09:29 PM
Great updates, and it sounds like they made a winning choice.

CityLife

#53
October 10, 2012, 07:13:22 PM
Quote from: thelakelander on October 10, 2012, 06:28:37 PM
Quote from: stephendare on October 10, 2012, 04:00:08 PM
Deibenow asks Gaffney:

As a council member is there any one of these candidates that you can not support or work with?

We are looking for a leader.

Its very obvious who has the most experience.

More football metaphors.

The council will work with all of them, and we would prefer Tebow (Tim) or Michael Vick.

I have friends and my house has been vandalized, but god is looking out for me.

I understood where Gaffney was going with the football references but I think he used the wrong players to compare what we witnessed today.

Ford was the Tom Brady of that group.  He's a guy who has won multiple championships and clearly has command of the huddle when its late in the 4th Quarter and your squad needs the TD to win.  Bland was Trent Dilfer.  An average QB with decent skills.  If you have a great team in place, he knows enough to not screw it up and go with the flow and every now and then, he'll make a decent play.  Martin, on the other hand, I felt sorry for.  The other two were NFL caliber.  Compared to those two, Martin was Al Bundy.  Great high school player but now an out-of-shape shoe salesman who's married with kids.

From being in the crowd, today's selection should have been an easy choice, once Bland was eliminated.  It was like Blaine Gabbert lining up against the 85' Bears. One guy has been intimately involved with three of the largest transit agencies in the country and the other guy is still struggling to put together a power point.

Love it^. Hopefully Ford can lead us to the playoffs. Heck, I'd even take a winning season.

Charles Hunter

#54
October 10, 2012, 07:37:32 PM
I hope the JTA Board lets Ford be innovative and customer oriented, and the Council adequately funds the JTA (Mobility Fee, extend the gas tax that is about to lapse) for transit.

thelakelander

#55
October 10, 2012, 07:47:03 PM
The way it sounded at city hall tonight, we'll have some context sensitive streets design guidelines in place that public works will have to abide by, as well.
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

fsujax

#56
October 10, 2012, 07:48:24 PM
Great points Charles.

tufsu1

#57
October 10, 2012, 08:36:26 PM
Quote from: thelakelander on October 10, 2012, 06:28:37 PM
the other guy is still struggling to put together a power point.

ouch!

Ocklawaha

#58
October 10, 2012, 08:43:10 PM
Since we're having some fun here, I just hope that FORD can undo the damage done by GM in 1932-1936!

urbaknight

#59
October 11, 2012, 03:04:57 PM
I'm going to celebrate by grilling out tonight with beer and a bonfire.
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