Pearl Street to be closed?

[BackinJax05]

Angela Corey doesn't want to mix in with the regular people.

Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy her one of these?

Good idea! But tint the windows really dark so we dont have to look at her ugly face or hippo hips! 

[Debbie Thompson]

It shouldn't be personal for or against Angela Corey.  Against closing another downtown street, period.  Pearl is one of the few through streets that goes all the way through downtown and up through the northside neighborhoods.  The boondoggle courthouse is bad enough.  Closing more downtown streets would just make it worse.

[acme54321]

So who at city hall should we start contacting?  The mayor? Council?

[acme54321]

It wasn't built on Broad either. The city constantly violates the ADA. You know how it is in the South, they hate anyone who's different in any way. Jim Crow still lives, but modern law has forced to refocus his prejudice and be more subtle.

Speaking of ADA violations...

www.news4jax.com/news/City-council-asked-to-spend-millions-to-settle-ADA-lawsuit/-/475880/17524902/-/utdqi2/-/index.html

[carpnter]

Bad news, for the future of Pearl Street in the vicinity of the courthouse.  Closing Pearl Street would be a half million cheaper than constructing an elevated walkway for Angela Corey. It appears, the city was better off not delaying the reconstruction of the old federal courthouse...

Bids to renovate old Jacksonville courthouse for State Attorney's Office much higher than estimated

Turning Jacksonville’s old federal courthouse into a new home for the State Attorney’s Office will cost at least $30.9 million, based on the four bids for the job the city opened Wednesday.

That’s far above the $19.3 million the city had initially estimated, as well as higher than the $27.4 million guaranteed maximum price from the former contractor handling the work.

full article: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2012-11-21/story/bids-renovate-old-jacksonville-courthouse-state-attorneys-office-much

I saw that coming when I heard that our esteemed mayor was putting the project out for competitive bids.  I don't know who was advising him on that decision, but that person should be fired.  Of course the mayor could just want to put his mark on one of the Better Jax projects.

[Ralph W]

A tunnel system, similar to the underground warren our Washington lawmakers use, could keep the nefarious public blissfully unaware of the location of the State Attorney employees, keeping them safe from the once in a hundred year potential for bodily harm. Armored doors, keycards, guards behind gun ports. Add in a special private people mover system - the money always seems to materialize for special needs folks.