Councilman Clark to sponsor new 3-year Mobility Plan fee moratorium legislation

[JeffreyS]

It will always be hard to get a better brand of developer here if the cut the corners good ol boys continue to get councilmen kneel in servitude.

[fsujax]

I wish our council would stand up to developers for at least once! Sleiman doesn't need to be building any more strip malls until he fills the empty ones he has all over the city.

[JeffreyS]

I think they wiil stand up and deny the moratorium. We can not take any chances however. I want see updates from MJers moving on this.

[Ocklawaha]

Perhaps!  Putting the brakes on all transit infrastructure improvements so we can land one more Wendy's, or Mickey D's is simply reckless if not criminal.  Speaking of criminal... Where is the $100M that WE VOTED for mass transit improvements?  Stolen from the taxpayers?? Is there an attorney in the house? I want to bust these guys with a passion.

[Spence]

Simply stated, by the people, from the people, for the people, Mr. Clark, "NO means NO!"

I too would like Mr.Clark to try to prove just exactly how he thinks the mobility fee takes away or eliminates  the possibility of swinging hammers and or pouring any concrete!!?

edited due to my early morning bleary eyed typos_

[Bridges]

Alright so it was filed today.  Introduced next Tuesday the 12th. 

Thats just the introduction right, no public input yet, right?

[Bill Hoff]

I have emailed my disappointment to Mr. Clark still working on the general message for the rest of our city government. I urge everyone to start your email campaigns and rallying more action groups to stand with us on this.

Without the learning curve, and with some familiarity about the issues now, I'm sure we can do better than last time. The pump has been primed.

[sheclown]

Has Metrojacksonville filed a Public Records Request for all correspondence to and from Mr. Clark regarding the mobility fee?  If not, it needs to be done, quickly.

[Debbie Thompson]

Agree, sheclown.  Let's out the special interests.

[sheclown]

Cut and paste:

Clay@coj.net
WBishop@coj.net
RClark@coj.net
Redman@coj.net
LBoyer@coj.net
MattS@coj.net
Gaffney@coj.net
EDLee@coj.net
WAJones@coj.net
RBrown@coj.net
Holt@coj.net
Doylec@coj.net
Gulliford@coj.net
JimLove@coj.net

The email can be a simple statement of support for the mobility fee as it is currently written. Or it can be a more detailed explanation of your thoughts on the newly introduced legislation.  Either way, the email sent is a powerful tool against big buck developers. 

[sheclown]

The affected urban core, beautifully illustrated, post moratorium:

http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/ClYnjNekcmY?version=3&hl=en_US

[fsujax]

Via the Daily Reocrd. He believes what little momentum we had is being eroded because of the fee. Really? give me a break. We have got to be prepared to answer all their reasons for extending this.

http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=538711

[sheclown]

suburban sprawl = urban blight

[jcjohnpaint]

If there is demand for housing then developments will be built.  If there is demand for commodities than stores will be built.  What is this guy talking about?   

[L.P. Hovercraft]

You can refer to Ordinance 2013-0094 when writing/calling/emailing the City Council and Mayor your disapproval and/or disgust at Clark's new moratorium bill.

http://cityclts.coj.net/coj/COJbillDetail.asp?F=2013-0094\Original%20Text

C'mon Metro-Jacksonvillians, let 'em have it!