Congratulations to Mayor Alvin Brown on his re-election to the City Hall of Jack

[tayana42]

Political Parties have a single overriding agenda.....to win.  Little thought is given to the matter of who would best serve the community.  So, the agenda of the parties and that of the community often do not align.  This is the case in the Jacksonville Mayoral race.  The Mayor is hugely important to a community's wellbeing and I suggest that many voters will cast their ballot on that basis.  Under that premise, Bill Bishop has a good chance of winning.

[-jerrycornwell]

Political Parties have a single overriding agenda.....to win.  Little thought is given to the matter of who would best serve the community.  So, the agenda of the parties and that of the community often do not align.  This is the case in the Jacksonville Mayoral race.  The Mayor is hugely important to a community's wellbeing and I suggest that many voters will cast their ballot on that basis.  Under that premise, Bill Bishop has a good chance of winning.

Isn't Bill Bishop a Republican? Isn't he saying that he's the BEST Republican most experienced running for Mayor? Thats what I read in his platform.

Why would the Executive Committee endorse anyone for any race? Why not let the voters make up their own minds? It is all about providing a predetermined result rather than letting the free flow of ideas occur.     

This is the essence of the Mayoral Election this year. The Republican party policy of endorsing or non endorsing the canddidate. I f Bill Bishop couldnt get the outright endorsement, he needed at least a non endorsement. The endorsement of Curry has killed his campaign. Vicupstate, note that the Duval Democratic party as a policy of NO endorsement within run offs! But Curry had not just a strong but overwhelming number (or so he THOUGHT, right?) to win an outright endorsement. Had Curry NOT gotten a run off, Bishop would have had a fighting chance to make the general election. Hence, the senario of Tuesday's shenanigans a go go.

Well, I certainly hope Metro Jacksonville gives this much attention to the next dumb thing the Alvin Brown campaign does. I mean, it's not like he's blowing off important budget meetings to go raise money with Bill Cosby in New York and then having to give all the money back or anything.

not that I agree with the decision to go to New York, but there is a reason that Mayors have a staff.  In the case of Alvin Brown, his Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Staff were heavily involved in the process.

Yes, he's very fortunate to have so many people to pass the buck to.
[/quote] Well, with Currys campaign nicking the nomination in the bucket and fellow Republicans (most off the political shirt tales of the former State Republican Chairman) putting him on the starting line with well over $1millon, its easy to see why Brown did what he did. And why Lenny didnt wait to throw his first punch at Brown going to NYC.

Well we did spend a lot of time on Alvin refusing to speak out about the clerk of courts issue at the Martin Luther King breakfast, which is kind of a huge blunder I think

This is the most effective way to get equality through in Jacksonville. Keep hammering the mayor on these issues. Because of his term limits, he will be politically more able to make these controversial, and in Jacksonville they ARE, progressive issues within the context of a still very conservative electorate. As demostrated in 2014 with the overwhelming support of all republican conservative candidates.