Alvin Brown Political Ad

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The official tally of jobs added from November 2011 to November 2014 is +36, 157 jobs.

Ad supporting Brown: "Jobs" is a 30-second television spot paid for by the Florida Democratic Party.

Script: "Under Alvin Brown, Jacksonville is the No. 1 place to start a new business," the narrator says as the screen shows WalletHub.com ranked Jacksonville the best place to start a business. The ad cuts to Brown saying, "I'll work with anyone to bring jobs to Jacksonville — 36,000 new jobs and we're just getting started." The ad also features people exclaiming Jacksonville is "No. 1" and that 36,000 is a lot of jobs.

Analysis: The ads link Brown's performance as mayor to the economic recovery that has occurred since he took office.

The ad accurately states the top ranking given to Jacksonville by WalletHub, an online site that provides financial information to consumers and small businesses. In a list released in March 2014, WalletHub ranked Jacksonville No. 1 among 150 cities for the "Best Cities to Start a Business."

Jacksonville did not rank well in other WalletHub lists regarding economic activity. Jacksonville ranked 124th out of 150 cities for recovering from the Great Recession. Jacksonville ranked 49th out of 150 cities for the best city to find a job and 116th for the best city to start a career.

For the survey of best cities to start small businesses, WalletHub used 14 criteria such as access to financing, cost of office space, availability of employees, number of businesses per capita, local cost of living and corporate taxes.

Brown's ad highlights 36,000 new jobs and cites the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The comparison is between November 2011, which is the month after Brown's first city budget took effect, and November 2014.

According to "local area unemployment statistics" compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Jacksonville had employment of 376,748 in November 2011 and that grew to 412,905 in November 2014, which is a gain of 36,157 jobs.

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2015-02-11/story/campaign-ad-watch-mayor-says-jacksonville-no-1-place-start-job

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The official tally of jobs added from November 2011 to November 2014 is +36, 157 jobs.

Ad supporting Brown: "Jobs" is a 30-second television spot paid for by the Florida Democratic Party.

Script: "Under Alvin Brown, Jacksonville is the No. 1 place to start a new business," the narrator says as the screen shows WalletHub.com ranked Jacksonville the best place to start a business. The ad cuts to Brown saying, "I'll work with anyone to bring jobs to Jacksonville — 36,000 new jobs and we're just getting started." The ad also features people exclaiming Jacksonville is "No. 1" and that 36,000 is a lot of jobs.

Analysis: The ads link Brown's performance as mayor to the economic recovery that has occurred since he took office.

The ad accurately states the top ranking given to Jacksonville by WalletHub, an online site that provides financial information to consumers and small businesses. In a list released in March 2014, WalletHub ranked Jacksonville No. 1 among 150 cities for the "Best Cities to Start a Business."

Jacksonville did not rank well in other WalletHub lists regarding economic activity. Jacksonville ranked 124th out of 150 cities for recovering from the Great Recession. Jacksonville ranked 49th out of 150 cities for the best city to find a job and 116th for the best city to start a career.

For the survey of best cities to start small businesses, WalletHub used 14 criteria such as access to financing, cost of office space, availability of employees, number of businesses per capita, local cost of living and corporate taxes.

Brown's ad highlights 36,000 new jobs and cites the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The comparison is between November 2011, which is the month after Brown's first city budget took effect, and November 2014.

According to "local area unemployment statistics" compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Jacksonville had employment of 376,748 in November 2011 and that grew to 412,905 in November 2014, which is a gain of 36,157 jobs.

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2015-02-11/story/campaign-ad-watch-mayor-says-jacksonville-no-1-place-start-job

Note:  The statement above highlights when "Browns" first budget took effect.  Brown had no real budget his first cycle in office, nor a second or third for that matter.  The budget process was forwarded by default/incompetence to the city council.  That is where the real budgets were formed.  Brown and his supporters are simply tagging the organic growth to our area of which he and his policies played no part and rather are the result of a national trend under Obama.  Looks like they are tagging a line from Rick Scotts playbook, which is claim for yourself all progress in the state or county regardless.  I would like a listing of all the agreements brokered by Brown that brought business to our city at his urging, not including efforts that targeted Jacksonville for their own reasons like the port, weather or local. That would be a realistic measure.