From the T-U: http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/timothy-gibbons/2011-05-23/live-chat-jacksonville-mayor-elect-alvin-brown-1-pm (http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/timothy-gibbons/2011-05-23/live-chat-jacksonville-mayor-elect-alvin-brown-1-pm)
Submitted by Timothy Gibbons on May 23, 2011 - 4:12am
PolitiJax
Jacksonville's next mayor, Alvin Brown sits down for a live chat session and will respond to reader-submitted questions and comments. You can check out our coverage of Brown at jacksonville.com/alvinbrown (http://jacksonville.com/alvinbrown).
Email your questions to reporter and this chat session's moderator Timothy Gibbons at timothy.gibbons@jacksonville.com. You can also tweet us or write on our Facebook wall.
Tune your dial to 89.9 and you can listen to Alvin on right now with Melissa Ross.
Also, Melissa just mentioned that Mayor-Elect Brown will be featured on the national NPR program "Tell Me More" in the 1:00pm hour today.
Alvin did a great job this morning he is serious about downtown.
Got back in Jax yesterday. Didnt notice much of a change. Except a lot of American flags on cars driving by!
God bless our city!
Hmmm...wonder where the TU got the live-chat-with-politician idea from?
liked the happy meal reference... note how duval demos intially supported Audrey!
Quote from: stephendare on May 23, 2011, 01:51:54 PM
QuoteDuring the "bad" times of Jacksonville, lot of independent non-profit organizations has popped up like RAP, MetroJacksonville, UrbanJax, and much more to try and alleviate the current issues. Would you be willing to allow them to send their own representative to consult and allow them to fill you in on their issues and solutions to it?
Good Question Josh.
But I think he totally doesnt understand the difference between our civic organization and the traditional not for profits.
I don't blame on Brown. Timothy (TU) twisted MY question around. I am going to ask them again much clearer way.
-Josh
Quote from: stephendare on May 23, 2011, 01:51:54 PM
QuoteDuring the "bad" times of Jacksonville, lot of independent non-profit organizations has popped up like RAP, MetroJacksonville, UrbanJax, and much more to try and alleviate the current issues. Would you be willing to allow them to send their own representative to consult and allow them to fill you in on their issues and solutions to it?
Good Question Josh.
But I think he totally doesnt understand the difference between our civic organization and the traditional not for profits.
What was Brown's answer?
I'm not looking at the transcript right now, but he said something along the lines of "the non-profits are the backbone of our city." And then he (Alvin) went on and named the Sulzbacher Center, Clara White Mission and City Rescue Mission as examples of what he was talking about. Not exactly the same types of examples Josh was referencing.
QuoteBrown in response: Non-profits are a backbone of our community. They are in the community and add value. Sulzbacher Center, Clara White Mission, City Rescue.
Brown: All of those play a major role in maintaining and improving the quality of life in our city. I will work with them and will continue to meet with them while in office.
Here you go. Now I want to see the video playback.
Quote from: Ajax on May 23, 2011, 03:39:18 PM
I'm not looking at the transcript right now, but he said something along the lines of "the non-profits are the backbone of our city." And then he (Alvin) went on and named the Sulzbacher Center, Clara White Mission and City Rescue Mission as examples of what he was talking about. Not exactly the same types of examples Josh was referencing.
That's because Tim, the interviewer was so kind to twist my question around that Brown didn't understand what exactly our organizations are about, not the traditional ones.
-Josh
Love Tim!