Lenny Curry's Vision For Jacksonville
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Soon Lenny Curry will officially become the new Mayor of Jacksonville. Many wonder what's Curry's vision for our city. Here's Curry's vision to restore Jacksonville to greatness.
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I particularly like his economic development ideas (pages 6 and 7), they do make sense.
There is a caveat that it's one thing to put statements on a piece of paper. The "doing" part is what matters and that remains to be seen.
It isn't sad so much as a bow to reality. You're campaigning for something -- people have a natural tendency to respond to proposed action even though many conservatives would agree we need to quit trying to do so damn much.
It would have been more appropriate for this to have been presented as Lenny's vision to get elected (I doubt if there are many political virgins on this board) and now we get to see how he employs his knowledge, skills and abilities to help shepherd Big Duval forward. Having to deal with fewer know-it-all crazed factions than Democrats will help him and (hopefully) the City.
Good luck and best wishes, Lenny. You had to first get elected. Done. Do us right.
Heavy on buzz words and catch phrases; pretty light on the how these things will be accomplished. Hopefully he won't double-down on the failed "solutions" his party has promulgated in the past.
It's a lot, I'd be surprised he sees progress on half of this in his 4 years. Good ideas, but I asked for another recycling container a month ago and am still waiting on the container (Yellow tops, grey bottoms). Government moves at a glacial pace.
This is Lenny's plan for Jacksonville. Great. I have a plan for having 1 million in the bank by the time I'm 40, too. (Just a little over a year and 990k to go!)
My main concern with him being elected wasn't with his ideas for Jacksonville. I expected them to sound great.
What is the GOP's plan for Lenny?
Because I believe that will take precedence over anything Lenny expects to do in his time as mayor.
Much of these social programs and adding additional officers sounds great when talking behind a podium in a political debate, but in actually will have no effect on the young that are, (1)raised horribly usually by a single mother, and no father (2) already have their destiny set to live a life of crime.
No social program or rehab is gonna stop a 16 year old from fatally shooting a convenience store clerk in a robbery, like what recently happened in St Aug. Have you ever seen Goodfellas, when Henry's father caught him hanging out with 'the guys' and then gave him a beating, and Henry said the beatings didn't have any effect? That's reality.
What are his views on downtown?
I think there's three key reasons why Alvin Brown lost his reelection bid.
1. Curry beating the 'violent crime' drum throughout his campaign, coinciding with the recent violent spike of crime and the imaginary political BS belief that a politician actually can control kids that aren't being raised properly.
2. Brown IMO had a disastrous last debate against Curry.
3. Brown's campaign was outfunded 4-1.
I'm trying to remain positive, but with Curry is, IMO there's alot of uncertainties. IMO Brown should've gotten reelected, but it is what it is.
Quote from: stephendare on May 21, 2015, 09:16:50 AM
you are literally talking about something in a movie and in the same breath saying 'that's reality'?
In fairness, it was based on a true story (with the real deal Henry Hill even vouching for those sequence of events).
The crime thing did hurt Brown, a lot. I don't know if the last debate was really a disaster for Brown, but it certainly didn't help him out. As for the spending, I don't buy that Curry really outspent Brown, that's just what's locally reported. The state Democratic party handled much of Brown's campaign (and spending) so it's hard to tell what was really spent. However, the fact that Brown's campaign was heavily run by state and national operatives who clearly didn't know how to win in Jacksonville was a bigger problem, IMO.
Quote from: stephendare on May 21, 2015, 09:58:46 AM
Quote from: Tacachale on May 21, 2015, 09:55:05 AM
I don't buy that Curry really outspent Brown, that's just what's locally reported. The state Democratic party handled much of Brown's campaign (and spending) so it's hard to tell what was really spent. However, the fact that Brown's campaign was heavily run by state and national operatives who clearly didn't know how to win in Jacksonville was a bigger problem, IMO.
Same could be said for Curry. They were probably on track to lose the election right up until the final months of the campaign when the locals told grinning lenny to turn the invective down during public speeches. Lenny took the message seriously enough that he played the personal victim card in the second to last debate very effectively. With the dog whistle question about Mayor Browns personal attacks against him being a racist.
Yes, definitely the same is true of Curry's campaign. One difference is, as you say, is that Curry's shaped up at the end. He also stayed on message throughout (Alvin's bad, I'll do better, crime is up, the pension's in trouble). Brown, however, took a total left turn at the end, bringing up issues like the HRO, Obamacare, and the minimum wage that he'd never supported before, and it apparently just range false for most voters.
Quotebringing up issues like the HRO, Obamacare, and the minimum wage that he'd never supported before, and it apparently just range false for most voters.
Called Spray and Pray in the sales world....shows desperation when you try and touch everything AND the kitchen sink in your discussions. Curry stayed his course, ran his campaign and had the same message....even after the 147 cop thing never seemed to blow up, like many on MJ had hoped it would.
Quote from: stephendare on May 21, 2015, 09:58:46 AM
Quote from: Tacachale on May 21, 2015, 09:55:05 AM
I don't buy that Curry really outspent Brown, that's just what's locally reported. The state Democratic party handled much of Brown's campaign (and spending) so it's hard to tell what was really spent. However, the fact that Brown's campaign was heavily run by state and national operatives who clearly didn't know how to win in Jacksonville was a bigger problem, IMO.
Same could be said for Curry. They were probably on track to lose the election right up until the final months of the campaign when the locals told grinning lenny to turn the invective down during public speeches.
Huh? He won by 5,000 votes. DUMB
One thing I will say about Lenny, there is a lot of unknown on some policies, but he will be able to lobby for Jacksonville and get us state money for programs unlike any Mayor in recent history. Buddy Dyer is a master of this in Orlando but I would take Lenny and his relationships any day over any mayor in this state right now. (ex. Additional Team Up Grants, Learn2Earn, JTA, etc.)
There are a number of things on here I'm very happy to see:
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I will work to make sure the Neighborhoods Department is not buried deep down inside the bureaucracy of city government, but that it is front and center with a dedicated staff that is both efficient and responsive to the needs of the taxpayers and focused on helping solve community based issues.
Neighborhoods is a great tool for connecting citizens to the government, not only on crime issues but many others as well.
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Ex-offender re-entry
Definitely need more focus on rehabilitation and re-integration, rather than just paying to lock up the same folks again and again.
In economic opportunities,
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Because I won't grow government I will move a high-performer into the Mayor's Office to act as a Small Business Liaison/Case-Worker/Facilitator to help navigate the first year of starting a business.
This is something that would be incredibly useful, and is a long time coming.
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I will immediately audit all permitting and business regulation functions in the City of Jacksonville and determine which ones work - and which ones don't...
Something else we've needed for a LONG time.
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Promote and Facilitate Co-Work Space for the Next Generation of Sole Proprieters...
Good.
The Republicans had a stronger field operation this time around. While it is nice to have a strong media presence, it is the personal touch of knocking on doors and reaching people that brings the election home to voters. I have been told by local politicos that the Florida Democrats have been putting too much faith in the airwaves and too little faith in the GOTV that directly connects with voters. The ground game, IMHO, helped to elect the mayor in 2011. Something changed between then and this year's election and that is what led us to where we are today.
I really like his auditing plan since that is something he will probably be very hands on in considering he runs such a large accounting firm himself in which he does the books for Florida Blue, FIS, CSX, etc
Here's Curry's transition team:
-Executive Director: Sam Mousa
-Policy Director: Susie Wiles
-Chairman: Tom Petway
-Co-Chair: Rena Coughlin
-Co-Chair: Charles Moreland, PhD
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2015-05-22/story/jacksonville-mayor-elect-lenny-curry-names-transition-team
Okay, this is better than I thought it would be. I've always been a big Sam Mousa fan. He was a big reason for Delaney's success.
Quote from: stephendare on May 21, 2015, 03:36:00 PM
...and whether or not these phrases become orwellian newspeak.
He seems to have already crossed that line:
QuoteBecause I won't grow government I will move a high-performer into the Mayor's Office to act as a Small Business Liaison/Case-Worker/Facilitator
In other words, "I won't grow the government by creating a new government position in the Mayor's Office."
At the very top of this statement Curry claims "120,000 jobs lost in Jacksonville during Mayor Brown's first term, plus 7,000 self employed businesses."
That is complete bullsh+t.
Quote from: Murder_me_Rachel on May 22, 2015, 07:57:32 AM
Jacksonville's new mayoral administration...brought to you by the same people who brought you previous administrations.
No problem with me if they pull decent people to come back. Even thought I thought the Peyton administration was a disaster, there were some bright spots.
^I agree. That's a good list by any measure.
When I see this:
"Fiscally Conservative Leadership for a Better Jacksonville"
I actually see "if you're wealthy you'll do fine, if you're not too bad."
Improving this town is going to take investment, spending etc..........
And I have grave doubts as to how he will pull that off.