Jacksonville needs aspiration for greatness

[Ocklawaha]

If we want greatness, we must ACT great... The door is wide open for us to follow Shanghai, all we need to do is DO IT! Can you imagine 5.5 sq Km of urban reconstruction in _______________ Take your pick, rebuild LaVilla (boy would THIS jump start our mass transit), Brooklyn (it has great access now you know), Fairfield (The REAL name for the "sports district", has a ring to it doesn't it!) Southbank/JEA site (compact but wow what exposure)... THINK JACKSONVILLE! Imagine the possibilities! You think we would get some attention? Try:


Just to name a few!!


What COULD a Worlds Fair leave us with in Jacksonville? ...A NEW FACE!

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Values

The actions of the Bureau of International Exhibitions are based upon three fundamental values:

TRUST: by adhering to 1928 Paris Convention, Countries have committed to create major opportunities for humanity to meet and have established a link of fraternity between cultures. The objective is to carry out a grand and common project, in a spirit of education and communication, which can help build trust and connect governments and civil society.

SOLIDARITY: multicultural exchange is the foundation of each Expo and shared action is their engine. Expos are the intersection of cultural diversity and innovation, where civilizations share their know-how with the goal to identify, together, the best prospects and the best solution to face the major challenges for humanity.

PROGRESS: Expos foster education through experience, development through innovation and experimentation through cooperation. They are powerful catalyst for growth and a bridge between different eras. The driving force of Expos is the identity of each culture and the respect of the environment for the development of humanity. Expos also contribute to the moral, material and technological progress of humanity.

[Bostech]

Like I said,nothing will ever change.
All you can do is waste time on some "freedom" forums,bitch and complain and that's it.
Same old,same old.

[Ocklawaha]

Wow, are we optimistic or what? The trouble with forums, blogs, websites, and electronic media is that we might never see the difference we make. How many businesses are enjoying Jacksonville today because of something they first saw here? How many idea's has JTA or JAA or JPA or COJ used because they saw them here? We don't, and never will completely know, but there is no grounds for this sort of defeat.

Take 5 xanax and 1/5 of your favorite vodka and the "truth" will become known to you Bos.

OCKLAWAHA

[mtraininjax]

Without the GOB network, you cannot get elected in Jax. Our town has not grown with enough organic (non-GOB) activity yet to not expect the GOB to influence the outcome. When the JCCI report comes out later this month, look at the stats and get a better handle on how citizens will vote.

[CS Foltz]

mtraininjax............there are allways dissenters and I am one of them! I don't vote for most any elected officials twice. If they have a proven track record of watching out for the people who voted them into office......maybe! But if they are leeches gorging at the trough, and I get to vote on them, they are gone because I won't accept mediocrity! Time for a change and that means incumbents leaving!

[Bostech]

Here we go with vodka and Russians again.
I got nothing to do with Russians...or Arabs....or Eskimos.
Try again.


Like I said and I predicted this 5 years ago..nothing will ever change.
Good ol' boys are elected by good ol' voters.
Voters don't want to change.
When outsider like me comes and JUST suggest something they are called unpatriotic,anti-American,socialist that does drugs.

You do not want to change and your leaders won't change either.

You are stuck in infinite loop of politics.

[samiam]

If we as a city want to prosper its not only up to the politicians (but it sure would help if we had progressive leadership). We the citizens need to put our money were our mouths are. We need to make our voices heard. It has been prooven time and again that politicians are no better than used car salesman. They vote for there agenda not the will of the people that voted them in. We need to hold them accountable for there actions.
Jacksonville is mad as hell and we are not going to take it anymore

The greenest house is a house already built

[Bostech]

I know some nice used car salesman's...but they did went out of business. :-(

[Ocklawaha]

Here we go with vodka and Russians again.
I got nothing to do with Russians...or Arabs....or Eskimos.
Try again.


Like I said and I predicted this 5 years ago..nothing will ever change.
Good ol' boys are elected by good ol' voters.
Voters don't want to change.
When outsider like me comes and JUST suggest something they are called unpatriotic,anti-American,socialist that does drugs.

You do not want to change and your leaders won't change either.

You are stuck in infinite loop of politics.

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...and you my crazy friend are stuck in America Hate. Get a life, relax, don't sweat the small stuff, TURN ON - TUNE IN - DROP OUT, take a chill pill, you are uptight man. Just watch this video until you completely understand every word, then you will understand the great mystery that is America. Enjoy it man, after reading through your posts, I need drugs!

I'm not half as think as you stoned I am!

OCKLAWAHA
I am umbilically connected to the temperate zone
It brought me life, it brought me love
I never have outgrown
Brought me one too many nights along that Biscayne shore
And one too many mornings in the Grove drugstore

And one way or the other we're all refugees
Livin' out this easy life below the banyan trees
Smoothing off the rougher edges of the culture clash
We've got a style we've got a look
We've got that old panache

[Sportmotor]

you know, I live in Jacksonville. That alone should be enough inspiration for greatness for everyone else 

[Timkin]

you know, I live in Jacksonville. That alone should be enough inspiration for greatness for everyone else 

LOL@Sportmotor   good point !