Jim Bailey: Why I Want to be Mayor of Jacksonville

[Metro Jacksonville]

Jim Bailey: Why I Want to be Mayor of Jacksonville



Jim Bailey.  The tireless public servant and downtown businessman.  The list of his affiliations would take an entire article, as would a recounting of the anonymous philanthropy and quiet contributions that have characterized his life and career.

He is one of several great Republican candidates for Mayor of Jacksonville.

Why is he running?

Join Metro Jacksonville as Jim lays it out for our readers.

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http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2010-sep-jim-bailey-why-i-want-to-be-mayor-of-jacksonville

[CS Foltz]

I am open to anyone.....since I have not formed a black and white opinion of any of the 12 or 14 candidates! I wonder just what his position is regarding LRT and Ethics? What are the possibilities of his having an open discussion here on MetroJax?

[tufsu1]

CS....by LRT do you mean like-rail-transit 

[hightowerlover]

why would they mayor be writing checks to himself? 

[heights unknown]

He might be up to the challenge, but in my opinion he still hasn't given a good, well rounded and practically complete reason why he'd want to become Mayor or why he should be elected.  His daughters is only ONE good reason why he should be elected.  There are numerous other reasons he failed to mention.  His daughters are important, relative to the future and the future of Jacksonville's Children which he ties in with his daughters because they are young, and they and his daughter's peers are a huge part of Jacksonville's future if they decide to stay.  Just because he wants to be Mayor because of his daughters, that is, he wants to make Jacksonville better so his daughters and their peers will stay and remain as citizens of Jacksonville, does not spell out ALL of the reasons why he should be Mayor, and what he will do when he becomes Mayor to make Jacksonville a City to be envied, with a super quality of life and second to none within Florida and these United States.  What will you do Mr. Bailey for Jacksonville, out side of your daughters, to make it a top tier City? And this includes making Jacksonville a super place to live not only for your daughters and their peers, but also for its citizens now and in the future, and those who don't live in Jacksonville now who will later become Jacksonvillians.

"HU"

[BridgeTroll]

I would ask for his solutions to issues facing our current mayor...

Police/ Fireman contracts

Shipyards

Health and use of the river

Revitalization of Downtown

Mass transit

[Captain Zissou]

why would they mayor be writing checks to himself?  

I get what you're saying, and it's fairly clever, but that's not what Jim meant.  He meant that a Mayor should not just be taking money (signing the back of the check), but also giving money (signing the front).  He's not talking about writing checks to himself.

[heights unknown]

why would they mayor be writing checks to himself? 

I get what you're saying, and it's fairly clever, but that's not what Jim meant.  He meant that a Mayor should not just be taking money (signing the back of the check), but also giving money (signing the front).  He's not talking about writing checks to himself.

I was wondering about that myself...and now that I understand fully, I agree with Jim; should be spending for the good of the city as well as taking in money from whomever or whatever sources (also for the good of the city); but still, Mr. Bailey needs to give more reasons why he wants to be Mayor.

"HU"

[fieldafm]

What will you do to create incentives for the growth of small business in Jacksonville?  Small businesses are the number one job creators.  We need an environment to create the next great Jacksonville company.  Our next Charter, Barnett Bank, Winn Dixie, CSX, Fidelity is going to blossom from a new small business.  What are your plans to create an environment that would allow this to happen more easily?

What are your plans to secure federal funding for navigational and deepwater issues for the Port?
Say something like a dedicated federal funding specialist/liason solely devoted to this issue...

Would you be in favor of creating special economic zones to encourage a clustering of medical research firms to relocate and/or start in Jacksonville?  Research shows that for every one job created by a medical research firm, about 5 jobs are created from businesses used by the facility and its employees.

Are you in favor of seperating the 680' pier from the Shipyards site, and using exisisting external funding mechanisms to create a public pier park?  Are you in favor of extending the Riverwalk across the entire length of the Northbank and connect Metro Park with the core of downtown?

Are you going to commit to better maintenance/repair of our existing park system?  Several parks are in poor repair, and others need desperate revitilazation(I.E. The Hogan Creek park system).  In the same token, are you in favor of redirecting the park system's efforts to focus on more eco-tourism opportunities?

Would you keep Bill Killingsworth in place?

What would you do to bolster the historic preservation fund?

What are your thoughts on fixed mass transit in this city?

How would you continue to foster Downtown Jacksonville's future?

How would you fix the secondary public education system in Jacksonville which is continuing to get low marks when stacked against its peer cities?  I think this is a key issue when trying to attract more high-wage jobs to this city as our current school system does not produce adequate numbers of college graduates as a percentage of our overall population.

How would you transform our city into a world-class SMART city that runs on network-based on telecomm-based systems to allow for better management of city services, encourage more economic opportunity, and an overall better quality of life?

[CS Foltz]

fieldafm.......nice criteria............lets see if he responds...........talk is cheap, but not much talk from any of the candidates to this point!

[jimbailey]

Thank you so very much for your interest in my campaign!  I am having a great time meeting so many new people and learning more about the underlying problems that face our City.  As we progress, my plan for Jacksonville will become more defined.  I will address every issue you have mentioned and more.  I look forward to being a part of this forum sometime in the near future.  Again, thank you for your interest and your patience.

[jimbailey]

I would like to schedule a session in the next few months.  We will be holding some town hall type forums very soon.  I think those will address many of the issue concerns.  Stephen - I will get with you offline to schedule something.  Thanks again!

[CS Foltz]

I would like to schedule a session in the next few months.  We will be holding some town hall type forums very soon.  I think those will address many of the issue concerns.  Stephen - I will get with you offline to schedule something.  Thanks again!

Offline or Online.....matters not to me! Look forward to the Q & A whenever it can take place! stephen, just my little old opinion, but have any other candidates said that they would participate......Rick did half heartedly but no other candidates have said Yes! Hoping we can round robin all of them, or at least those who really give a darn about what happens and how?

[heights unknown]

Why don't we have a Mayoral debate on the Metro Jax Forum? Probably would be hard to coordinate, but I'm sure someone (powers that be in MetroJax) can make it happen.

"HU"

[jimbailey]

After taking some time to review our schedule, I figured out the best time to answer your questions.  Please join me from 5:30pm to 7:30pm on Monday, October 25 right here on this forum.  I look forward to your participation!  Thanks!