Mayoral Debate

[dougskiles]

^Seriously.  That guy seems really bitter.  I don't envy any of them having to put up with that kind of disrespect.

They are talking about obesity right now.  Most are saying that education is the solution.  I'm not sure that is the only answer.  None of them are talking about creating communities that promote a more active lifestyle - like walkable and bicycle friendly neighborhoods.  Swing and a miss in my opinion.

[Doctor_K]

TU Guy said Mullaney will be hearing from the TU lawyers for using one of "their" pictures in his ads/posters.  Wow.  He's a dick all night then asks the civility question.  LoL.

Still a good debate, more or less.

[CityLife]

Good point Doug on walkability. Something like that may not play well with the undecided Joe Six Packs out there, so maybe that could have something to do with it. I think Moran knows she has locked up the urban core and is aiming at the rest of the city.

Alvin Brown is once again impressing.

Mullaney continues to bring up the med school. It is like the kid running for class president who promises coke fountains in school.

We won't see 1 dollar for a med school from the state in Jacksonville in the next 4 years. We likely won't in the next 8 years either. UNF is not a research university. The state just spent hundreds of millions for UCF and FIU to get med schools and there is will be no demand for new doctors in the state with those new schools. It won't happen. I really wish someone would call him out on it.

The only chance would be a for profit school or maybe some affiliation with a private school (long shot). Based on Florida's Coastal's issues with job placement, I think the last thing we need is another for profit school.

[thelakelander]

Wow, Brown and Lee going at it.

[Doctor_K]

First time I've seen Lee step out of character and lose his cool.

[Kay]

The POS T-U reporter is the guy covering the Hogan campaign.  I thought he was unnecessarily antagonistic.

[Doctor_K]

Well that explains a thing or two then, doesn't it?

[tufsu1]

Wow, Brown and Lee going at it.

yeah...I was driving back into town and couldn't get 89.9 to come in until almost 9pm...but this sounded pretty rough on the radio

[Diane Melendez]

The antagonistic reporter was also brutal to Hogan during the first online/video report he did with him for the TU. He is no friend to any of them.

[danem]

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2011-03-17/story/mike-hogan-attend-tea-party-event-not-tv-debate

Here's what the same reporter wrote about Hogan not attending the debate.

[Kay]

The antagonistic reporter was also brutal to Hogan during the first online/video report he did with him for the TU. He is no friend to any of them.

Actually, I watched that video and disagree.  The reporter asked about his abortion bombing statement but did so pretty darn gently.

[Garden guy]

The antagonistic reporter was also brutal to Hogan during the first online/video report he did with him for the TU. He is no friend to any of them.

Actually, I watched that video and disagree.  The reporter asked about his abortion bombing statement but did so pretty darn gently.

Very gently...many of us would'nt have let him get away so easy....if that's too much for him...then he should go home and go back to bed.

[CityLife]

The antagonistic reporter was also brutal to Hogan during the first online/video report he did with him for the TU. He is no friend to any of them.

Actually, I watched that video and disagree.  The reporter asked about his abortion bombing statement but did so pretty darn gently.

Diane Melendez actually thought Hogan did good in the last debate, so I'm not sure she is the most objective poster.

[buckethead]

DM is very respected. You should really have gotten to know her on jaxoutloud.com.

[CityLife]

DM is very respected. You should really have gotten to know her on jaxoutloud.com.

I'm not saying she is a bad person or anything. Just that she appears to be a Hogan supporter and may not be objective when discussing him.