REPUBLICAN FOR BROWN

[mtraininjax]

I fear you have exposed the Hogan platform more than he would have wanted.

You can still delete. (but those darned quotes will still be there.)

Only a Mullaney or Audrey supporter would RETRACT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GO HOGAN!!!!!

[fsujax]

What a disappointing night. I have never volunteered or donated money to campaign until this one. I really wanted Audrey to win. I don't know what else to say other than I am sick. Might take a couple of days to get over this.

[buckethead]

I fear you have exposed the Hogan platform more than he would have wanted.

You can still delete. (but those darned quotes will still be there.)

Only a Mullaney or Audrey supporter would RETRACT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GO HOGAN!!!!!

Well played, but the good ole boy network has yet to prove an interest in representing all Jaxons, nor the competence to make the city vibrant. While I don't believe it is the government that makes a city vibrant, I do realize that governmental policies are what can enable or disallow it.

For the GOB's, It's all about infrastructure to increase the value of real estate outside the core. (even outside the county in many cases... OH SNAP!)

[Jaxson]

I do not know why people are fretting whether Alvin Brown is an "Obamabot."  He still has to get his agenda through the City Council.  This kind of divided government had proven to be most effective.  The problem arises when one party has unchecked power.  We need to bring checks and balances back to our city government!

[mtraininjax]

Well played, but the good ole boy network has yet to prove an interest in representing all Jaxons, nor the competence to make the city vibrant.

Fair enough, I challenge you to find a candidate who can rally all parts of the city and garner enough votes to surpass the status quo of Jacksonville. Did not happen 8 years ago, maybe it can happen in May. My bet is that it will not. Not enough has changed in 8 years to see that it could or WOULD happen.

[buckethead]

Well played, but the good ole boy network has yet to prove an interest in representing all Jaxons, nor the competence to make the city vibrant.

Fair enough, I challenge you to find a candidate who can rally all parts of the city and garner enough votes to surpass the status quo of Jacksonville. Did not happen 8 years ago, maybe it can happen in May. My bet is that it will not. Not enough has changed in 8 years to see that it could or WOULD happen.

Moran was that Mayor.

Unfortunately she wasn't a good enough candidate. Mullaney fed her to the wolves of the far right theocrats, and she was gobbled up. Brown voters might have been a bit more pragmatic as well, which would have landed us a more moderate republican.

Lower taxes and baby Jesus will garner votes in J-ville, but the platform won't help the city nor the citizens.

Inevitably, neither promise shows up to save the day.

[JeffreyS]

Bucket your aim is true.

[futurejax]

I do not know why people are fretting whether Alvin Brown is an "Obamabot."  He still has to get his agenda through the City Council.  This kind of divided government had proven to be most effective.  The problem arises when one party has unchecked power.  We need to bring checks and balances back to our city government!

+1mm and I'm a Repub who didn't and will not again vote for Obama but Hogan will take any chance of this city becoming something greater than it currently is and flush it straight down the toilet.

[Captain Zissou]

The failure to elect strong city council members is just as important as our failure for mayor.  i haven't been able to assess all the damage from yesterday, but things are not looking good.  We need to get to work immediately to figure out how this whole thing can be salvaged.

[John P]

If Brown is not an Obamabot, then maybe I could see myself, a staunch conservative Republican, voting for a Democrat. But if we are just going to get the same type of crap thats happening now on the national level, then I would have to vote for Hogan, much as that pains me to say.

National politics and local don't mix. It's all rhetoric but with no real connection. The rhetoric is the same but the issues are not. Do you think a national Tea Party leader and Unions would ever partner? That's exactly what happened in this race.

[BridgeTroll]

If Brown is not an Obamabot, then maybe I could see myself, a staunch conservative Republican, voting for a Democrat. But if we are just going to get the same type of crap thats happening now on the national level, then I would have to vote for Hogan, much as that pains me to say.

National politics and local don't mix.

Bill Clinton seems to think they do.  He called and left me a message yesterday urging me to vote for Brown...

[CityLife]

The failure to elect strong city council members is just as important as our failure for mayor.  i haven't been able to assess all the damage from yesterday, but things are not looking good.  We need to get to work immediately to figure out how this whole thing can be salvaged.

Agreed. Juan Diaz, Michelle Tappouni, and Sean Hall didn't even make the runoff in their races. All 3 would have been excellent advocates for downtown.

[JeffreyS]

If anyone here still wants to save this place they will do whatever they can to get Brown inside the mayor's office. 

An easy step would be to "like" Alvin Brown on his Facebook page. He only has 656 at this point.

[fsujax]

compared to Hogans over 2,000 likes. gag!

[Jaxson]

If Brown is not an Obamabot, then maybe I could see myself, a staunch conservative Republican, voting for a Democrat. But if we are just going to get the same type of crap thats happening now on the national level, then I would have to vote for Hogan, much as that pains me to say.

National politics and local don't mix. It's all rhetoric but with no real connection. The rhetoric is the same but the issues are not. Do you think a national Tea Party leader and Unions would ever partner? That's exactly what happened in this race.

If national politics has no impact on state and local politics, I would like to know why the likes of Sarah Palin showed up to help with John Thrasher's campaign in 2010.  Just wondering...