The Issues by Mayoral Candidate Alvin Brown

[FayeforCure]

If Hogan does mention points- his points are not strategic or in any kind of detail.

Isn't that how Peyton got elected? All Peyton said he would do is run the City like a business, which we all know was a bust. I am not 100% for Hogan, maybe 60%. I agree, I'd like for him to say more and be direct, maybe the debates will get that out of him, or not. But he does have more local experience, good or bad, than Brown. He has been tax collector, on the city hall, in the FL legislature and I believe he knows Jacksonville, good and bad, better than Brown does, who has very little direct credit on the resume here in Jacksonville.

If I had to choose, I'd choose a person with local experience. I already chose a person with NO experience and that nightmare continues, now in its 8th year. Not going to do that again.

Let me see if I am getting this right: You don't like Peyton, so you are supporting the guy who has less of a plan and is even further to the right? It seems like you are starting out in default support of the Repub, and require the Dem to really convince you for your vote. Why not just look at them both objectively. Who cares what the letter next to the name is? Which one has the more attractive, well-thought out plan? Which one has a plan that can be taken up by the mayor at all?

Brown's issue statement looks great. If he gets half that done, Jax would be 10 times better (yes, that was a scientific statement).

It's an emotional thing. No amount of rationality even comes into play.

mtraininjax family has probably been voting Republican for generations...........it's just tradition.

So they just spend a lot of time arguing against themselves, but then sticking to tradition anyway.

[Miss Fixit]

Alvin Brown is focused on the important issues:  jobs, downtown development, education, parks, public safety.  All of his proposals are achievable.

Mike Hogan has essentially promised to move Jacksonville backwards and is focused on matters that cannot be resolved locally.

My children deserve a better quality of life.  I'm with Alvin!

[JeffreyS]

Both candidates seem like capable men to me who have proven they can work effectively to accomplish their goals.  Alvin's stated ambitions and focus just line up with what I see as more on point with what Jacksonville needs right now.  Hogan's focus has to be about getting elected I doubt he will waste his time fighting for the second amendment and sanctity of life issues while serving as Mayor.  That however is what he saying he is going to do so let's pick the guy who is saying , Jobs, Port, Public Safety and Education are the issues he will tackle.

[JeffreyS]

Alvin Brown is focused on the important issues:  jobs, downtown development, education, parks, public safety.  All of his proposals are achievable.

Mike Hogan has essentially promised to move Jacksonville backwards and is focused on matters that cannot be resolved locally.

My children deserve a better quality of life.  I'm with Alvin!

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[FayeforCure]

Alvin Brown is focused on the important issues:  jobs, downtown development, education, parks, public safety.  All of his proposals are achievable.

Mike Hogan has essentially promised to move Jacksonville backwards and is focused on matters that cannot be resolved locally.

My children deserve a better quality of life.  I'm with Alvin!

It's like choosing the FUTURE vs choosing the PAST

If you are happy with Peyton's 8 years as mayor...........well you know who to vote for.

[fsujax]

Hogan will continue to say as little as possible and be very vague. It worked in the primary and it is his campaigns hope is that it carries him through the May election.

[finehoe]

It's hard to imagine two platforms with a starker difference in level of seriousness. 

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[FayeforCure]

It's hard to imagine two platforms with a starker difference in level of seriousness. 

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Yeah potholes vs VISION

[Timkin]

It's an emotional thing. No amount of rationality even comes into play.

mtraininjax family has probably been voting Republican for generations...........it's just tradition.

So they just spend a lot of time arguing against themselves, but then sticking to tradition anyway.
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 Good...let them argue amongst themselves.   Alvin has a thought-out plan, vs a few  thoughts scribbled on the corner of a piece of paper.

[Timkin]

I just wish he'd stop screaming jesus every ten minutes.

Oh cmon Garden Guy....

[Captain Zissou]

The difference between the two platforms is astonishing.  Hogan sounds like the old drunk guy at the bar rambling about what he'd do if he was king.  Brown has really taken a hard look at our city and its issues and then created a comprehensive, but focused, plan to improve our city.  With Alvin's plan, our city will again be competitive with places like Charlotte and Nashville.  Any doubt I previously had about Alvin has been erased and I am now fully on board with his campaign for mayor of Jacksonville.

I'm Down with Alvin Brown.

[Timkin]

Are you talking about Barney on the Simpsons Captain ?




I am satisfied that of the two, Alvin is CLEARLY the better man for the job.

[finehoe]

Hogan sounds like the old drunk guy at the bar rambling about what he'd do if he was king. 

If Hogan was running for a seat in Congress, I'd probably vote for him. 

Okaaay.

[Jaxson]

What is the thing that I dislike most about local politics?  Many of us are simply too content with one political party having a monopoly on power.  The governing party has the numbers and the money and has no real incentive to listen to the people.  With voter turnout dropping in our local elections, there is even less reason for the Good Old Boys to pay attention.  If we blindly hand the election to the same clique, I do not believe that we will have any real solutions for our city's problems.
As for those who question Alvin Brown's experience, they seem to have a double standard on what it takes to be a mayor.  Prior to running for mayor, John Peyton had a skimpy background in public administration.  Jacksonville gave Peyton a pass.  Today, we are cynically looking for excuses not to vote for a man who has worked with a $4 billion budget, who has helped rebuild a hurricane-devastated city and who has worked closely with the Chamber of Commerce.  Not only this, Alvin Brown is not some carpetbagger who just dropped in from out of nowhere.  He is indeed someone who grew up here and pulled himself up to become the man that he is now.  

[Timkin]

What is the thing that I dislike most about local politics?  Many of us are simply too content with one political party having a monopoly on power.  The governing party has the numbers and the money and has no real incentive to listen to the people.  With voter turnout dropping in our local elections, there is even less reason for the Good Old Boys to pay attention.  If we blindly hand the election to the same clique, I do not believe that we will have any real solutions for our city's problems.
As for those who question Alvin Brown's experience, they seem to have a double standard on what it takes to be a mayor.  Prior to running for mayor, John Peyton had a skimpy background in public administration.  Jacksonville gave Peyton a pass.  Today, we are cynically looking for excuses not to vote for a man who has worked with a $4 billion budget, who has helped rebuild a hurricane-devastated city and who has worked closely with the Chamber of Commerce.  Not only this, Alvin Brown is not some carpetbagger who just dropped in from out of nowhere.  He is indeed someone who grew up here and pulled himself up to become the man that he is now. 

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