Questions for Next Week's Metro Jacksonville Candidate's Forum

Started by thelakelander, April 12, 2011, 09:50:58 AM

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hillary supporter

#15
April 12, 2011, 05:00:37 PM
What are our odds to get the Sacremento Kings downtown?
Which one of you is the real Mike Hogan?
Hey, we should make a mike hogan video based on the talk show "To tell the truth!"

Timkin

#16
April 12, 2011, 05:01:35 PM
O my... Hillary..thats funny :)

wsansewjs

#17
April 12, 2011, 05:04:40 PM
Lakelander,

Could you be kind to add all the questions suggested by all of us to your original post to keep track of them?

-Josh
"When I take over JTA, the PCT'S will become artificial reefs and thus serve a REAL purpose. - OCKLAWAHA"

"Stephen intends on running for office in the next election (2014)." - Stephen Dare

thelakelander

#18
April 12, 2011, 05:13:23 PM
 1. What is the biggest issue affecting the Quality of Life in Jacksonville and how will you address it?

2. Will you make the 680' pier public and allow vendors and boater to use it?

3. Why do you feel you can get Jacksonville's biggest needs projects done? IE: the port, the cruise terminal, the mobility plan and a possible Jaguars ownership transition.

4. Will you be willing to use city money to help get those needed projects done?

5. Where is Mr. Hogan?

6. What is their position on Historic Preservation and ensuring places like Genovar's Hall, Fire Station#5 , Annie Lytle Schoolhouse, The Ambassador,  The Laura Trio,  will be spared, and not just left to decay to the point they cannot be saved?

7. Mass Transit?  Streetcars?  Extending the Skyway?  

8. Ideas for Urban Infill and restoration of a vibrant downtown?

9. Elimination of unnecessary positions within the City

10. Restructuring of JTA?

11. What are your thoughts on attracting and retaining employers in Downtown?

12. How will they curb the growth that is driving the cost of maintaining our city through the roof??

13. What is their opinion on mass transit and how would they implement mass transit within our city??

14. What will they do to create growth downtown?

15. What are methods you would suggest to implement smart growth that will increase our tax base without increasing our costs?

16. Beside the USS Adams docking here, is there a large interest to attract additional famous / historical ships to call its home here?

17. What will happen to the Old Ford Factory? Could the old Ford factory and the rest of the area including the Metro Park to Sport Complex push toward a stronger unity to promote downtown growth?

18. Can we bring architecture students to design the entire public shipyard and make one of their ideas into reality?

19. When can the city government will EVER relax their business regulations in the downtown and other areas?

20. What are our odds to get the Sacremento Kings downtown?

21. Which one of you is the real Mike Hogan?
"A man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

wsansewjs

#19
April 12, 2011, 05:23:10 PM
Awesomesauce, Lakelander!

:P But um, I mean to your original post in this thread, so everyone can see it, then it would rub their brains into generating more questions :D

-Josh
"When I take over JTA, the PCT'S will become artificial reefs and thus serve a REAL purpose. - OCKLAWAHA"

"Stephen intends on running for office in the next election (2014)." - Stephen Dare

Timkin

#20
April 12, 2011, 05:24:56 PM
If only I had a brain , Josh  ;)

Timkin

#21
April 13, 2011, 12:29:14 AM
Are we going to have to make a Cardboard  Mike Hogan ,to at least get an image of him at this meeting??  ( that can also be asked as a serious question)   He does need votes.. it would be smart of him to answer questions .

BridgeTroll

#22
April 13, 2011, 03:28:11 PM
Future uses or tenants of Cecil Commerce center
In a boat at sea one of the men began to bore a hole in the bottom of the boat. On being remonstrating with, he answered, "I am only boring under my own seat." "Yes," said his companions, "but when the sea rushes in we shall all be drowned with you."

fsujax

#23
April 13, 2011, 03:33:38 PM
Timkin..that is an awesome idea! i really wish someone would do it...haha

L.P. Hovercraft

#24
April 13, 2011, 04:57:18 PM Last Edit: April 13, 2011, 05:04:53 PM by L.P. Hovercraft
1) Would you support the creation of a starter streetcar line connecting the Historic Riverside/Avondale neighborhood to Downtown?  And 2) if so, what would you do specifically to get this project jump started?

Mr. Hogan, you can go first...oh wait, nevermind.
::)
"Let us not be blind to our differences, but let us also direct attention to our common interests and the means by which those differences can be resolved.  And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity."
--John F. Kennedy, 6/10/1963

mtraininjax

#25
April 13, 2011, 05:16:17 PM
1) What bank do you plan to rob to fund all of these requests from MJ posters?

2) What local experience makes you most qualified to be mayor of Jacksonville?

3) If you made a statement prior to the Jaguars arriving in Jacksonville, would you change your mind now and if not, should some of the MJ posters be allowed to hang you upside down from the tallest tree limb in Jacksonville?

4) What did you do to get Wayne Weaver to change his mind? Free will or was it freedom of choice?
And, that $115 will save Jacksonville from financial ruin. - Mayor John Peyton

"This is a game-changer. This is what I mean when I say taking Jacksonville to the next level."
-Mayor Alvin Brown on new video boards at Everbank Field

tufsu1

#26
April 13, 2011, 05:21:55 PM
some of those questions will be left unanswered mtrain, as Mike Hogan isn't planning to attend :)

L.P. Hovercraft

#27
April 13, 2011, 06:09:03 PM
Quote from: mtraininjax on April 13, 2011, 05:16:17 PM
1) What bank do you plan to rob to fund all of these requests from MJ posters?

I live in Riverside; I'm not wealthy by any means and I'm certainly not an anti-tax zealot (it's simply the cost of doing business in a civilized society) but I'd be willing to pay higher property taxes on my house or a local sales or gas tax if it would mean getting a streetcar running between Riverside/Avondale and Downtown within a year (rather than subsidizing further suburban sprawl) and I'm sure I'm not the only one.  It would be a tangible benefit for both the neighborhood and the city as a whole. 
"Let us not be blind to our differences, but let us also direct attention to our common interests and the means by which those differences can be resolved.  And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity."
--John F. Kennedy, 6/10/1963

mtraininjax

#28
April 13, 2011, 07:01:58 PM
Quotepay higher property taxes on my house

I saw my own house taxes go up 450 bucks last year, after all the rollbacks and cutbacks. The gas powered trolley is fine by my standards. When public transportation can pay for itself in Jacksonville, let me know we can then talk, till then, I'd rather pay less in taxes and the dreaded "fees".

With fuel costs rising 50%, guess who is coming to your dinner table soon? Expect another JEA fee soon to pay for fewer people using power and higher expenses for their transportation costs. I cannot control JEA, but I can have a voice in people wanting to raise my taxes for silly projects that are not needed.
And, that $115 will save Jacksonville from financial ruin. - Mayor John Peyton

"This is a game-changer. This is what I mean when I say taking Jacksonville to the next level."
-Mayor Alvin Brown on new video boards at Everbank Field

vicupstate

#29
April 13, 2011, 07:55:09 PM
Quote from: mtraininjax on April 13, 2011, 07:01:58 PM
Quotepay higher property taxes on my house

I saw my own house taxes go up 450 bucks last year, after all the rollbacks and cutbacks. The gas powered trolley is fine by my standards. When public transportation can pay for itself in Jacksonville, let me know we can then talk, till then, I'd rather pay less in taxes and the dreaded "fees".

With fuel costs rising 50%, guess who is coming to your dinner table soon? Expect another JEA fee soon to pay for fewer people using power and higher expenses for their transportation costs. I cannot control JEA, but I can have a voice in people wanting to raise my taxes for silly projects that are not needed.

Taxes are like anything else.  You get what you pay for.  Charlotte's taxes are much higher than Jax. And that can be said of almost any major city in the US.

The thing is, Charlotte residents can afford to PAY those higher taxes because the average wage is much higher. More than enough to cover the difference.

How has the low tax, poor services model worked for Jacksonville?

Low taxes have NOT brought high paying jobs, good schools, low crime, or allowed Jax's full potential to be realized compared to it's peer cities.  You have to pay for quality in your economy,schools, and parks.   

As for your comment on public transportation, give me a break. Do you think gas taxes pay the full load for highways ?  Do you think airport taxes for do the same for air travel?   
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