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Started by manasia, May 18, 2011, 08:58:15 AM

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Timkin

#45
May 18, 2011, 01:08:33 PM
M-train?

ChriswUfGator

#46
May 18, 2011, 01:22:33 PM
Quote from: stjr on May 18, 2011, 12:50:54 PM
Interesting that the police and fire unions, the developers, builders, realtors, FBCers, Tea Party all picked the losing candidate.  I sure hope Alvin is more free of the traditional special interests in this City than prior mayors.  I do think he will have his hands full with a "do nothing" City Council that does reflect those traditional interests.  As noted, maybe doing nothing is better than the wholesale "Rick Scott" style dismantling that Hogan may have implemented.

Oh, rest assured, all of the above-mentioned usual suspects will be incredibly busy kissing ass beginning this morning. Will be interesting to see how Brown handles it. Actually, how Brown handles the attempts by this same group of back-slappers to ingratiate themselves with him will probably set the tone for the remainder of his term. If he buddies up, he limits himself in what changes he can make.

JeffreyS

#47
May 18, 2011, 01:24:41 PM
So will all of the political opportunists who came on here explaining that they joined with Hogan in spite of the fact that there was no way he could lose.
Lenny Smash

duvaldude08

#48
May 18, 2011, 01:34:54 PM
I just read on first coast news that the absentee ballots that have to be counted are from the gateway and downtown precincts. I think this may work out very well :)
Jaguars 2.0

Jimmy

#49
May 18, 2011, 01:40:44 PM
It works out that way because a lot of people from those neighborhoods headed to the Gateway and Downtown SOE offices on Monday and Tuesday to vote, thinking they could.  Instead of going to their local precinct, the offices allowed them to vote absentee - so long as they hadn't early-voted.  Now they're vetting those signatures to make sure those individuals didn't also vote on election day in the home precinct.

I read that 2 voters did that so far, so those absentee ballots weren't scanned through the machine.

Timkin

#50
May 18, 2011, 01:44:02 PM
It is looking very promising !! :)

Jimmy

#51
May 18, 2011, 01:46:56 PM
Indeed it is.

wsansewjs

#52
May 18, 2011, 01:52:21 PM
If Brown got this in the bag, will there be a representative of MetroJacksonville that can give Brown our inputs on among other representatives in the city?

-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

duvaldude08

#53
May 18, 2011, 01:54:34 PM
Quote from: Jimmy on May 18, 2011, 01:40:44 PM
It works out that way because a lot of people from those neighborhoods headed to the Gateway and Downtown SOE offices on Monday and Tuesday to vote, thinking they could.  Instead of going to their local precinct, the offices allowed them to vote absentee - so long as they hadn't early-voted.  Now they're vetting those signatures to make sure those individuals didn't also vote on election day in the home precinct.

I read that 2 voters did that so far, so those absentee ballots weren't scanned through the machine.

Gosh Jimmy you can spoil a wet dream.  ;D Thanks for clearing that up for me
Jaguars 2.0

ChriswUfGator

#54
May 18, 2011, 01:58:24 PM
Quote from: Jimmy on May 18, 2011, 01:40:44 PM
It works out that way because a lot of people from those neighborhoods headed to the Gateway and Downtown SOE offices on Monday and Tuesday to vote, thinking they could.  Instead of going to their local precinct, the offices allowed them to vote absentee - so long as they hadn't early-voted.  Now they're vetting those signatures to make sure those individuals didn't also vote on election day in the home precinct.

I read that 2 voters did that so far, so those absentee ballots weren't scanned through the machine.

Those two people should be charged with election fraud.

BridgeTroll

#55
May 18, 2011, 01:58:57 PM
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If the margin ends up smaller than one-quarter of one percent, about 500 votes, elections staff would also have to look for voting errors on every absentee ballot, which could drag the results out even longer.

Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2011-05-17/story/holland-says-counting-final-votes-brown-hogan-race-wont-be-finished#ixzz1MjBv7TE7
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."

Doctor_K

#56
May 18, 2011, 02:00:49 PM
Supposedly the next update will be published on the SOE website at around 2:30, once the next batch of ballots are counted.
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create."  -- Albert Einstein

Coolyfett

#57
May 18, 2011, 02:19:13 PM
Quote from: grimss on May 18, 2011, 10:09:38 AM
Wow, just checked Hogan's Facebook page, and it looks like Jacksonville is being prayer bombed.  Sample comments:

QuoteAll I have to say is...Mike Hogan WILL be Jacksonville's next because Mike Hogan serves an AWESOME GOD as well as I do and I KNOW that MY GOD IS IN CONTROL AND HE WILL PUT HIS MAN IN OFFICE...ENOUGH SAID!!!!
Uh, I think God's got bigger priorities than delivering Mike Hogan to office . . .

Quote"It's in God's hands... sometimes God doesn't give us the leader we need, he gives us the one we deserve. Shame on those Jacksonville voters who did not think voting was worthy of their time. Praying for God's mercy on Jacksonville as the absentee and provisional ballots are counted. Nothing is impossible with our God!"
WTF?

Welcome to the south! It almost as bad as Atlanta....
Mike Hogan Destruction Eruption!

stjr

#58
May 18, 2011, 02:26:48 PM
Quote from: wsansewjs on May 18, 2011, 01:52:21 PM
If Brown got this in the bag, will there be a representative of MetroJacksonville that can give Brown our inputs on among other representatives in the city?

-Josh

I consider MJ an open forum for many ideas and perspectives.  I am not sure it would be healthy for MJ to be viewed as an advocate for a specific plank outside of a clearly marked editorial or opinion piece.  Surely, individuals involved in MJ ban together to do such advocacy, but to officially have the MJ  name/institution wade full bore into waste deep water would appear to me to impair the appeal of MJ as that no-holds barred, all comers welcome, forum.  

FWIW, if it did advocate, how far would it make it before members of the MJ constituency complained they differed from the "official" MJ advocacy and how would that be resolved?  Heck, the MJ founders seem to have their share of opinions before even considering the rest of us hangers-on.   :D

I think the power of MJ is to flush out issues and persuade/dissuade individuals to personally escalate their involvement in advocacy of what they believe in.  It further helps people of like persuasion to "mobilize" as groups of people to maximize their impact.  Kind of like the Facebook of Jacksonville issues.
Hey!  Whatever happened to just plain ol' COMMON SENSE!!

hillary supporter

#59
May 18, 2011, 02:31:33 PM
Quote from: wsansewjs on May 18, 2011, 01:52:21 PM
If Brown got this in the bag, will there be a representative of MetroJacksonville that can give Brown our inputs on among other representatives in the city?

-Josh
His uncompromising endorsement of a downtown development authority (which i dint support myself) is, to me, an unquestionable yes for input from MJ. Now its up to us, you, to exert it!
To not use it, you will lose it!
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