Runoff Election May 17, 2011, Master Thread. Observations and Updates

[duvaldude08]

So what now?? What are some of the specifics people want from Brown? How will he handle crime? Mass transit? job creation? Core developments? city budget?

Youre not wasting anytime are you?  LOL 

[Wacca Pilatka]

^Same here, I guess I am officially a RINO now.  In fact, I got a very scathing email from someone today accusing me of that.  Apparently, I am going to be held personally responsible for what happens to this city in the next 4 years.  I'm wondering if taking that responsibility means that I get a share of this person's profits over the next 4 years when Alvin helps us pull out of this recession?

I'm still tickled at the idea that I'm a "limousine liberal" because I supported Audrey and then Alvin.  I can think of two things wrong with that statement.

[vicupstate]

^Same here, I guess I am officially a RINO now.  In fact, I got a very scathing email from someone today accusing me of that.  Apparently, I am going to be held personally responsible for what happens to this city in the next 4 years.  I'm wondering if taking that responsibility means that I get a share of this person's profits over the next 4 years when Alvin helps us pull out of this recession?

I'm still tickled at the idea that I'm a "limousine liberal" because I supported Audrey and then Alvin.  I can think of two things wrong with that statement.

Yes, now that many Republicans and conservatives found THEMSELVES as the target of Tea Party nonsense, maybe they will seek to take back the party from the asylum inmates that took it over.   

[ChriswUfGator]

^Same here, I guess I am officially a RINO now.  In fact, I got a very scathing email from someone today accusing me of that.  Apparently, I am going to be held personally responsible for what happens to this city in the next 4 years.  I'm wondering if taking that responsibility means that I get a share of this person's profits over the next 4 years when Alvin helps us pull out of this recession?

I'm still tickled at the idea that I'm a "limousine liberal" because I supported Audrey and then Alvin.  I can think of two things wrong with that statement.

Yes, now that many Republicans and conservatives found THEMSELVES as the target of Tea Party nonsense, maybe they will seek to take back the party from the asylum inmates that took it over.   

+1

And FWIW, South Park did an excellent job on the teabaggers last night. Hilarious episode.

[fsujax]

I can tell you I have some friends who are giving me a really hard time for supporting Brown. I tell them I had to do what I felt was best for Jacksonville's future, like or leave it and move on!

[Jimmy]

I think the last bell has been wrung at the local tea party.   Between the TP and the CTDC, they had their hats handed to them on election day.  They'll try to take some credit, but they actually crashed and burned.  Good riddance.

And Billie "Silly" Tucker has been showcased in a negative light, with her own juvenile words and actions.  She's done.

[Doctor_K]

What do you call a Republican who doesn't bother to vote at all?

The same thing you call a democrat or an Ind or an NPA that doesn't vote at all.

Useless.

[copperfiend]

And Billie "Silly" Tucker has been showcased in a negative light, with her own juvenile words and actions.  She's done.

Her and the tea party are becoming obsolete. They had their moment in the sun but most people now view them as the joke they really are. Remember Alvin Brown refusing to answer their slanted questionairre? Nobody else does either.

[Cliffs_Daughter]

What do you call a Republican who doesn't bother to vote at all?

The same thing you call a democrat or an Ind or an NPA that doesn't vote at all.

Useless.

TOTALLY TRUE! +5

[Doctor_K]

Audrey Moran said it best in her concession speech. Partisan politics have no place at the local level.

Glad that so many freethinking people in Jacksonville decided to cross over.

To that end, I wonder:

If the election was de facto as well as de jure non-partisan, I wonder how differently the final votes cast would've turned out.  I'll bet rather significantly.

[ChriswUfGator]

Audrey Moran said it best in her concession speech. Partisan politics have no place at the local level.

Glad that so many freethinking people in Jacksonville decided to cross over.

To that end, I wonder:

If the election was de facto as well as de jure non-partisan, I wonder how differently the final votes cast would've turned out.  I'll bet rather significantly.

+1

I think, finally, people are becoming sick of over-hyped negativity and slander as a valid campaign platform.

Hogan went too negative on this one, and in so doing screwed himself.

[Timkin]

Audrey Moran said it best in her concession speech. Partisan politics have no place at the local level.

Glad that so many freethinking people in Jacksonville decided to cross over.

To that end, I wonder:

If the election was de facto as well as de jure non-partisan, I wonder how differently the final votes cast would've turned out.  I'll bet rather significantly.

+1

I think, finally, people are becoming sick of over-hyped negativity and slander as a valid campaign platform.

Hogan went too negative on this one, and in so doing screwed himself.

Agree Chris, completely