Proud to be a Jacksonvillian this morning

[JeffreyS]

I am sure I will be a partisan A@#$^&*( soon enough.

[tufsu1]

And don't worry about the muck raked in the paper. The westside can suck it. We won.

wait...don't you live in Riverside?  Many classify that as part of the westside!

[ubben]

Imagined Conversation at Chick Fil-A this morning:

"Dadgummit, Mama. Looka here. The paper says a black Democrat is gonna run the city now! The Baptist Church has lost it's hold!!!"

"Bubba, this is t'rrible news. The Gays are all over town now. Drinking is legal on Sunday. Women can vote and now this. Tarnation!"

'Let's get our trailer up to South Carolina or Colorado Springs where we can live in fundamentalist bliss with the right kinda people. Our hold on Jax is over. We gotta be free to praise the lord, fornicate with each other's wives and masturbate while thinkin' 'bout Tim Tebow in his Jockey ads in peace, praise Jesus."

'Settle down, Bubba! Rapture is in just a couple days. We're all done anyway. Eat your fries..."

[sheclown]

http://jacksonville.com/sites/default/files/DuvalVoting051911.gif

Look at who elected Brown.

What an amazing thing...to have the poorest people in the city stand up and demand representation. 

This isn't just about a black man who becomes mayor, this is about a group of disenfranchised people who have had their say.  Urban core with its failing schools, blighted buildings, pockets of despair and neglect said "ENOUGH".



It's a beautiful thing.

[Garden guy]

Try to ignore the first few days of sour grape losers and bad sport winners.  The business of the future is at hand let's make it the best it can be.
And you can call me Sally Sunshine this morning.

I love a Sally Sunshine...makes the day better...

[ChriswUfGator]

And don't worry about the muck raked in the paper. The westside can suck it. We won.

wait...don't you live in Riverside?  Many classify that as part of the westside!

Yeah. It's not.

[BridgeTroll]

And don't worry about the muck raked in the paper. The westside can suck it. We won.

wait...don't you live in Riverside?  Many classify that as part of the westside!

Yeah. It's not.

Well... we think of you as kin... 

[Cliffs_Daughter]

Imagined Conversation at Chick Fil-A this morning:

"Dadgummit, Mama. Looka here. The paper says a black Democrat is gonna run the city now! The Baptist Church has lost it's hold!!!"

"Bubba, this is t'rrible news. The Gays are all over town now. Drinking is legal on Sunday. Women can vote and now this. Tarnation!"

'Let's get our trailer up to South Carolina or Colorado Springs where we can live in fundamentalist bliss with the right kinda people. Our hold on Jax is over. We gotta be free to praise the lord, fornicate with each other's wives and masturbate while thinkin' 'bout Tim Tebow in his Jockey ads in peace, praise Jesus."

'Settle down, Bubba! Rapture is in just a couple days. We're all done anyway. Eat your fries..."

Well then, I guess it's a good thing I drive thru every morning (very slow then) with Alvin, Obama, NRA, USMC and DNC party stickers on my window! I can confuse them and irritate them in one circle while I get my spicy chicken biscuit!

[Captain Zissou]

http://jacksonville.com/sites/default/files/DuvalVoting051911.gif

Look at who elected Brown.

What an amazing thing...to have the poorest people in the city stand up and demand representation.  

This isn't just about a black man who becomes mayor, this is about a group of disenfranchised people who have had their say.  Urban core with its failing schools, blighted buildings, pockets of despair and neglect said "ENOUGH".

It's a beautiful thing.

SheClown, WOW!!!

The entire core (San Marco, Riverside and Avondale included) voted for Brown.

However, can you imagine if Hogan won??  In a neat little compact area was almost all of the people who didn't support him.  He would have turned his back on the core on day 1.

[ChriswUfGator]

http://jacksonville.com/sites/default/files/DuvalVoting051911.gif

Look at who elected Brown.

What an amazing thing...to have the poorest people in the city stand up and demand representation. 

This isn't just about a black man who becomes mayor, this is about a group of disenfranchised people who have had their say.  Urban core with its failing schools, blighted buildings, pockets of despair and neglect said "ENOUGH".

It's a beautiful thing.

SheClown, WOW!!!

The entire core (San Marco, Riverside and Avondale included) voted for Brown.

However, can you imagine if Hogan won??  In a neat little compact area was almost all of the people who didn't support him.  He would have turned his back on the core on day 1.

Didn't even have to wait for day 1, look at his awful commercial calling downtown a waste of money...

[fsujax]

yeah. those commercials sent me over the edge!

[JeffreyS]

in honor of mister hogan I'm using the sky way to get to the celebration

[Dog Walker]

Those commercials sent a lot of people over the edge.  I have some dear friends in the Republican country club and culture set who have never voted for a Democrat or a black man in their lives who told me that they voted for Alvin along with most of their circle of friends.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

Although its also because of how useful the darned thing is.  We can park at FSCJ, walk over to the skyway station and then get dropped off right in hemming park!

Or catch the bus to Rosa Park.  Just sayin' 

[duvaldude08]

Pride is definately the word. Pride is what this city was lacking. Once we change the views of our city, so will the nation. Jacksonville's on the rise. And I honestly think it wont take long.