Corrine Delivers: Quick-Picks 2015...

[sheclown]

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[sheclown]

Corrine Brown's 'Quick-Picks' spurring debate over her influence on Jacksonville elections

By Steve Patterson Fri, Mar 13, 2015 @ 6:52 pm | updated Fri, Mar 13, 2015 @ 8:41 pm

A sheet of candidate endorsements that U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown circulates for Jacksonville's city elections is drawing intense debate about the role of lists like that in local politics.

"I've been doing this for years. And evidently it's very popular," said Brown, D-Jacksonville, who said her political committee paid to print and distribute 40,000 copies of Corrine's Quick-Picks, a two-sided sheet resembling a ballot for the March 24 "first election."

The sheet, marked with Brown's choices for mayor, sheriff, elections supervisor and 13 contested City Council seats, turned up this month at churches and election rallies and was printed on two pages of a glossy magazine, Onyx, where most of the candidates that Brown endorsed bought ads.

It also was distributed this week by sign-wavers outside early voting sites — as was an unsigned rival sheet made by someone who appeared to have simply photocopied one page of Brown's picks in the magazine and pasted on new choices for the council's District 7 and 8 races.

Lists like Brown's have been used for years for the simple reason that they work, said Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland, noting that business groups, churches and others have followed a cheat-sheet model to produce lists that can be carried freely into ballot booths.

Holland said he doesn't recall ever seeing the number of sheets that are competing for attention this year — but Brown's still holds a special spot.

"The congresswoman is the mother of all Quick-Picks," Holland said, Brown having popularized her lists after tens of thousands of ballots were thrown out during the 2000 election by officials who said they were filled out incorrectly.

Brown's endorsements have become a sort of election-season industry. Her Friends of Corrine Brown committee last fall turned out Quick-Picks for voters in five counties — Alachua, Duval, Orange, Putnam and Seminole — on races ranging from school boards and judgeships to soil and water conservation districts. And the stalwart Democrat said people want to hear her opinions.

"People all over town ask me for them," she said. "And it's not just Northside. It's all over town."

But the Quick-Picks' following is fueling a backlash from people who say they're used the most in poorer, predominately black neighborhoods that need lots of city services — and residents instead need to vote for effective, energetic candidates, not for names on a list.

"Choose for yourself," said Ken Adkins, a minister and public relations consultant who staged a news conference Tuesday to urge Brown to retire her Quick-Picks. "People need to learn to educate themselves. ... You can choose the best candidate for your district."

Adkins told reporters he was speaking for close to 20 ministers who had concerns about the Quick-Picks process, but were afraid to speak up because they didn't want to alienate Brown, who has been in Congress 22 years.

`I AM NOT GOING TO PIMP MY RACE'

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[Jax native]

sheclown, this would almost answer your question about how much people paid to get included.  I was surprise to read the "Corrine pics" were placed in type of  magazine where most candidates who were pics, had ads!?!  If she paid for this through her own PAC, where did the money from the ads go??

[Cheshire Cat]

For those following the Quick Pick stories etc and may now think Corrine and her claims justifying the hows and whys of her quick pics are all nothing more than others do when endorsing candidates, think again.  I have been on the phone all day with investigators and attorneys at the state level and there are some serious concerns and some statues to be revisited.  Stay tuned!

[Jimmy]

Diane, I don't know if this is a piece of your puzzle, or not, but you need to focus in on something called Onyx Magazine out of Orlando.

And then there's this odd entry in KD's campaign expenditures from 2011:

28   3/8/2011   Alvin Brown   Campaign Quick Pick Ad   Monetary      $300.00

She paid Alvin Brown, another 2011 candidate, $300 for a Quick Pick Ad?  Don't know what that's about...

(In case you're wondering, there's no corresponding $300 contribution coming into the Alvin Brown account...)

https://www.voterfocus.com/ws/WScand/candidate_pr.php?op=rp_all&e=10&c=duval&ca=318&cname=Kimberly+Daniels&coffice=City+Council+At+Large+Group+1&rellevel=

[Cheshire Cat]

Diane, I don't know if this is a piece of your puzzle, or not, but you need to focus in on something called Onyx Magazine out of Orlando.

And then there's this odd entry in KD's campaign expenditures from 2011:

28   3/8/2011   Alvin Brown   Campaign Quick Pick Ad   Monetary      $300.00

She paid Alvin Brown, another 2011 candidate, $300 for a Quick Pick Ad?  Don't know what that's about...

(In case you're wondering, there's no corresponding $300 contribution coming into the Alvin Brown account...)

https://www.voterfocus.com/ws/WScand/candidate_pr.php?op=rp_all&e=10&c=duval&ca=318&cname=Kimberly+Daniels&coffice=City+Council+At+Large+Group+1&rellevel=

On it big time Jimmy as well as some angles the public is unaware of as yet.    There is also an interesting series of self loans from Kimberly to Kimberly's campaign account. One in the odd amount of 19,461.00.  Shoot, a person might think this was about laundering money or something.

[Cheshire Cat]

Investigations of elected officials can take a lot of time and some may need to re-read these threads to catch up.  Just wanted to update the thread by saying that Corrine Brown was served a subpoena yesterday while lunching at Bono's.  It appears there is a case pending about her campaign finances and spending.  The wheels turn slowly but at least they are turning.

[Cheshire Cat]

Update:  The focus is on some of her finances connected to a non profit. 

[Cheshire Cat]

Interesting it appears that Gaffney was with Corrine and he also received a subpoena.  The plot thickens. 

[strider]

Interesting it appears that Gaffney was with Corrine and he also received a subpoena.  The plot thickens. 

Which Gaffney?

[coredumped]

I really wish she'd just go away. And thanks to the redistricting, it looks like she will!

[RattlerGator]

Here you go Rattler:

Last night a circuit court judge in Florida voided the state's congressional map, citing a "secret, organized campaign" by Republican operatives that "made a mockery of the Legislature's transparent and open process of redistricting." The ruling concluded that District 5, held by Democrat Corrine Brown,[/b]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/11/a-florida-judge-just-voided-the-states-congressional-districts-heres-what-you-need-to-know


Some may want to visit the other thread called Corrine Browns Political Fiefdom.  http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php/topic,23716.0.html

Diane, going back to your March 1st post -- that Washington Post writer is part of the problem I've referenced before. Ignorant of history, and naively regurgitating the preferred talking point. For example, this is another quote from his piece:

As the Tampa Bay Times' Alex Leary describes in great detail, Brown partnered with Republicans to create that district in the 1990s.

No, she didn't. That district was MANDATED by the Courts and supported by Democrats when first created as a minority-access district. The Democrats outfoxed themselves, and unintended consequences have bitten them in the ass (dems da breaks, you know?). But this can't be blamed on Republicans. Not when the courts signed off on it, and the Legislature was led by Democrats with a Democrat sitting at the Governor's mansion.

Black Democrats demanded these districts; that's the bottom line.

You might wish the facts were different, but that's another story entirely and there is a parallel (it seems to me) with the current outrage over Corrine's QuickPick cheat sheet. Before the 1990s, white Democrats simply would not vote for a Black candidate in sufficient numbers for said candidate to win a seat in Congress. Florida history proves this. Now, apparently, we have the problem with overvotes & hanging chads, etc., in 2000 so the entrenched Black congresswoman from Big Duval simply follows established practice (engaged in by Unions, etc.) and develops a cheat sheet that SHE controls.

Political power made manifest -- I mean, what a copycat concept! Right?

And, lo and behold, white Democrats in Big Duval now lose their freaking mind. All because (it appears) she's decidedly OFF the plantation on the Gay folks agenda. As is, by the way, most of Black America.

The desire that Corrine simply goes away is likely to go unfulfilled. She's gonna have to be forced out, and that's clearly what some are hoping for by investigating so hard some of her practices. She is likely the heavy, heavy favorite to win re-election in this new district (that's probably why she gave up on the move to Orlando). No one from Tallahassee is going to bop in and take this away from her, certainly not Al Lawson. Maybe a Black Republican has a shot but that's not likely either. Also, from a Northeast Florida Republican perspective -- she's a known entity that can bring some projects back to Jax much better than some newby from the Panhandle.

Y'all might want to quit with the insults and give her some serious dap.

[Tacachale]

Here you go Rattler:

Last night a circuit court judge in Florida voided the state's congressional map, citing a "secret, organized campaign" by Republican operatives that "made a mockery of the Legislature's transparent and open process of redistricting." The ruling concluded that District 5, held by Democrat Corrine Brown,[/b]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/11/a-florida-judge-just-voided-the-states-congressional-districts-heres-what-you-need-to-know


Some may want to visit the other thread called Corrine Browns Political Fiefdom.  http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php/topic,23716.0.html

Diane, going back to your March 1st post -- that Washington Post writer is part of the problem I've referenced before. Ignorant of history, and naively regurgitating the preferred talking point. For example, this is another quote from his piece:

As the Tampa Bay Times' Alex Leary describes in great detail, Brown partnered with Republicans to create that district in the 1990s.

No, she didn't. That district was MANDATED by the Courts and supported by Democrats when first created as a minority-access district. The Democrats outfoxed themselves, and unintended consequences have bitten them in the ass (dems da breaks, you know?). But this can't be blamed on Republicans. Not when the courts signed off on it, and the Legislature was led by Democrats with a Democrat sitting at the Governor's mansion.

Black Democrats demanded these districts; that's the bottom line.

You might wish the facts were different, but that's another story entirely and there is a parallel (it seems to me) with the current outrage over Corrine's QuickPick cheat sheet. Before the 1990s, white Democrats simply would not vote for a Black candidate in sufficient numbers for said candidate to win a seat in Congress. Florida history proves this. Now, apparently, we have the problem with overvotes & hanging chads, etc., in 2000 so the entrenched Black congresswoman from Big Duval simply follows established practice (engaged in by Unions, etc.) and develops a cheat sheet that SHE controls.

Political power made manifest -- I mean, what a copycat concept! Right?

And, lo and behold, white Democrats in Big Duval now lose their freaking mind. All because (it appears) she's decidedly OFF the plantation on the Gay folks agenda. As is, by the way, most of Black America.

The desire that Corrine simply goes away is likely to go unfulfilled. She's gonna have to be forced out, and that's clearly what some are hoping for by investigating so hard some of her practices. She is likely the heavy, heavy favorite to win re-election in this new district (that's probably why she gave up on the move to Orlando). No one from Tallahassee is going to bop in and take this away from her, certainly not Al Lawson. Maybe a Black Republican has a shot but that's not likely either. Also, from a Northeast Florida Republican perspective -- she's a known entity that can bring some projects back to Jax much better than some newby from the Panhandle.

Y'all might want to quit with the insults and give her some serious dap.

Not quite. Redistricting in general was mandated by the courts due to the near-total lack of minority representation in Congress. But the Republicans were heavily involved in the way that redistricting occurred. They worked closely with minority Democrats unhappy with the previous status quo - and with the Democratic Party's failure to work toward representing minority neighborhoods, to create the current gerrymandered districts.

The gerrymandering they came up with concentrated black and Latino neighorhoods into certain districts, ensuring that a few districts would always have minority representatives, but also making the Democrats much less competitive in all the other districts. It's a mess now, but it was a mess before.

[Cheshire Cat]

It was Reggie Gaffney who was allegedly served along with Ms. Alexander, a long time partner of Corrine.  I had someone ask Reggie if he had been served and he denied it.  However another contact tells me that he is lying about it.  Feb/March/April of last year I spoke with both the Feds and State Officials about a number of issues and provided documentation.  My next contact with them informed me that an investigation was underway.  Many people are not going to see this coming.  This is not about the issue of Redistricting although the meeting she had with several others that day at Bono's was about a petition she has going with regard to redistricting.  There is also an issue about funding going to a non-profit but it does not stop there.  This thing has tentacles. 

[FSBA]

I really wish she'd just go away. And thanks to the redistricting, it looks like she will!

Even if she gets voted out in the next election, at some point we'll get the eventual embezzlement trial that will become a media circus.