(05-17-2023, 07:13 AM)p_rushing Wrote:

(05-17-2023, 06:09 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: She says “Love won today.” I have no idea what that means but I sure hope it doesn’t become some weird theme of her administration.

Sadly, my biggest concern with this mayoral race was the Jaguars. She’s already stated her support for a renovated stadium and having them play here during that time. Let’s hope she follows through.

She's all in on woke, commie stuff. It's terrible for Jacksonville that she won.

DeSantis picked another loser. This should have been easy to win because she had nothing but talking a good game as a reporter. Unfortunately they picked someone who was bland and didn't motivate anyone to vote.

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She's more conservative than liberal. Don't [BLEEP] yourself. She ran as a Democrat because she needed the votes and she wanted to win. While some of her ideas and Davis' ideas sound great on paper. I just have a hard time buying into it. Getting the water and septic issues resolved for the northern and northeast region of Jacksonville natives is a good idea. My concern is how is she going to drum up small businesses and help the black community out when it's the black communities that are trapped in downtown hell. Especially with gun violence, gang issues and homelessness being an issue down there.

Hard to get a small business going right now with costs rising across the board. Affordable housing is nearly impossible at the moment. That's not just a Jacksonville issue. That's a major issue across the nation. Crime is up because people are on the streets now. Punishing panhandlers for trying to scrape by? How does that help? Downtown is a mess. Then, they were trying to speak to getting more jobs down there and along the northern area. Listen, Jacksonville is a huge city, by land, we're the biggest in this country. We're just too damn spread out to make a lot of these things work. 

Nobody that lives on the beaches or that lives within the San Pablo, Hodges, Kernan and St. Johns Bluff area is going to venture downtown very often to support a small business. It's just not realistic. Ease of access and public transportation improvements or parking locations with main attractions that have a permanent foothold in that area would be more realistic to keep a small business afloat in the long run. I do agree that she needs to work with Khan, who, by all accounts, not only has the money but the willingness to invest in this city. 

I like her approach about bringing in people to work out a new deal with him that have actual NFL experience. She was quick to throw the J Lot situation in Davis' face as well as the JEA situation that he stumbled on in that debate. She really took him to the cleaners. Not to sound insensitive but her surviving breast cancer should have no bearing nor any meaning to people looking for changes or improvement in this city. It's politics. Not lifetime move night nor daytime TV. I think she won because she was simply the better candidate than Davis.

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