Quote:I'm not swiping Brown, but I really don't know much about him to make an opinion (my family and I left Jacksonville in 2005). I can only speak on behalf of our experience living in Jax when Delaney was still around.

 

I was not implying that you were taking a swipe at Brown.

 

I'm kind of "on the fence" when it comes to Mayor Delaney.  I realize that it wasn't his job and out of his realm when the Federal Government decided to shut down Cecil Field, but in my mind, that was a mistake.  Do I hold him accountable for that?  No.  However, there was an instance to where the base could have been re-established.  I don't think that he pursued the opportunity enough, and his incumbent Mayor Peyton pretty much closed the deal with the federal government.

 

Of course, I am biased.  Cecil Field is where I served during my time in the service, and to this day I think that it was a horrible mistake to shut it down.

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