Quote:Education is a big part of the failure to keep up.  Administration is bloated, inept, and wasteful.

 

Symbolic that their offices sit on the river.

 

Many of the educated leave as better jobs are elsewhere.  Some markets are decent here, but not nearly enough.

 

I'd like for us to look to a city like Cincinnati to model.  Growing, growing, growing.

 

But then, we'd need to add a few heavyweight anchors like Kroger and P&G.  It's amazing the residual those kind of powerhouse companies do to elevate cities.  What we have simply isn't enough, and many offices we do have are consolidating away from here, instead of to here.

It's definitely a thing where too many people with agendas had the influence to make or break things that shaped the city. Sadly it was more 'break' than 'make'.

 

I have always thought it absurd that the Duval County Jail is on waterfront property. And the courthouse, well the old one at least. Has the new one opened? I believe they were still building on it 5 or 6 years ago. The Landing is just a sad thing when not being used for holiday events and the NFL Draft party. 

 

Hopefully Shad can shake things up and make things happen. I don't live there anymore but when I visit family I'd like to visit a place that is interesting. 

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