Congratulations to Mayor Alvin Brown on his re-election to the City Hall of Jack

[jerry cornwell]

Congratulations to Mayor Alvin Brown on his re-election to the City Hall of Jacksonville Florida. With a campaign that can only be worthy of Muhammad Ali's famous quote, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"!
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[TheCat]

If this accurate... . The longer the Curry campaign goes the less inclined I am to vote for him.

Bishop got just enough support to deny Curry the party’s endorsement, which meant the party wouldn’t endorse at all, which … wouldn’t look so great.

So newly installed REC chairman Robin Lumb decided to have a do-over, this time allowing three new members, whom he’d previously disallowed from voting because it was against the rules, and apparently over the objections of REC member and supervisor of elections Jerry Holland, to vote. And they all voted for Lenny Curry. Imagine that.

Then...

...the emcee announced that there was a writer from Folio Weekly in the house, and since the meeting was closed to the press, that person had to leave.

[Jessie] Wilson, who writes for Void on occasion, and who has never written for this magazine [folio] so far we can tell, looked around, but didn’t see any Folio Weekly writers in attendance, because there were none. But then, he says, a few minutes later some men approached him and escorted him out of the building — in front of everyone. He took to Twitter last night to protest...

[TheCat]

[Spitfire]

The REC seemed to forget that, until recently, Jesse was running for City Council as a Republican.

[TheCat]

[jerry cornwell]

WHAT??? THEY KICKED YOU OUT, EXCLUSIVELY?
 

[ben4prez]

Oh yeah, Twitter was alive with activity as Jesse Wilson and Jon McGowan tweeted from the event. Neither attended as reporters and Jon didn't know the endorsement vote was happening. Jon continued tweeting even after Jesse was kicked out, but said he "got in trouble for tweeting". Also, it appears he was a Cury supporter and they couldn't lose anymore votes.

[Bridges]

Also, it appears he was a Cury supporter and they couldn't lose anymore votes.

Ding ding ding.  Real reason Jesse was removed, he was a Bishop supporter. 

[TheCat]

Oh yeah, Twitter was alive with activity as Jesse Wilson and Jon McGowan tweeted from the event. Neither attended as reporters and Jon didn't know the endorsement vote was happening. Jon continued tweeting even after Jesse was kicked out, but said he "got in trouble for tweeting". Also, it appears he was a Cury supporter and they couldn't lose anymore votes.

Just to clarify, was Jesse also entitled to a vote?

[jerry cornwell]

Oh yeah, Twitter was alive with activity as Jesse Wilson and Jon McGowan tweeted from the event. Neither attended as reporters and Jon didn't know the endorsement vote was happening. Jon continued tweeting even after Jesse was kicked out, but said he "got in trouble for tweeting". Also, it appears he was a Cury supporter and they couldn't lose anymore votes.

Just to clarify, was Jesse also entitled to a vote?

Even so, as Lumb said, the vote was so overwhelming the ejection of Jesse made no difference. They actually, in Lumbs words, buried the ballots as to hide the large majority victory. And to give solace to Bishop supporters. Our friends the Republicans!
Bishop is done.

[Charles Hunter]

This will long be forgotten by the end of March, when the primary rolls around.
Since it is an open* primary, Bishop's only hope is for progressives, and others, unhappy with Brown, and who would never vote Curry, is to vote for Bishop, instead of "making a statement by not voting".  Not voting is a sure way to get stuck with someone you don't want as the winner.  Since qualifying is over, it is probably too late for Bishop to renounce the GOP and become an independent, since an "R" behind his name will scare away some Dems, regardless of his positions.

* "open" may not be right word (non-partisan?), but the point is, everyone votes for the same slate of candidates, without regard for party affiliation, or non-affiliation.

[jerry cornwell]

 Bishop's only hope is for progressives, and others, unhappy with Brown, and who would never vote Curry, is to vote for Bishop, instead of "making a statement by not voting". 

"and others" being Democrats. Voting for a Republican over their own party? I doubt even half of Jacksonville's progressive independents (all 100 of them that, in your correct words even vote, will vote for the Republican. And as you pointed out, even if he revokes his party, its not possible to remove the "R" from his ballot. Bishop is done. The best he can do, if indeed he wants to be in politics, which may itself be over, is to resign his campaign and leave the Republican party.
 The strongest part of your argument is how all of this will be forgotten in March. More reason for both Bishop and Wilson to leave the basement of the Republicans and jump to the top of the Duval Democratic party. ASAP! Because in March, when Hillary comes to Jactionville, Brown will have the push that matters. The Democrats of the USA will, ARE salivating at the notion of having a solid Democratic mayor atop Jactionville in 2016. And Brown, with his term limited, will be at a most proactive admin the city as ever seen.In the conservative bastion of Florida. The most treasured electoral state in the country!

[judy8166]

I was there, beginning to end.  People with an "agenda" have given a distorted vision of events.  A rarely used procedure was done incorrectly, was questioned, and then done correctly.  Like sausage making - not pretty- but the end result is certifiably edible.  No one can (truthfully) accuse the Duval REC of rubberstamping.  Stephen, you've known me for many years.  I may not always be liked, but I am always honest.  Let's get together sometime when you need a break from the script of the century!!

[Bridges]

The Democrats of the USA will, ARE salivating at the notion of having a solid Democratic mayor atop Jactionville in 2016. And Brown, with his term limited, will be at a most proactive admin the city as ever seen.In the conservative bastion of Florida. The most treasured electoral state in the country!

I can't tell if this is a joke or unintentional hyperbole.  But the idea of Mayor Brown being either a "solid Democrat" or "Proactive" is laughable at best.

[strider]

I was there, beginning to end.  People with an "agenda" have given a distorted vision of events.  A rarely used procedure was done incorrectly, was questioned, and then done correctly.  Like sausage making - not pretty- but the end result is certifiably edible.  No one can (truthfully) accuse the Duval REC of rubberstamping.  Stephen, you've known me for many years.  I may not always be liked, but I am always honest.  Let's get together sometime when you need a break from the script of the century!!

Why was a "rarely used procedure" used to start with?  It has been my experience that those types of things are dredged up because the person using it does have an agenda and has found a way to push that agenda forward. And in the real world, sausage making may always end up with sausage, but there is no guarantee that it will be edible.