RiversideLoki
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« Reply #15 on: November 03, 2009, 01:54:07 PM » |
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Most of DT is as dead as a door nail. They could probably remove all the stoplights from the less traveled intersections and replace them with four-way stop signs and be just fine. I haven't seen it done here, but I have noticed other cities have done this in their downtown cores with no ill effect.
The problem with that is your typical Jacksonville driver forgets how to use a 4 way stop once they get their license. Once you get people who are late for work/aggravated/texting/blabbing on their cellphone it becomes a recipe for disaster. |
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« Reply #16 on: November 03, 2009, 01:58:10 PM » |
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The problem with that is your typical Jacksonville driver forgets how to use a 4 way stop once they get their license. Once you get people who are late for work/aggravated/texting/blabbing on their cellphone it becomes a recipe for disaster.
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Jacksonville: We're not vertically challenged, just horizontally gifted!
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Johnny
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« Reply #17 on: November 03, 2009, 02:07:17 PM » |
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Yes, during the day, sadly, I wouldn't recommend leaving it to the drivers to drive responsibly. At night, they can get away with it. There is rarely someone coming from another direction when you are sitting at a street light.
reed, I've been through downtown and it's taken me 10 minutes before too. Unfortunately, I felt lucky on those days. It's not typical. You will spend 10-15 minutes at street lights more often than not.
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stephendare
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« Reply #18 on: November 03, 2009, 02:12:16 PM » |
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But that said, I have to really say that the emphasis on 2, 4, 8 and 10 of stjrs list would be a huge leap forward!
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"People are like stained glass windows they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within." »Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
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« Reply #19 on: November 03, 2009, 02:24:24 PM » |
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Number one -- get some people in office who know how to run a city!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Cricket
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« Reply #20 on: November 03, 2009, 03:26:42 PM » |
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I'll add another proposal to the list: a casino.
Benefits:
New vibrancy to DT;
Nightly live entertainment;
New funding source with specific earmarks like e.g. education
thru contractual taxation on earnings;
Major attraction not only for locals but out-of-town tourists;
Jobs, jobs, jobs.
Increase in hotel bookings;
Relatively short schedule to get a casino off the ground
OK, I know ... I can just hear all the naysayers:
Gambling is sinful and will inevitably lead to more debauchery.
To that I say we already have it.
Look at all the casinos that are going out of business.
I say, look at the ones that are doing fine.
We need to start thinking out of the box!
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« Reply #21 on: November 03, 2009, 03:32:02 PM » |
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Would there ever be a reasonable chance to have a casino in Jacksonville?
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« Reply #22 on: November 03, 2009, 03:32:49 PM » |
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^I think getting the Poker Room to open a location downtown would be a start.
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Johnny
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« Reply #23 on: November 03, 2009, 03:34:21 PM » |
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Let's see...
Increase the music scene downtown including a museum to celebrate the musical history
History tours, including churches and what is left of our downtown
* Add a bicycle tour in there with bike lanes
Get creative, things we don't see elsewhere b/c most people don't give a rats ass about our core
I agree about the casino too, that would improve the city overnight as restaurants and shopping would follow.
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samiam
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« Reply #24 on: November 03, 2009, 03:50:39 PM » |
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What would it take to legalize gambling in Jacksonville
IMO casinos should have be connected to a hotel, in urban areas and be waterfront.
Just think of the jobs they would create.
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stephendare
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« Reply #25 on: November 03, 2009, 04:05:29 PM » |
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What would it take to legalize gambling in Jacksonville
IMO casinos should have be connected to a hotel, in urban areas and be waterfront.
Just think of the jobs they would create.
The Rapture. |
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"People are like stained glass windows they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within." »Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
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« Reply #26 on: November 03, 2009, 04:08:59 PM » |
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What about the Southern Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! I know we have talked about that before Stephen.
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samiam
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« Reply #27 on: November 03, 2009, 04:10:47 PM » |
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LMAO! Stephen Does FBC have the power to cause the rapture
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« Reply #28 on: November 03, 2009, 04:13:06 PM » |
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What would it take to legalize gambling in Jacksonville
IMO casinos should have be connected to a hotel, in urban areas and be waterfront.
Just think of the jobs they would create.
The Rapture.
Stephen is right. Could you see a casino across the street from FBC? 
Casinos have never carried in several state-wide ballots and ground zero is right here in Jax. The irony is most everyone here gets on a plane at least once a year and flies to Mississippi, Las Vegas, Atlantic City, the Bahamas, etc. or runs out on the day-trip casino cruises. Add the lottery and sports betting and gambling is just as prevalent here as anywhere else. Talk about carpetbaggers cleaning out the town! 
Doesn't matter, we have our "principals" and gambling beyond what we have now is not feasible. |
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Hey! Whatever happened to just plain ol' COMMON SENSE!!
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sandyshoes
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« Reply #29 on: November 03, 2009, 04:26:54 PM » |
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I am uninitiated as other than the occasional lotto card I don't really gamble - I've always heard organized crime was heavily involved with casinos. Is it truth or urban myth? (And yes, if FBC can't conjure up a mighty fine Rapture around here, who can??)
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