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Mike Weinstein Drops Out of the Race
« on: December 18, 2006, 12:00:00 AM »
Mike Weinstein Drops Out of the Race

As of 2:30pm Monday afternoon, Mike Weinstein has officially dropped out of the race for Mayor of Jacksonville. In a surprising turn, he decided to actively endorse Mayor Peyton as the best man for the job.Listen to an extensive explanation of the deciding factors that ended his short-lived run.

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Thats a shame......
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2006, 11:54:17 PM »
 This is unfortunate. I was looking forward to seeing and hearing from Weinstein those things that had metjax so excited about his mayoral run.  

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« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2006, 01:00:15 AM »
Its unfortunate indeed.  Not so much because Weinstein is or isn't a great guy, but the city just lost its best chance at having a mayoral debate focused on serious issues that will impact the future of our community.  Nevertheless, you don't get anywhere crying over spilled milk.  Its time to move on.
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How about you?
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2006, 10:43:29 AM »
 What about Ennis or Stephen running? It appears to be something you both wish to do. BTW. Sorry to hear of Diane's dropout. She seems like she would have been an interesting option.

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« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2006, 11:48:56 AM »
That won't be happening anytime soon.  I don't have the desired skin pigment (yes, unfortunately race still matters in Jax), time, financial backing, experience or desire to run a sprawling city of 800,000 residents at this time.  My personal focus at the moment is heavily centered around revitalizing the inner city of Jacksonville.  This is something that I believe can be done, regardless of who becomes the mayor.
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Perhaps we should rethink
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2006, 02:53:34 PM »
 If skin pigment is a deciding factor in the mayoral race, perhaps revitalizing the inner city of Jax isnt its biggest obstacle. However I must say that this group should not expel so much of its energy in chat rooms trying new ways to mock the mayor if it doesnt have the cajones to run for the office itself.

  While I am not questioning the integrity of Stephen, Ennis, Jimmy and the host of yesmen [ and women ] posters. I find the sites endless attacks on the mayor pointless. Namecalling has produced nothing in Peytons tenure so far and will certainly accomplish the same in his next. Some of the accusations of the mayor by posters have been offensive to say the least. Lets get over it and move forward.

 Considering the next president of the country will be a black man or white woman it makes for an even sadder commentary on the state of Jax. With Jax becoming one of the great new final destinations for baby boomer retirees from the north one can only wait patiently till the racist views of old school "necks" gets replaced by common sense. No offense to those who know better than these good ole boys.

 While I am not a fan Lake. Please take solice in knowing that many new faces here in Jax would gladly vote for the most qualified candidate regardless of race, religion or sexual preference.

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Let's stick to the topic
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2006, 11:13:03 PM »
Those who go with everything local leaders suggest or endorse, even though they know a better alternative that would benefit their own community may be out there, are the very definition of "yes men".  That type of thinking is why the sites you despise so much, yet can't stop reading and posting on, were created in the first place. Both have features that allow the general public to participate in discussions and voice their opinions. That's free speech at its finest.  Some may not like what comes out in many of the discussions, but it is what it is.  

It's strange that all you seem to find is ways to point out how our Mayor is being wronged instead of commenting on the various topics at hand, this one being about Weinstein, not Peyton.  Let's stick to the topic at hand, what did you think about the audio?  

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Audio quality isnt the topic
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2006, 09:57:07 AM »
 Whats stranger is out of a post which includes the problem of race in Jax, the rest of the countries ability to vote for a person of color, and the future of Jax all you see is pointing out the childishness of calling the mayor names.

 Relax Lake its just pointing out one of metjax small shortcomings. Considering the amount of attention and comments your in depth studies recieve one would think someones input would be welcomed. For heavens sake Lake if you can dish it out then learn how to take even the simplest critisism. The site does good work and you should be proud. However it stubs its toe in its never ending childish namecalling.

  When the subject of a post suggest you for mayor its ok that its off topic. When it makes a critique of the site its a problem? Sorry Lake as long as the site is open to the pubic and asks for opinions you must understand that there may be some you dont agree with.

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Why?
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2006, 02:15:01 PM »
Do you both seem to think race would prevent one from being elected in Jax? We are a fairly conservative city. Put a minority on the ticket as a Republican and see if it works. Until then you don't know. There are much larger cities in the north even where racism seems to be much more of a problem. I read something that showed, I believe it was Cincinatti to be the most racist city in the US.

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Re: Why
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2006, 08:01:17 PM »
 Actually Lake brought up the point that a man of color would not win in Jax. I think hes probably right. Considering the barely hidden racism which runs rampant. Perhaps we could ask Nat Glover if an African American can win here. He held a large lead till voters had to make a choice. I guess voters here couldnt pull the trigger then. So I guess we do know. I am sorry to say though that in my humble opinion Jax is the most racist city Ive lived in.

 Just a little story here, one that I have come across again and again. My wife and I this past weekend went to a store to shop for hardwood floors that I want to put in our home. A sizable purchase. While talking to the owner of the business he assured us he would do a very good job. He wouldnt allow any of his workers to do a N***** job. I wished him a good day and we left. Too bad. It was at least a 10k job.

 Am I saying that he represents all of Jax? No of course not. But its common. Far too common. Heck if this past summer a white girl had been shot to death in her room while reading the city would have gone nuts. Thats one HUGE mark I have against the mayor. And I certainly took the time to write him about it. Personally I feel its much more effective to write than to call him names.

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Every city has that...
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2006, 03:14:13 PM »
Ever been to New England? You should hear how the blacks, Italians &  Irish talk about each up other. They all seem to hate each other. If you consider this the most racist city, you haven't been very far.

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Thats it I havent been anywhere.
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2006, 04:50:28 PM »
 But then again. I have lived in Pa, NJ, Fl, Colo, Ka, and Calif. I have also spent quite a bit of time in NY, Mass, Conn, Del, Vir, N and S Car, Ill, Ari, Nev, Wyo, Oh, and Georgia. You could also add in the Carribean Islands of Antigua, St Lucia as well as the Bahamas. I dont think not sampling the US is the reason I feel the way I do.

 What I find interesting in some cities particularly the NE is that there is quite a bit of racism. Whats interesting though is the up frontness of it all. People seem to let it out and move on. Not here though. Its a deep inbred hatred. One that will take time to weed out. On the postive side is that it will indeed be weeded out. Considering that by the end of this century the majority of the population will be black and white means there is light at the end of a really long tunnell. Sorry to say ! that we live in a very racist city. Hopefully we get to both see it change in our lifetimes.

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A couple of bad apples
« Reply #12 on: December 22, 2006, 11:39:33 PM »
I think alot of the problems with race is that people won't let go a bad expereince from someone of another color, and proceed to hate an entire race just because of it. Anyone like that IMO is a weak-minded person. I as a African-American been through some racial experiences, but I won't keep dwelling on it over, and over and hate a race because of it. The real problems are what blacks are doing to one another. Racism goes BOTH ways not just one. IMO Jax is no different from any metro concerning race relations. It's everywhere, not just Jax.  

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Re: Mike Weinstein Drops Out of the Race
« Reply #13 on: November 10, 2011, 11:26:14 AM »
Here is the audio from the press conference where Mike Weinstein announced he had been bought. Dec 18, 2006.

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/audio/mike12-18.mp3