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Lenny Curry's Vision For Jacksonville
« on: May 21, 2015, 03:00:03 AM »
Lenny Curry's Vision For Jacksonville



Soon Lenny Curry will officially become the new Mayor of Jacksonville. Many wonder what's Curry's vision for our city. Here's Curry's vision to restore Jacksonville to greatness.

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Re: Lenny Curry's Vision For Jacksonville
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2015, 05:39:31 AM »
I particularly like his economic development ideas (pages 6 and 7), they do make sense.

There is a caveat that it's one thing to put statements on a piece of paper. The "doing" part is what matters and that remains to be seen.
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Re: Lenny Curry's Vision For Jacksonville
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2015, 08:03:58 AM »
It isn't sad so much as a bow to reality. You're campaigning for something -- people have a natural tendency to respond to proposed action even though many conservatives would agree we need to quit trying to do so damn much.

It would have been more appropriate for this to have been presented as Lenny's vision to get elected (I doubt if there are many political virgins on this board) and now we get to see how he employs his knowledge, skills and abilities to help shepherd Big Duval forward. Having to deal with fewer know-it-all crazed factions than Democrats will help him and (hopefully) the City.

Good luck and best wishes, Lenny. You had to first get elected. Done. Do us right.

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Re: Lenny Curry's Vision For Jacksonville
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2015, 08:08:38 AM »
Heavy on buzz words and catch phrases; pretty light on the how these things will be accomplished.  Hopefully he won't double-down on the failed "solutions" his party has promulgated in the past.

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Re: Lenny Curry's Vision For Jacksonville
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2015, 08:14:42 AM »
It's a lot, I'd be surprised he sees progress on half of this in his 4 years. Good ideas, but I asked for another recycling container a month ago and am still waiting on the container (Yellow tops, grey bottoms). Government moves at a glacial pace.
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Re: Lenny Curry's Vision For Jacksonville
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2015, 08:39:36 AM »
This is Lenny's plan for Jacksonville.  Great.  I have a plan for having 1 million in the bank by the time I'm 40, too.  (Just a little over a year and 990k to go!)

My main concern with him being elected wasn't with his ideas for Jacksonville.  I expected them to sound great.

What is the GOP's plan for Lenny?

Because I believe that will take precedence over anything Lenny expects to do in his time as mayor.
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Re: Lenny Curry's Vision For Jacksonville
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2015, 08:41:03 AM »
Much of these social programs and adding additional officers sounds great when talking behind a podium in a political debate, but in actually will have no effect on the young that are, (1)raised horribly usually by a single mother, and no father (2) already have their destiny set to live a life of crime.

No social program or rehab is gonna stop a 16 year old from fatally shooting a convenience store clerk in a robbery, like what recently happened in St Aug. Have you ever seen Goodfellas, when Henry's father caught him hanging out with 'the guys' and then gave him a beating, and Henry said the beatings didn't have any effect? That's reality. 

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Re: Lenny Curry's Vision For Jacksonville
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2015, 09:12:10 AM »
What are his views on downtown?

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Re: Lenny Curry's Vision For Jacksonville
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2015, 09:32:46 AM »
I think there's three key reasons why Alvin Brown lost his reelection bid.

1. Curry beating the 'violent crime' drum throughout his campaign, coinciding with the recent violent spike of crime and the imaginary political BS belief that a politician actually can control kids that aren't being raised properly.

2. Brown IMO had a disastrous last debate against Curry.

3. Brown's campaign was outfunded 4-1.

I'm trying to remain positive, but with Curry is, IMO there's alot of uncertainties. IMO Brown should've gotten reelected, but it is what it is.

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Re: Lenny Curry's Vision For Jacksonville
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2015, 09:36:48 AM »
you are literally talking about something in a movie and in the same breath saying 'that's reality'?

In fairness, it was based on a true story (with the real deal Henry Hill even vouching for those sequence of events).

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Re: Lenny Curry's Vision For Jacksonville
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2015, 09:55:05 AM »
The crime thing did hurt Brown, a lot. I don't know if the last debate was really a disaster for Brown, but it certainly didn't help him out. As for the spending, I don't buy that Curry really outspent Brown, that's just what's locally reported. The state Democratic party handled much of Brown's campaign (and spending) so it's hard to tell what was really spent. However, the fact that Brown's campaign was heavily run by state and national operatives who clearly didn't know how to win in Jacksonville was a bigger problem, IMO.
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Re: Lenny Curry's Vision For Jacksonville
« Reply #11 on: May 21, 2015, 10:23:28 AM »
I don't buy that Curry really outspent Brown, that's just what's locally reported. The state Democratic party handled much of Brown's campaign (and spending) so it's hard to tell what was really spent. However, the fact that Brown's campaign was heavily run by state and national operatives who clearly didn't know how to win in Jacksonville was a bigger problem, IMO.

Same could be said for Curry.  They were probably on track to lose the election right up until the final months of the campaign when the locals told grinning lenny to turn the invective down during public speeches.  Lenny took the message seriously enough that he played the personal victim card in the second to last debate very effectively.  With the dog whistle question about Mayor Browns personal attacks against him being a racist.

Yes, definitely the same is true of Curry's campaign. One difference is, as you say, is that Curry's shaped up at the end. He also stayed on message throughout (Alvin's bad, I'll do better, crime is up, the pension's in trouble). Brown, however, took a total left turn at the end, bringing up issues like the HRO, Obamacare, and the minimum wage that he'd never supported before, and it apparently just range false for most voters.
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Re: Lenny Curry's Vision For Jacksonville
« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2015, 10:40:57 AM »
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bringing up issues like the HRO, Obamacare, and the minimum wage that he'd never supported before, and it apparently just range false for most voters.

Called Spray and Pray in the sales world....shows desperation when you try and touch everything AND the kitchen sink in your discussions. Curry stayed his course, ran his campaign and had the same message....even after the 147 cop thing never seemed to blow up, like many on MJ had hoped it would.
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Re: Lenny Curry's Vision For Jacksonville
« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2015, 01:34:26 PM »
I don't buy that Curry really outspent Brown, that's just what's locally reported. The state Democratic party handled much of Brown's campaign (and spending) so it's hard to tell what was really spent. However, the fact that Brown's campaign was heavily run by state and national operatives who clearly didn't know how to win in Jacksonville was a bigger problem, IMO.

Same could be said for Curry.  They were probably on track to lose the election right up until the final months of the campaign when the locals told grinning lenny to turn the invective down during public speeches. 

Huh? He won by 5,000 votes. DUMB

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Re: Lenny Curry's Vision For Jacksonville
« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2015, 03:00:03 PM »
One thing I will say about Lenny, there is a lot of unknown on some policies, but he will be able to lobby for Jacksonville and get us state money for programs unlike any Mayor in recent history. Buddy Dyer is a master of this in Orlando but I would take Lenny and his relationships any day over any mayor in this state right now. (ex. Additional Team Up Grants, Learn2Earn, JTA, etc.)