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Comment by Charles D White on June 8, 2011 at 1:21pm

Room number is CR 851 and I've been told that this is actually larger than than Suite 400 in City Hall

Comment by J.R. on June 8, 2011 at 1:12pm

Chuck, how much meeting space is allocated for that meeting? This is a most unusual turn of events and we don't know if it's large enough to accommodate a large crowd. We need to know if this move is a last minute attempt to frustrate attendance by obscuring the location and then turning away citizens/taxpayers who want to attend and speak by telling them there's no room for them... or an effort to prevent media coverage of a large, publicly expressed objection to what they are trying to do.

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on June 8, 2011 at 1:12pm

Charles, is there a room number.  I posted this as an event and need to make the changes as quickly as I can so anyone planning to go will know.  I also sent it out to my whole Email list!  Yikes.

Comment by Charles D White on June 8, 2011 at 1:03pm

Very Important the JEDC has changed the meeting location the meeting is still tomorrow at 9AM but it is at the Ed Ball Building 214 N. Hogan Street on the 8th floor.

Comment by J.R. on June 8, 2011 at 10:29am

Chuck White is planning to be at the meeting, as he commented earlier on this blog, and he wrote that he wants to speak. He should definitely be among those who speak.

Chuck and Colleen have done a huge service by using their radio air time on "Just Speak Up" to expose this entire underhanded patronage issue and make known to all Duval County taxpayers what is being contrived behind their backs that will be a financial detriment to each of them.

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on June 8, 2011 at 10:28am

J.R., the JEDC meets at 9 AM tomorrow morning (6/9) and the city council meets at 5 PM on 6/14.  Both of these events are listed on the web site and have put quite a bit of info on tomorrow meeting.

Comment by J.R. on June 8, 2011 at 10:19am

Rob Morrill is already planning to speak and have a couple of others from his organization speak at the meeting on Thursday. I'm also planning to be there and could speak, if needed.

Further, the City Council does not have the legal right to pass bills that violate the Duval County Charter. Neither does any Mayor have a legal right to sign into law any bill that violates the Duval County Charter. And, their recent gutting of the Ethics Commission, during the last few weeks of the current Mayor's and City Council's terms in office, is purely an unethical, self-protective and monopolistic action to protect the continuing Council members who voted for that gutting, out-going Mayor Peyton who signed it into law, and the incoming Mayor from oversight and being held accountable for not following the Charter and all Florida Statutes (laws).

If, as Mayor Peyton said, the County has money lying around, they should be intelligent enough to know that they have assessed a too-high tax rate and taken in too much of the taxpayers' money. Since Mayor John Peyton has had a silver spoon in his mouth all his life, apparently he doesn't understand the value of money to the average taxpayer. Neither the Weavers/Jaguars nor Everbank/Parador,LLC/El-Ad are entitled to, or in need of, corporate welfare at the expense of Duval County taxpayers and none of them have a right to have Duval County taxpayers forced to subsidize their private businesses.

I believe it is illegal to force taxpayers to support anything that is not a legitimate government function or service and do it under the guise of "economic development." They should be forced to open all the books on both of these anti-taxpayer deals and prove, beyond all doubt, that they have the statutory authority to force taxpayers to pay for subsidizing these private businesses and their operations.

To all of you Duval County taxpayers out there: You need to be at the meeting on Thursday. And, we need cofirmation of the time for the meeting, for it was published earlier to be 5:00PM. So, is the meeting at 9:00AM or 5:00PM?

Comment by Jim Ryan on June 8, 2011 at 7:47am

Not to totally change the subject but to follow up on a blog from 2 -3 weeks ago

with reference to the state of newspapers and their demise due in large part to their bias.

Philly's #1 newspaper is history.

Philadelphia Inquirer building for sale

By CBS Philadelphiacbs Philadelphia– Tue Jun 7, 8:35 am ET

John Ostapkovich, KYW Newsradio

A Philadelphia landmark is for sale, and an expert says a number of options
for its future are in play.  Wanted: Buyer for an 18-story building that currently houses a couple of
great metropolitan newspapers and their website. Yes, the Inquirer building at
Broad and Callowhill is on the market for a second time.

There was no deal the first time, and given its prominence and location,
Temple Real Estate Professor Forrest Huffman says it would be compared to major
Center City office spaces like the Comcast Center.

"It's a question of how far down the quality ladder would one place the
Inquirer building? I'm not sure. I doubt it would be at the very top but the
location isn't bad. It's a striking building but if it wasn't competitive the
most likely alternative would be to turn it into residential space," Huffman
said.  Which means condos. The media company plans to move its operations elsewhere
with the sale.

Comments:

 

bark4squirrels 1 hour
ago              The editorial board turned a great paper
into a political rag, with all objectivity thrown out the window. After having
this paper delivered for 40 years I canceled it and will never look back. The
only thing I miss is something to clean my paint brushes.

Ted S 1 hour
ago     I agree - also the 6 o'clock news on TV is
headed that way now also. The reporters try to put their spin on things instead
of just reporting the news facts
Trickle Up
Poverty9 minutes ago Report Abuse
I agree. The Inquirer was basically the
Philadelphia wing of the Democrat National Committee. No objectivity, no
journalistic integrity and a complete lack of ability to read the writing on the
wall. Good riddance to a hack
newspaper.

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on June 8, 2011 at 7:42am

Or maybe Charlie White who wrote the blog?

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on June 8, 2011 at 7:41am

Billie, you might ask Rod Morrill.  Heard him speak on Monday.

 

Here is a comment from one of his responses:  "You mentioned speaking first at the JEDC Meeting and I am not the "chew chief" on any of this. I hope to get in contact with Patrica McBride and learn from her who is doing what from FCTP. ( Patricia and Debbie are you watching ? ) I do plan on being there and all of us should "huddle" about an hour before the meeting if we can."

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