Today is April 16th and what now, I wondered as I walked towards the kitchen to begin the morning routine.  The Times Union was already open and these headlines caught my attention. 

BROWN WINS OVER BIG GOP BACKER - the leader of the Jacksonville Civic Council - has personally endorsed Alvin Brown and is giving him $150,000.  As I write this, I am still confused by this headline and more so by Mr. Rummell's decision.  Mr. Rummell is endorsing a liberal who is also backed by the Obama machine from DC.   Alvin Brown looks like a nice guy and I am sure he is.  What we must worry about are his policy ideas and how he will spend our money.  You can read an interview with Mr. Brown here where he talks about Obama and how important Jacksonville will be for the Democrats in 2012.  http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news...   I guess we are beginning to see who the RINOs are in Jacksonville.  RINOs are unprincipled people who are out to get something for themselves at the expense of the taxpayers.  Mr. Rummell is an unprincipled person who is looking for a Mayor who will help him achieve his own personal agenda and not what is best for the city.  We need to let Mr. Rummell know that his agenda will bankrupt this city and we need to help Mike Hogan win next month.  Contact the campaign at:  http://hoganformayor.com/mike-hogan-home.php  Make sure you vote and tell your friends and neighbors to do so too or Obama and his machine will be behind the scenes running our city.  May 17th is the day and Mike Hogan is our guy. 

GOVERNOR SPEAKS OUT AT TEA PARTY RALLY - The article was fine until ... the statement: "an estimated 600 at the third annual Tax Day Tea Party Rally" -- and another statement "about 40 protestors".  Now that's what we call "Unprincipled Journalism."  Adding words such as "estimated" and "about" allows them to write whatever they want after those words.  The numbers for the rally - as the Landing stated was at least 2,000 atattendees" and we saw maybe 10 protestors heckling the Governor.  The TU embellished the numbers of hecklers and diminished the numbers of attendees!  Shameful journalism.  Up next will certainly be the endorsement of Alvin Brown for Mayor.  Just you wait and see.

We have no idea who Mr. Brown really is.  The First Coast Tea Party reached out to him time and time again and he refused to meet with us.  He refused to participate in our Mayoral process or even fill out the questionnaire we sent to all candidates. 

If he refuses to meet with tea party members during his campaign -- he certainly will not take our concerns under consideration when he is Mayor. 

I started this blog asking "What now?" and I think the answer is clear.  What now means -- getting to work to ensure Jacksonville will have a strong, principled leader as their Mayor and helping him get elected.  We need to throw our support behind Mike for Mayor and behind those we endorsed on our website at http://www.fctpcommunity.org/page/2011-candidate-questionnaires

Are you ready?  Will you do what you can?  It's time to volunteer your talents and put money towards mailings and commercials and anything you can do to help would be appreciated.

Let's get to work and hire some principled leaders for our city.  We'll worry about the media later - we have work to do!