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The JDNews reported on the new City appointments to ONWASA. Mayor Phillips and Councilmember Lazarra were replaced by councilmembers Williams and Willingham. The question of ‘why the replacement’ was answered by Phillips and Sullivan. The mayor is quoted as saying it was “a little us versus them.” Councilmember Sullivan said it was because Williams and [...]

I think the JDNews did a great job by dedicating a series of articles on the Military Growth Task Force’s Draft Regional Growth Master Plan.  The plan may be viewed by going to the MGTF’s website, there are links in the lower right.  But 685 pages makes it no small feat to read. Most of [...]

The NYTimes has an article on the recent public corruption scandal in New Jersey.  It’s a good article and has some points that we can learn from. Lesson 1:  We ought to be thankful for our public servants who have not fell to the temptations of corruption.  The article outlines how tempting and easy it [...]

I really couldn’t say why I decided to run.  It’s such a personal decision that involves many factors.  However, one of the major reasons was my frustration with past election seasons.  Primarily that I felt under-informed. I considered myself a fairly informed individual.  Yet I had a hard time finding what I felt was sufficient [...]

An open government is a better government. We have the right and obligation to know what is going on with government.  But life is busy.  Family and work takes so much of our time and efforts that we often let civic responsibility slip to the wayside. I believe both government and the citizenry need to [...]

I’ve tried to keep journals before and always felt the first entry to be the most difficult.  Where do you begin? Today I filed to run for an At-Large position on the City of Jacksonville’s City Council. Here’s the run down of how it happened: Last week I stopped by the Board of Election (a [...]