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Taking It Day-to-Day

It’s been too long since I’ve posted and for that I’m sorry. It seems like the hours and days seem to speed by so quickly that there’s barely enough time to do the required stuff. It makes the nice-to-do stuff fall by the wayside. I’ve ridden the Day-Tripper to work three days this week. That [...]

City of Jacksonville: Trails and Greenways Commission Meeting May 2010

The City of Jacksonville Trails and Greenways Commission meets Monday, May 17th at 6PM at the Jacksonville Commons Senior Center located at the Commons Recreation Center. I recommend and ask that anyone interested in expanding Jacksonville’s trails and greenways and making our community more accessible to bicycle and pedestrian traffic attend the Commission’s meetings and [...]

2010: The Obligatory Goals Post

It’s a new year. And that means new goals. Many of my goals are the same as last year…Goals that I’ve failed at achieving. But, we never let failure stop us from trying to succeed. We’d really never get anything done if we did! There’s a number of things I want to do this year. [...]

Bicyclist’s Behavior from the Driver’s Seat

It’s been no secret that I haven’t been bicycle commuting the last few months (since September). It started with an illness and has just been snowballing after that. So, as I’ve been driving to my office aboard Camp Lejeune, I’ve spent plenty of time in stop-and-go traffic. This has afforded me to observe bicyclists’ behavior [...]

2009 Elections: Council Candidate Jerry Bittner’s Answers

I emailed questions to all the candidates and incumbents for Jacksonville City Council. Below are the answers from Mr. Jerry Bittner (Ward 2), who is running against Councilwoman Reva Sullivan. The answers are cut and pasted directly from the email and contain no altering of text, except for format (bulletized the questions and indented the [...]

2009 Elections: Council Candidate James Bryan’s Answers

I emailed questions to all the candidates and incumbents for Jacksonville City Council. Below are the answers from Mr. James Bryan (At Large). The answers are cut and pasted directly from the email and contain no altering of text, except for format (bulletized the questions and indented the answers). -Water is becoming a less plentiful, [...]

2009 Elections: Council Candidate Bob Warden’s Answers

I emailed questions to all the candidates and incumbents for Jacksonville City Council. Below is the response from Bob Warden (At Large). The response is cut and pasted directly from the email and contain no altering of text. I’m responding to this because I’ve heard that your blogs are balanced. I’ve read several comments on [...]

2009 Elections: Council Candidate Kevin O’Connor’s Answers

I emailed questions to all the candidates and incumbents for Jacksonville City Council. Mr. O’Connor has not submitted answers, but I did speak with him briefly on the telephone today. Below is a quick synopsis of our conversation. Mr. O’Connor believes in taking government “back to basics”, meaning providing the primary services (police, fire, water, [...]

2009 Elections: Councilman Jerome Willingham’s Answers

I emailed questions to all the candidates and incumbents for Jacksonville City Council yesterday. Below are the answers from Councilman Jerome Willingham (Ward 1), who is running unopposed for election. The answers are cut and pasted directly from the email and contain no altering of text, except for format (bulletized the questions and indented the [...]

2009 Elections: JDNews Candidate Profiles Available

The Jacksonville Daily News has posted profiles of the candidates for Jacksonville City Council. For your convenience, I’ve linked the individual profiles below (The JDNews page is a bit squirrelly and quiet a bit confusing…) Incumbents: Reva Sullivan (Onslow) (Ward 2) Randy Thomas (Onslow) (At Large) Alva M. Williams (Onslow) (At Large) Jerome Willingham (Onslow) [...]

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