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New Year Resolutions For Jacksonville City Government

Posted on 04 January 2009

It is 2009 and it is time for all of us to make our resolutions for the new year (which hopefully we will keep!). Here are a few suggested new year resolutions for the city of Jacksonville.

  1. Prioritize city spending.  The city does not have to be everything to everyone.  It needs to identify those services that are vital to our city, meet the needs of the vast majority of its taxpayers rather than only a few and cannot be provided by the free enterprise system.
  2. Ask taxpayers for permission before raising taxes.
  3. Use toll roads and better traffic light synchronization to help relieve traffic congestion rather than light rail.
  4. Find a solution to the unfunded city pension liabilities of over $700 million according to the latest figures.
  5. Build a cheaper courthouse.
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  • Peyton's Three New Fees
    Following the property tax reductions enacted by the Florida legislature, Mayor Peyton and the City Council rolled back needed tax relief by imposing three new costly and regressive fees on Jacksonville taxpayers.
  • Shipyard Debacle
    What do you get when you join a poorly drawn up contract with lax oversight of the downtown riverfront project by the city? $36.5 million spent, no downtown park and riverwalk and a black eye for the JEDC.

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Jacksonville City Government Tax and Spend Hall of Shame






Out of Control County Courthouse Costs

The original cost of the new county courthouse was supposed to be $190 million, but it soon ballooned up to $400 million before it was finally approved at $350 million by the City Council.

Peyton's Three New Fees

Following the property tax reductions enacted by the Florida legislature, Mayor Peyton and the City Council rolled back needed tax relief by imposing three new costly and regressive fees on Jacksonville taxpayers.

Shipyard Debacle

What do you get when you join a poorly drawn up contract with lax oversight of the downtown riverfront project by the city? $36.5 million spent, no downtown park and riverwalk and a black eye for the JEDC.