My goal for 2009 includes being more efficient so I may do more volunteer work.
— Dan Bean, Jacksonville Bar Association president-elect
I’m sort of on a mission to find alternative ways of funding infrastructure. We’ve got to find alternative ways to fund new pathways for the transit system, be it roads, bridges, commuter rail. I’m trying to change the whole system of how transit works here ... all while trying to minimize the graying hairs and the comb over that’s coming with it.
— Michael Blaylock, JTA executive director
I’m not buying any stock, am creating a better work environment (in the Fourth Judicial Circuit) and am going to be answering the challenges because of our limited budget from the State.
— Joe Stelma, court administrator, Fourth Judicial Circuit
Reduce the number of foreclosures in Jacksonville and spend a great deal of time with my daughter before she leaves for college.
— Kevin Hyde, City Council member