It also helped that during his first five years in office, Delaney has spent much time in the African-American community building bridges and building trust. But that carefully constructed trust will be shattered if two things don't happen. The promised improvements that helped persuade African-Americans to support the Better Jacksonville Plan will have to be carried out. They came out and supported Delaney's plan. They deserve a seat at the table.
Technology is cool and all, but let's be reasonable.
Final election results in Duval County weren't available until after midnight. That has Supervisor of Elections John Stafford envious of faster vote counting technology used in some other counties. That's a mighty big chunk of change just to save a few hours of waiting a couple of times a year. Besides, the waiting and watching the returns come in is part of the fun. You probably saw where one of the big supporters of the Better Jacksonville Plan was mechanical contractor W.W. Gay Sr.