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Saturday Night!

Details:
October 20th, 2007
Shanty Town (map)
9pm-2am
Free Yuengling
More info: Best Jacksonville blog & Urban Jacksonville party @ Shanty Town

On to the news for this Friday
“Strive” Show Opens Nov. 2, 2007 @ The Karpeles Manuscript Museum
How to get a house for cheap(er). A guide to assistance programs.
Springfield’s East 8th Street Project Complete
How bad are the storms going to be today?
Courthouse costs to be scrutinized
Maxwell House: Good To The Last Scent
Halloween and Goonies in 5 Points

And in the “Is that our newspaper?!” department: The TU is live blogging the Grand Jury investigation of Sunshine Law violations

Councilwoman Mia Jones came around 1:40. I tried to speak with her, but she went straight into the grand jury room. I realize council members and other witnesses aren’t thrilled to see the media, but this isn’t exactly the paparazzi gaggle Britney Spears deals with when she shows up for a custody hearing

Thanks for the tip Tony! In addition Tony posted the DVI meeting minutes regarding the bagging of meters and downtown traffic flow in post game/event situations:

Brendon from TSI stated that, while the additional patronage is welcome, large Downtown events sometimes keep regular patrons away because of the atmosphere or logistics. He encouraged everyone to work together to minimize inconvenience to the locals during large special events.

Tony brought up a concern that the Downtown and Springfield communities cannot cross State and Union during many large special events and stated that it is nearly impossible to get from Springfield to Downtown during Jaguar games. Director Kelly agreed to look at the traffic patterns and find a way to improve access.

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Adam (not Beaugh) Says: 10/19/2007 10:42 am

I would have to agree with TSI Brendon: When FSU/ALA game was here a few weeks ago, I went to Mark’s to watch the FL/Auburn game, and had I left 5 minutes later, it literally would have added about 30 minutes to my getting to the bar– and yes, I am saying 30 minutes to get from the ‘field to Bay St. And even when I got down there, every single damn meter spot was bagged, which made, oh, NO SENSE at all. Seriously, whoever is in charge of such things, including Jags game day traffic, needs to get his head out of his ass and realize that, yes, in fact there are people who live around here. You can’t just continually give the right of way to Jags game day traffic, because that solves nothing for us non-jags folks.

tony (not once not never) Says: 10/19/2007 3:03 pm

I think what you are saying is that after the game, once all of the traffic is moved out the bags need to come off.

We covered that at the meeting (which was after that weekend to be fair). I had brunch at the museum the next morning after the game and the bags were on the laura st meters. Leonard got in trouble when I mentioned this. Anyhow they should come off some short amount of time after the game and be available for paying customers of the block, for sure. I’ll pass your comment on to Director Kelly.

Downtownparks Says: 10/19/2007 4:23 pm

I think adam is saying, and I kinda of agree, that why close off downtown parking? If someone wants to park on Laura St and walk to the game, why would we want to stop him?

There already is no parking on Main, Union, and State, why not let people park where they want in normal parking spots?