Taxpayers spending thousands to keep vacant buildings open

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The City of Jacksonville owns eight properties worth nearly $27 million. But right now, the city is shoveling money into these eyesores without a financial return.

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Papakilo - 8/2/2012 6:35 PM
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Well,well, well! At least one member of the City Council is using his head for more than a hat rack and has discovered waste in the city. Maybe we can sell the buildings/property and use it to fund our police service on the streets. Thank you, City Councilman John Crescimbeni. You are one person we can be proud of. Now, if the mayor would chop 10 or 20% of the pay to those administrators and executive assistants we are paying over $200,000 in pay and benefits each year. Or, make no pay and benefits to those individuals in this years budget. We taxpayers are still stretching each dollar for food, clothes, shelter, and utilities. Allowing Jax controlled utilities and services to increase their rates, does not help. They need to live on OUR budget.

george22p - 8/2/2012 6:06 AM
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City Councilman John Crescimbeni is our hero .Keep up the good work Mr.Crescimbeni.P.S. I have a hard time pronouncing your last name. May I call you John?

terrylee - 8/1/2012 10:17 PM
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use these vacant lots and buildings and make an acquarium and larger marine science campus using the proximity of both the atlantic ocean and the st johns river and the intra costal waterways...increasing both our tourist and first coast comunity and our standing in academiar.,pardon my spelling. if atlanta can have a first class acquarium and from what i've seen it is,in a landlocked city, can you imagine how great our water based city can do? and for some of the properties that cannot be rehabilited knock them down,and make a water theme park,or even a theme park,or combination of both.... and then you will have income,tourists,and even someplace your residents can use and enjoy
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