Former Mayor Hazouri in race for council seat ; Republican Geoff Youngblood and Democrat Mincy Pollock are in race
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"That's what I can bring to the table," Hazouri said, adding the council and mayor's office need to work together more. "I understand the legislative process. ... I understand the power of the office and I understand the responsibility of working hand in hand."
His rivals, Republican
Youngblood, who owns the equipment-rental business Tools for a Time, said running his own businesses helped him look for ways to operate efficiently.
He's pushing smaller government, telling voters on his campaign website that "he wants to loosen the shackles of government bureaucracy that stifle economic growth."
Pollock, who runs an insurance business, said the kind of partnership Hazouri talked about is part of his daily work. His campaign stresses quality of life, economic development, equality and making city government simpler for people to get involved.
"Running for office gives you a chance to impact more lives. ... I want to be that person to help everybody have a quality of lifestyle that they deserve," Pollock says in a campaign video posted online.
Hazouri and Pollock have similar views on several subjects. Both support legislation banning discrimination based on sexual orientation, for example, and say the Jacksonville Journey anti- crime initiative should be revitalized.
Youngblood differs on both points.
While saying laws against racial discrimination were proper decades ago to address clear problems, Youngblood said he didn't think clear discrimination against gay, lesbian or transgender people had been proven. In response to a Times-Union questionnaire, he wrote that when that legislation was proposed in 2012, "supporters of the legislation were unreasonable in claiming that
As for Journey, Youngblood said the initiative first envisioned in 2008 would have led to more than
In written comments to the Times-Union, he noted that some funding once designed to "pass through" Journey to programs within the
All three candidates said they support deepening the
On relationships between police and the public, Hazouri said he'd like to see more community policing, where officers work in an area routinely and develop connections with residents. "They need to have a relationship with the neighborhoods," he said.
Pollock said he'd like to see people from all sorts of backgrounds involved in talks about the way to react if they're approached by police.
Youngblood raised the possibility of creating an oversight board of police and civilians to review situations where officers use deadly force.
"A fair an accurate analysis of police shootings by a respected third party would go a long way towards maintaining confidence in law enforcement provided that the board remains impartial, professional and doesn't become politicized," he wrote in comments to the Times-Union.
If no one gets a majority of the vote in the
Elections filings say Hazouri has raised about
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