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From the White Campaign:

Quote:Two things have headlined Bill White’s Public Defender’s agenda for 32 years:
Do More and Spend Less.

Accordingly, Bill White has done more than build the second largest public law firm in the state. He has done more than deliver 32 consecutive balanced budgets throughout his tenure. He has returned thousands of dollars to taxpayers every fiscal year since 1976.

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We are almost finished with our round of Clay County candidate video interviews, and many of them are now available on MyClaySun.com/video

In case you can't find a particular candidate there, all videos are also on Jacksonville.Activote.com 

For a bit of background, we invited all candidates who are running opposed in the primary elections on Aug. 26th to the Times-Union for video interviews. We (well, I) asked each candidate three questions - all candidates in the same race received the same questions and there were no time limits for their responses.

Do you have a voting strategy?  In contemplating the upcoming elections which I do alot, and in speaking with friends, other citizens and hear the differing points of view there is also strategy revealed.  I'm not just talking local elections but all that you will vote on.

Is your strategy to vote strictly based upon party?  Do you vote for someone because based upon six degrees of seperation you may just possibly have a connection.  How much do you weigh what your friends and family say, especially if there are opposite party lines?  Perhaps a great many do alot of reading, or watching tv to get information.  Don't you also have to investigate the sources of your news and information.  If you stop to think about it the only possible way to have a decent grip on accurate information it has to come straight from their mouths....live.....with no editing, does that even exist unless you're attending something local? 

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In addition to the sheriff candidate's live blog interview on MCS.com, we have invited all of the clay couny candidates in for video interviews at the Times-Union building.

*note - we invited only those up for the Aug. 26 primary elections, so candidates who automatically advance to the Nov. 4 general elections were not included in this round of video interviews* 

We will be asking each candidate 3 questions at these video interviews and we want your input. Here are the race and candidates we have asked in. If you have any questions for these candidates just reply with a comment and make sure to specify which candidate or race.

I just picked up a flyer today at a store and I see the address is 3860 Doctors Lake.   I just wanted new to share that since I had not seen the location posted on the blogs.

I will now go back to lurking

Soon Clay voters will make one of their most crucial decisions in 4 years…They will decide who leads our schools:  Steven Richards, Patrick Thurman, or Ben Wortham.

Clay Action Network (CAN) invites you to a FORUM for School Superintendent Candidates. Each candidate will answer questions about their background, their goals for Clay County schools, and their strategy to achieve them.

Although it has not made it onto the SOE website as of yet it's still official.  District 5 now has an "Independent" contender for the District 5 seat of the BCC, and that is my Husband, Fred Catchpole.

He is not merely running with "NPA", Fred has been a registered Indpendent all of his life.  According to the SOE Fred is a rare bird because we put up our own personal money in order to meet the deadline to get on the ballot because it's too late for petitions.  He was told this is "unheard of".  To some extent we have now put our money where our mouths are. 

Can someone explain where this "I approve this message" came from?  I've thought all this before but after the latest John McCain commercial where it's his face, his voice I have to give into the madness and ask why?

How in blue blazes does this make any sense?  If you see an ad for a Candidate and it's not them talking I could maybe see the point of "I approve this message".  But when you have the face of the candidate staring at you while speaking, the words match the way his lips are moving it's bizarre. To say "I approve this message" when you can cleary see and hear what is coming out of his mouth?  Am I the only one that finds this.....ummm....dumb?

The relationship between leadership and character is very close.  A leader without character is not a leader at all.  As I’ve sat back and watched the school board here in Clay County, I can’t help but wonder when a leader is going to emerge.  Abraham Lincoln said, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

As soon as the present board members ascended to office, they forgot why they were put there.  They are more consumed with the power they’ve been trusted with than with the needs of their constituency.  It is time for change on the Clay County School Board.  It is time for parents, teachers and students alike to start having their voices heard.  We owe it to ourselves and to the future of Clay County to hold our elected representatives accountable.