History shows JTA is no stranger to financial trouble
It is not at all surprising that the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) is in financial trouble. JTA took over a failing bus operation and then made it worse by lowering fares and raising costs. Then, it decided that a pointless “people mover” was the answer to mass transit in Jacksonville. Millions more were sunk into […]
The Washington Monument Syndrome: Well, Now It All Makes Sense!
I love it when our Eye on Jacksonville readers teach me something new! After we published “Shame on the Sheriffs: Don’t Use the Badge to Sell Fear,” about the campaign against Amendment 3, one reader left a comment that caught my attention. “It’s the Washington Monument Syndrome.” The what? I’d never heard of it, so […]
Sheriff Grady Judd, Two People Died. Must We Talk Politics Now?
Sheriff Grady Judd, what were you thinking? For years, you have been something of an internet sensation. Your colorful press conferences, straight talk and no-nonsense approach to criminals earned you national attention and plenty of admirers. But this week, I watched something that made me question your judgment. On Monday, October 5, a horrific school […]
Jacksonville’s JTA Mess Just Became Dallas News
It looks like Jacksonville isn’t the only city interested in what Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s investigation into JTA will uncover. Dallas is watching, too. Outgoing JTA CEO Nat Ford is preparing to take the reins at Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), but his new hometown is already getting an introduction to the financial mess […]