Action News Jax sat down with Mayor Donna Deegan to discuss the largest events, challenges, and successes the city has seen under her leadership in the last 100 days.
October 11, 2023 at 5:35 pm EDTJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Monday marked 100 days since Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan was sworn in and a lot has happened in that time.Action News Jax sat down with the Mayor Wednesday to discuss the biggest events, challenges, and successes the city has seen under Deegan’s leadership.
But Deegan has faced questions regarding her decision to approve 22 grants in the budget for non-profits, some of which have direct connections with council members. “We have to make sure that the system looks transparent to people that are looking from home,” said Deegan. “I did not expect the level of pushback that I received. So, I’ll say the lesson is to make sure you line up your votes,” said Deegan.“That racist killing over in New Town. That was the hardest moment for me. It felt like a personal failure that during my time in office, we had citizens that lost their lives for such a horrendous, horrendous purpose,” said Deegan.
“An entire program to address how we eradicate racism from our community. What can we do to reach out to the different facets of our community and make that not something that affects our community,” said Deegan.The highest profile of which, is arguably the effort to strike a stadium renovation deal with the Jaguars.“We both want to get to yes and I think we will,” said Deegan.“The phase that we’re in now is really a study phase.
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