First Coast News spoke with Mayor Deegan about things from the Jaguars stadium, to downtown infrastructure, to the Dollar General mass shooting.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — This week marks one hundred days sincetook office becoming the first woman to serve as Jacksonville's mayor and only the second democrat in three decades.
One of things she says she is most proud of is carving out time to listen her constituents all across the city. “On the city side what we can do mostly is to do those things that will impact crime from a prevention, intervention, perhaps even a reentry position for folks that are coming back from being in jail,” Deegan said. “So, the sheriff is on the enforcement side. We are trying to rejuvenate the Jacksonville Journey program and things like our literacy program."
She is optimistic a deal with the Jaguars to renovate the stadium will get done, but says negotiations are just in the beginning phases. She has brought in an outside firm to negotiate. To those who aren’t in favor of potentially spending $1 billion of taxpayer money on stadium improvements, she said she wants them to know she is going to negotiate the best possible deal for the city.
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