Ron Armstrong

[Ron Armstrong @RonArmstrong27]

@doonerjax Good started at 6. Event 6:30pm. Started at 6:32pm. Tacos were great 🇺🇸

[Ron Armstrong @RonArmstrong27]

Jacksonville’s Mayoral Race: Big Money, Backroom Deals, and the Power of the People

This mayoral race is shaping up to be driven by big money, political influence, and the same establishment interests that have controlled Jacksonville politics for far too long.

The question we should all be asking is simple: Why are powerful Republican insiders supporting Donna Deegan, while the Republican establishment now appears convinced that Wyman can secure victory in less than six months?

Are these decisions about what’s best for Jacksonville, or are they about protecting political relationships, financial interests, and promises made behind closed doors?

Jacksonville has been shaped by political power brokers for decades. And now, we’re watching what appears to be another attempt to determine the outcome of an election through money and establishment influence rather than the will of the people.

Elections should not be bought. Political promises should not outweigh promises made to the people. And Jacksonville should never be treated as a city for sale.

This race will be interesting to watch, but one thing is clear:

The greatest hope for Jacksonville isn’t found in big donors, political insiders, or establishment endorsements. It’s found in the PEOPLE.

Jacksonville deserves leadership that answers to its citizens, not political power brokers.

The people must take their city back.

[Ron Armstrong @RonArmstrong27]

🇺🇸 DON’T BE FOOLED.

What do political endorsements really mean?

It’s becoming all too common for politicians to ride a wave of political endorsements, believing that the right names, connections, and financial backing will guarantee them a seat in victory lane.

But here’s what the political establishment needs to understand:

The people are tired of politics as usual.

They’re tired of watching money and political connections attempt to buy elections. They’re tired of the same insider circles, the same political buddy system, and the belief that endorsements matter more than the voices of everyday citizens.

An endorsement doesn’t earn a vote. Hard work does.

We need candidates who are willing to hit the streets, knock on doors, sit down with small business owners, listen to families, and meet people right where they are.

Candidates who don’t just show up when it’s election season, but who are committed to showing up for their communities.

Too often, we see candidates jump into races just months before an election, armed with big donors, political endorsements, and the assumption that money can buy their way to victory.

But something is changing.

Across this country, grassroots candidates are proving that elections aren’t always won by the biggest bank accounts or the most powerful political connections.

They’re won through relationships, trust, determination, and the willingness to put in the work.

Because the people deserve more than a politician who’s been endorsed by the establishment. They deserve a leader who’s earned the trust of the people.

I’m honored to be one of those grassroots candidates, and I’ll never forget who this campaign is about.

The PEOPLE. Not the political establishment. 🇺🇸

[Ron Armstrong @RonArmstrong27]

@mrexroad44 🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪

[Ron Armstrong @RonArmstrong27]

Donna Deegan takes flight to London to smile big for the Jags and makes a post about “how she is building business relationships in London,” yet leaves her city with failing departments.

Even though JTA is not a city department, tonight the City Council had to approve “loaning” $30 million of your taxpayer dollars to bail them out of a financial crisis.

Over 150 employees lost their jobs and had to go home to figure out what their lives would now look like because of failed leadership.

Not one press conference to address the people of Jacksonville. No updates. Nothing but excuses. No ownership.

This is not the leadership you deserve, Jacksonville.

Not only was this a failure at the local level, but it was also a failure at the state level. Both matter.

I would have never boarded a plane knowing my city and its people were in crisis.

You sign up to serve the people, not put them on the back burner.

[Ron Armstrong @RonArmstrong27]

@rat_river82367 🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪

[Ron Armstrong @RonArmstrong27]

https://t.co/8Qj8PTV92v

Great educational segment of consolidation in 1967.

[Rory Diamond @RoryDiamond]

Amazing how “stern” mayor suddenly is with JTA

She cheered on NaVI and fired the only board member who asked questions.

Does she have a comment for the 200 people who were fired?

For the disabled riders w/fewer ways to get to school or work?

[Ron Armstrong @RonArmstrong27]

@SRuckman51330 Bingo

[Ron Armstrong @RonArmstrong27]

@PubliusJax The $750,000?

[Ron Armstrong @RonArmstrong27]

“The Jacksonville Chamber taking a stand on voting “NO” for Amendment 3.”

This is interesting. Which raises the question to taxpayers.

Being a nonprofit organization that has nothing to do with the City of Jacksonville except the receiving of over $700,000 a year from taxpayers. And a CEO making over $700,000 a year.

Is the worry because of that funding being cut?

What’s the real reason?

[Ron Armstrong @RonArmstrong27]

@markjb224 Bingo

[Ron Armstrong @RonArmstrong27]

@JeffreySco86583 Bingo

[Ron Armstrong @RonArmstrong27]

@NickHowland15 Agree!

[Nick Howland @NickHowland15]

Read beyond the headline.

Re: outlying segments 4,6,7,8 …
“We lost that federal grant, and I think we're going to have a difficult time finding the funding for that,” Howland said. “If we do, I would have a very difficult time justifying spending that money on a bike trail when we could instead spend it on better sidewalks, drainage, paving the streets, and lighting in many of those neighborhoods where some of those infrastructure investments have been neglected for a long time.”

[Ron Armstrong @RonArmstrong27]

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[Ron Armstrong @RonArmstrong27]

The media and money will try to slowly discredit our voices and silence our voices over the next 6 months.

We have and continue to work hard in making sure you have a voice and candidate that will stand with you and for you.

Keep using your voice.

[Ron Armstrong @RonArmstrong27]

@DuvalWarRoom @MayorDeegan Now it makes sense!

[Ron Armstrong @RonArmstrong27]

The loss of 200 people losing their jobs at JTA is absolutely part of the failed leadership of Donna Deegan.

For her to be the CEO and respond with “I didn’t know it was that bad” shows she had no clue of what was taking place, while taxpayers were held hostage.