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Bouq:
To Douglas Anderson School of the Arts students Mark Magyar and Jahneen Alexander for achieving remarkable success at the prestigious Crescendo International Music Competition held at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Under the guidance of their piano teacher, Vera Watson, the pair earned an impressive score of 28/30, earning first place and an invitation to perform at the esteemed Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall. Magyar also excelled as a soloist, achieving a near-perfect score of 29/30 and earning recognition as a finalist. Bravo!
To all of the businesses, people and places that were nominees in this year’s Best of Jax contest. Kudos, as well, to the readers who nominated them! Remember to vote for your favorites until Dec. 31. Winners will be announced in January.
Brick:
To the Jacksonville City Council for rejecting a rezoning request which would have provided much needed housing in the San Pablo area. Residential units consisting of, row houses, town homes and condominiums were in the proposed plan, which was voted down 17-2. Those who opposed the rezoning stated the homes planned were “out of character” for the area. (Apparently, the nay-sayers sided with affluent neighbors of the property on San Pablo Road near Mayo Clinic.)
To FDOT for the new traffic direction/flow on I-95 south near the I-10 split. Not only has this caused major delays, it’s dangerous as merging traffic doesn’t have enough space to easily merge. For those who take this route every day, plan on extra commute time due to the slow down and unfortunately more traffic accidents in the area. Great idea adding strain on the already traffic jam prone area, FDOT.
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