More than 15 years ago, then-Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton announced the formation of the Jacksonville Journey. At the time it was billed as an answer to a growing crime problem in the city.
Deegan will be sworn in on July 1 and one campaign promise was to bring back a crime-fighting program known as “Jacksonville Journey.” Since then, the organization has shifted into the Kids Hope Alliance.
“It’s all fragmented. And under this last administration, it’s very difficult to even figure out where anything is and who’s in charge, and there’s not a coordinated way to look at things,” Gentry said. “That’s the focus of Mayor-Elect Deegan, let’s get focus as to figuring out what the city’s doing, what does the city need to be doing. If programs are not effective, we should get rid of them. If they are, we should probably expand them.
“Whatever the vehicle is is up to City Hall. My point is as a community leader and community steward who spends a lot of time focusing and thinking and worrying about these issues, we can’t do it without having proper funding. I’m not sitting in those seats at council. I am not sitting in the mayor’s office. I’m just sitting out here in the community and I’m seeing as a community advocate.
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