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Vol. 103, No. 255 • oNe SectioN
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Better promoting ‘greatest asset’
The St. Johns River wasn’t on City Council President Lori Boyer’s agenda six months ago. She was busy with political efforts heading up to her year of leading the 19-member legislative body. However, she started to see it a little clearer the past several months — longevity on council, she said, helps members see how interests and efforts are working but sometimes don’t always intertwine. Civic and private groups along
with public entities all have plans and efforts current and past for the natural asset many call the city’s best. Many had the same premise or theme. People just weren’t aware of them all, including the ones making those efforts. It wasn’t on her agenda, she said, “But I am a person when you see an opportunity, you seize it.” Her initial effort led to about 100 river-enthusiasts packing a small City Hall room Thursday afternoon filled with charts, maps and information of the past. They included council mem-
Seeing social media posts about politics
Discussing politics with people they disagree with
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bers past and present, JAX Chamber officials, members of Mayor Lenny Curry’s administration and representatives of Downtown, development and river organizations. It’s time to get coordinated, Boyer said, to make the effort far more than the sum of the parts and make “our national asset our greatest asset.” To make the river not just a series of waterfront facilities, but an experience for those who don’t necessarily live near the water. It will take marketing and awareness, but also the time, RIVER CONTINUED ON PAGE A-3
Photo by David Chapman
Effort launched to coordinate river efforts, marketing
Architect Richard Skinner looks at a series of past maps and studies of the St. Johns River. He’s taken part in some of those past studies, but is optimistic the one initiated by City Council President Lori Boyer will end up with some results.
How users find political discussions on social media versus other platforms
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Social media discussions ‘can get nasty ‘
How technology has changed communication about presidential elections By Max Marbut, Staff Writer
Election 2016 might not go down in history as much for who becomes the next president of the United States as how communication technology was used to take over the Oval Office. At least that’s the opinion of two local political analysts. “It is unlike any presidential race in history. Social media has changed how elections are conducted,” said Rick Mullaney, director of the Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute. Matthew Corrigan, a political science professor and chair of the Political Science and Public Administration department at the University of North Florida, agrees. He said social media has made it easier and much faster for a candidate to distribute information and to a wide audience since so many people use mobile devices. “Stories can spread quicker and that’s where people get their information. It’s in their pocket,” he said. According to a report published Oct. 25 by the Pew Research Center, 62 percent of American adults use Facebook and 20 percent use Twitter. Even though users’ contact group profiles for the two social media are SOCIAL MEDIA CONTINUED ON PAGE A-4
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Jacques Klempf sells egg company
300 employees will be kept by Cal-Maine Foods
An almost 70-year-old private company hatched in Jacksonville was sold Wednesday to a Mississippi-based public entity. Entrepreneur, investor and restaurateur Jacques Klempf sold Jacksonville-based Foodonics International Inc., which does business as Dixie Egg Co., to Cal-Maine Foods Inc., based in Jackson, Miss. “The timing is right,” Klempf said Thursday. Cal-Maine Foods announced it completed the purchase Wednesday. The company says it is the largest producer and marketer of shell eggs in the U.S. It reported $1.9 billion in net sales for the fiscal year that ended May 28 and record net income of $316 million. Klempf said he did not have a succession plan for the now third-generation family egg profession and noted other family changes: He married his wife, Tracy, early last year and he has a grandchild. “I am being pushed into that next part of my life,” he said. That includes development of the Cowford Chophouse Downtown, as well as his leadership role in Forking Amazing Restaurants and other ventures. Forking Amazing comprises Cowford Chophouse, Ovinte, Bistro Aix, Il Desco and Burlock and Barrel American Whiskey. Klempf said he also is in a joint venture with Cal-Maine on a fertilizer product. Foodonics’ 300 employees were retained by Cal-Maine, he said. Cal-Maine did not report the acquisition price and Klempf declined to disclose it. As part of the deal, Cal-Maine bought MATHIS CONTINUED ON PAGE A-2
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