Comments on: The mysterious tipster http://www.flipsideflorida.com/the-mysterious-tipster/ America's Logistics Center ... New and Notes from Jacksonville Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:57:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: k. a. gardner http://www.flipsideflorida.com/the-mysterious-tipster/comment-page-1/#comment-100 k. a. gardner Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:14:22 +0000 http://flipsideflorida.wordpress.com/?p=417#comment-100 I had also asked Robert Mann, a.k.a. Ocklawaha, if the Prime-Osborn Convention Center had put any Jacksonville streetcars on display, to which he replied: "Oh no, the city at that time was pushing the Skyway. George Harmon, the late editor of the Jacksonville Journal, heard my argument for light rail and quit being a vocal supporter of the Skyway Monorail downtown. In return for the fight on which would be the best choice of transit for the city, the Skyway Mayor, ordered all the streetcars scrapped. 5 historic cars were sacrificed on the alter of the monorail, supposedly because if the Federal Government thought we liked the historic streetcars they would yank our funding for the monorail. All of the known streetcars were reduced to sawdust and razor blades within weeks." Mysteriously, all comments made on June 8th are only available <a href="http://flipsideflorida.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/the-mysterious-tipster/" rel="nofollow">here.</a> I had also asked Robert Mann, a.k.a. Ocklawaha, if the Prime-Osborn Convention Center had put any Jacksonville streetcars on display, to which he replied:

“Oh no, the city at that time was pushing the Skyway. George Harmon, the late editor of the Jacksonville Journal, heard my argument for light rail and quit being a vocal supporter of the Skyway Monorail downtown. In return for the fight on which would be the best choice of transit for the city, the Skyway Mayor, ordered all the streetcars scrapped. 5 historic cars were sacrificed on the alter of the monorail, supposedly because if the Federal Government thought we liked the historic streetcars they would yank our funding for the monorail. All of the known streetcars were reduced to sawdust and razor blades within weeks.”

Mysteriously, all comments made on June 8th are only available here.

]]> By: k. a. gardner http://www.flipsideflorida.com/the-mysterious-tipster/comment-page-1/#comment-99 k. a. gardner Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:58:53 +0000 http://flipsideflorida.wordpress.com/?p=417#comment-99 Although, Ocklawaha did leave this comment at the original blog on June 8th, so he may have been pointing out that streetcars can also mysteriously disappear: "There are a lot more treasures of transportation past out there, all we need is more eye’s on the subject. Since 1976 Jacksonville has cut up 5 perfectly good streetcars, one of this was unique to our system! Most are found built into small houses, on farms, used for storage, chickens etc. Some of our cars went to Savannah and Valdosta, some of the retired cars to St. Augustine. This creates a fairly large circle for searching. There is another “Ghost” in Waycross, but all that remains are a dozen or so rusty bones on a wooded lot." Although, Ocklawaha did leave this comment at the original blog on June 8th, so he may have been pointing out that streetcars can also mysteriously disappear:

“There are a lot more treasures of transportation past out there, all we need is more eye’s on the subject. Since 1976 Jacksonville has cut up 5 perfectly good streetcars, one of this was unique to our system! Most are found built into small houses, on farms, used for storage, chickens etc. Some of our cars went to Savannah and Valdosta, some of the retired cars to St. Augustine. This creates a fairly large circle for searching. There is another “Ghost” in Waycross, but all that remains are a dozen or so rusty bones on a wooded lot.”

]]> By: k. a. gardner http://www.flipsideflorida.com/the-mysterious-tipster/comment-page-1/#comment-98 k. a. gardner Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:30:05 +0000 http://flipsideflorida.wordpress.com/?p=417#comment-98 Since the tipster has mysteriously disappeared, we may never know. He's been missing for over a month. Since the tipster has mysteriously disappeared, we may never know. He’s been missing for over a month.

]]> By: weirsdo http://www.flipsideflorida.com/the-mysterious-tipster/comment-page-1/#comment-95 weirsdo Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:08:55 +0000 http://flipsideflorida.wordpress.com/?p=417#comment-95 I'm puzzled too. That seems like a difficult thing to steal. I’m puzzled too. That seems like a difficult thing to steal.

]]> By: Walela http://www.flipsideflorida.com/the-mysterious-tipster/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Walela Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:12:48 +0000 http://flipsideflorida.wordpress.com/?p=417#comment-35 Did a retiree ride it down? Did a retiree ride it down?

]]> By: flipsideflorida http://www.flipsideflorida.com/the-mysterious-tipster/comment-page-1/#comment-32 flipsideflorida Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:35:16 +0000 http://flipsideflorida.wordpress.com/?p=417#comment-32 Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Oklawaha. It almost sounds like your a transportation consultant. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Oklawaha. It almost sounds like your a transportation consultant.

]]> By: Ocklawaha http://www.flipsideflorida.com/the-mysterious-tipster/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Ocklawaha Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:10:08 +0000 http://flipsideflorida.wordpress.com/?p=417#comment-31 The city cut up 5 nearly perfect streetcars since 1980 and the fight for the Skyway. They had misguided ideas that the mere presence of a streetcar, streetcar barn, etc. would stop the Federal Funding of the Skyway. It was a sad and sorry excuse to destroy more of our Citys historic fabric. OCKLAWAHA The city cut up 5 nearly perfect streetcars since 1980 and the fight for the Skyway. They had misguided ideas that the mere presence of a streetcar, streetcar barn, etc. would stop the Federal Funding of the Skyway. It was a sad and sorry excuse to destroy more of our Citys historic fabric.

OCKLAWAHA

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