>>VIC MICOLUCCI: JACKSONVILLE HAS ELECTED A NEW MAYOR AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS 200
YEAR HISTORY, A WOMAN WILL
LEAD THE RIVER CITY.
MAYOR-ELECT DONNA DEEGAN IS
JOINING US THIS MORNING LIVE
IN THE STUDIO. DONNA, FIRST OF
ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU
AND YOUR TEAM ON THE MUCH
PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THIS. I
HAVE TO ASK YOU, THIS IS THE
HARDEST QUESTION I’M GOING TO
ASK YOU. DID YOU GET ANY SLEEP
LAST NIGHT? I GOT ABOUT 3
HOURS. SO IF I SAY ANYTHING
THAT MAKES SENSE TODAY
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: WHAT A
CAMPAIGN YOU HAVE TO HIT THE
GROUND RUNNING. WHAT ARE YOUR
TOP PRIORITIES AS YOU ARE NOW
MAYOR-ELECT AND YOU HAVE TO
LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING THAT
SEAT IN OFFICE. FIRST OF YOU
HAVE TO GIVE SO MUCH LOVE TO
MY CAMPAIGN STAFF UP AT MCCALL
AND THE WHOLE TEAM THAT RAN
THIS CAMPAIGN FROM THE DAY.
ONE. THEY SAW MY VISION OF A
POSITIVE CAMPAIGN. IT’S IT’S
PAINFUL TO WATCH YOUR
CANDIDATE GET ATTACKED AND
THEN NOT SAY, YOU KNOW, WE
WANT TO GO BACK IN AND YET
EVERYBODY STUCK WITH IT WITH
MACE. AND I THINK THAT WAS
THAT WAS A KEY TO WINNING THIS
RACE IN TERMS OF PRIORITIES.
>> IT’S IT’S OPENING UP CITY
HALL MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE
A TRANSPARENT ACCOUNTABLE CITY
HALL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE
BRING THE PEOPLE INTO THE
PROCESS. THOSE ARE THE
BEGINNING STEPS. AND THEN THE
3 PILLARS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
INFRASTRUCTURE, HEALTH AND
ECONOMY.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: YOU TALKED
ABOUT UNITING EVERYONE,
WHETHER THEY’RE DEMOCRATS OR
REPUBLICANS OR INDEPENDENTS.
AND WE SAW THAT WITH THE VOTES
LAST NIGHT SAID THAT WAS FINE.
SO GRATIFYING TO TO BE ABLE TO
TO. AND WE KNEW THAT WAS THE
ONLY WAY FORWARD IN THIS
ELECTION. WE KNEW THAT IN
ORDER TO WHEN WE WERE GOING TO
HAVE TO UNIFY PEOPLE THAT
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET
SUPPORT FROM ACROSS THE
POLITICAL SPECTRUM. SO I THINK
IT WAS KEY TO HAVE A LOT OF
THOSE. A VERY MATT CARLUCCI,
RANDY, THE 4 AND A BRUSH. A
LOT OF A LOT OF YELLING CLASS
ARE A LOT OF THOSE REPUBLICANS
WHO CROSS THE AISLE TO SAY.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: HEY, YOU
KNOW, IT’S OKAY. SHE SHE HAS
THE CITY’S BEST INTEREST AT
HEART. IN ADDITION TO ALL THE
WONDERFUL FOLKS THAT HELPED US
OUT. SO I JUST THINK I THINK
ALL IN ALL, IF WE’RE EVER
GOING TO HAVE A CITY THAT IS
SUCCESSFUL IN THE WAY THAT IT
CAN BE BECAUSE WE HAVE EVERY
POSSIBLE ASSET IN THE CITY.
WE’VE GOT TO WORK TOGETHER TO
DO THAT. AND AND AS YOU FROM
FROM THE JOB THAT THAT YOU DO
THAT I DID FOR 25 30 YEARS YOU
HAVE TO BRING EVERYBODY’S
VOICE AND YOU TRY HAVE TO TRY
TO ACCURATELY YOUR VOICE TO TO
WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVE. AND I
THINK THAT’S THE WAY THAT WE
CREATE A GOOD CITY. BUT BY NOT
JUST WHAT IS DONNA THING, BUT
BUT THAT THAT BRINGING A LOT
OF VOICES. AND DONNA, WHAT DO
YOU SAY THIS MORNING TO THOSE
WHO ARE NOT TEAM DONNA, THOSE
WHO DID NOT VOTE FOR YOU?
THERE’S 48% OF THE PEOPLE THAT
DID NOT THAT.
>> DON’T NECESSARILY AGREE
WITH YOUR STANDING. HOW DO YOU
BRING THEM IN AND HOW DO YOU
WIN THEM OVER AS THE NEXT
MAYOR? I THINK THE SAME WAY
THAT THAT WE CREATED ALL OF
THAT SUPPORT FROM ACROSS THE
SPECTRUM. I.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: I REALLY
WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND.
AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE KNOW
I’M AN HONEST BROKER. I REALLY
WANT TO BRING EVERYBODY INTO
THE CONVERSATION AND I’LL BE A
MAYOR FOR EVERYBODY. THAT’S
WHAT I’VE SAID FROM DAY ONE. I
WANT TO BRING ALL THE BOYS
ISN’T SO I WOULD JUST SAY TO
THEM, PLEASE GIVE ME AN
OPPORTUNITY. I’M I’M LOOKING
FORWARD TO HAVING A CITY WHERE
WHERE WE ARE UNIFIED AND FOLKS
HAVE A SAY IN THEIR CITY
GOVERNMENT.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: YOUR OPPONENT
LAST NIGHT, DANIEL DAVIS
CALLED YOU TO CONGRATULATE
CHANGE. THANKS SOME GRACIOUS
THING DURING HIS CONCESSION
SPEECH HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT
MOVING FORWARD WITH WITH HIM
IN SOME OF THE PEOPLE?
>> THAT ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH
WITH HIS CAMPAIGN I BELIEVE HE
LOVES THE CITY JUST LIKE I
LOVE THE CITY. WE JUST HAD A
DIFFERENT VIEW OF OF OF OF THE
CAMPAIGN. AND I I I REGRET
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE
DURING THE CAMPAIGN. BUT BUT
AT THE END OF THE DAY,
>> I DO BELIEVE THAT HE LOVES
JACKSONVILLE JUST LIKE I DO
AND I BELIEVE WILL WORK
TOGETHER VERY TO BE ABLE TO
MOVE THE CITY FORWARD.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: SURVEYS SHOW
THE CRIME IS A TOP PRIORITY.
AND WE SPOKE WITH SHERIFF TK
WATERS LAST NIGHT. HE WANTS
YOUR SUPPORT. DIDN’T ALIGN ON
THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. HAVE YOU
HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH HIM
YET? WHAT YOU PLAN TO?
>> SPEAK WITH HIM ABOUT THAT
VERY FEW CONVERSATION SO FAR
LAST NIGHT WAS PRETTY YOU
KNOW, JUST A WHIRLWIND. BUT WE
WILL ABSOLUTELY SIT DOWN. I
HAVE ALWAYS WORKED VERY WELL
WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
HERE OF HAD A LONG AND GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. AND I
AND I TOLD THAT THE THAT THE
FOP, WHEN I MET WITH THEM WHEN
THEY WERE DOING THERE
INTERVIEWING PROCESS, I KNOW
WHAT POLITICS IS LIKE. I KNOW
IT’S GOING TO BE SAID, YOU ALL
KNOW HOW I FEEL. YOU KNOW
WHAT? I MAY OR THAT THAT I
WILL BE A GREAT PARTNER TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT. AND I WILL. AND I
AND I ALSO HOPE TO TO CREATE
BETTER CONVERSATION BETWEEN
OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR
COMMUNITY BECAUSE I THINK
THAT’S WHAT MAKES US A SAFER
CITY. FINALLY, I ASK YOU THIS.
WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF AND
OUR CITY OF JACKSONVILLE?
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: IN 4 YEARS?
WELL, WHAT I HOPE IS THAT WE
HAVE A MUCH MORE INCLUSIVE,
MUCH MORE TRANSPARENT CITY
GOVERNMENT. I’D LOVE TO A
THRIVING OPEN RIVERFRONT, A
HEALTHY CITY AND SMALL
BUSINESS THAT IS BOOMING LIKE
WE’VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.
MAYOR-ELECT ON THE DEEGAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME THIS MORNING. I KNOW THAT
YOU’RE BUSY. WE KNOW THAT
YOU’RE TIRED, BUT YOU MADE THE
TIME TO COME IN HERE. THANK