Talk:John Peyton (US politician)

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On the Mayor John Peyton's wikipedia entry it states that his family's Ponte Vedra Inn & Club did not allow anoy black man to reside there. I have searched online and haven't found any online documents that prove or disprove this fact which leads me to believe it is a false statement since I am sure that the news would have stated it if it was a known fact during his election.

I think I remember they did report on it, but it wasn't a big deal because it had nothing to do with the Peytons. I can't find anything about it either, though, so I'm taking it out for now:

One of the holdings in that real estate portfolio elicited some controversy during the 2003 race, when it was discovered that the deed to the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club forbade any Negro from ever holding title to the property (the deed was written before desegregation, and any such clauses are legally void today).

--Cúchullain t / c 17:08, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps someone more computer literate, and with more time than I can research and add information related to the referendum on Cecil Field NAS, and the Baymeadows Golf Club. Both of these issues are very relevant to John Peyton, especially since he flip-flpped on them both. When the golf club was sold, the mayor pleged to never allow a host of apartments to be built in its place, primarily due to the already out-of-control traffic in the area, but he later had a "change of heart", that many believe is the result of being in the pocket of the contractor building the apartments.

There was also a referendum on the ballot this year to return the Navy's master jet base to Cecil Field, which the mayor very much supported until earlier this year. I personally sent an e-mail to John Peyton showing my support, and he responded by saying that he would fight tooth and nail against anyone opposing the return of the base. Later, he changed his mind and opposed returning Cecil Field.

I do not want to edit this article because as you can proably guess, I really do not like the mayor, and probably won't be very POV. But perhaps one of you might find this information worth inclusion.