A Few Minutes with the Mayor
Time to Retire! – by Mayor Paul Becker
A Few Minutes with the Mayor – August 2020
I got up the usual way this morning… one eye half closed and legs that wobbled with a message to stop at once, crawl back under the […]
We the People – by Mayor Paul Becker
A Few Minutes with the Mayor – July 2020
One of the most familiar quotations in literature came to mind as I saw our nation’s cities explode in violence once again. It was by Charles Dickens […]
Take Heart! – by Mayor Paul Becker
A Few Minutes with the Mayor – June 2020
With time on my hands, as so many of us have these days, I was surfing the Internet when this quotation popped up on my screen: “When […]
Reflections on The Coronavirus – by Mayor Paul Becker
A Few Minutes with the Mayor – Submitted for the May 2020 issue
The other day someone asked me to compare the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on citizen‘s lives with the aftermath of Pearl Harbor […]
Movie Night Going Great – by Mayor Paul Becker
A Few Minutes with the Mayor – April 2020
Our twin-date movie nights at Old City Hall when we ran The Last of The Wild Horses, a 1948 film shot in Jacksonville and other parts of […]
Vinegar Dreams – by Mayor Paul Becker
A Few Minutes with the Mayor – March 2020
A few days ago, I was watching the news on television. There were two anchors on camera and the longer they talked the more I began to […]
Mayor’s Movie Night! – by Mayor Paul Becker
A Few Minutes with the Mayor – February 2020
A number of you know that a Hollywood motion picture, The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, was filmed right here in Jacksonville in 1972. You may not know […]
Share the Spirit – by Mayor Paul Becker
A Few Minutes with the Mayor – December 2019/January 2020
Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Fa la la la la, la la la la
‘Tis the season to be jolly
Fa la la la la, la la […]
Growing Old Isn’t Easy! – by Mayor Paul Becker
A Few Minutes With the Mayor – November 2019
Growing old isn’t easy. There are no classes for it, and it’s not as if one has much choice. It just happens faster than we expect. We […]
Representing ALL – by Mayor Paul Becker
A Few Minutes with the Mayor – October 2019
A prominent citizen visited my office recently to complain about a statement I made in one of my columns. The statement read, “It is the Constitution that […]