Is Jacksonville more backwards than Fayetteville, Arkansas?

Fayetteville, Arkansas has a sustainability director and Jacksonville does not! Fayetteville, Arkansas!!! What happened to "The Bold New City of the South"? According to Newsweek, ("Mayors Take the Lead"), 435 mayors, Republican and Democratic, in Red States and Blue, from the crunchy coasts to the conservative heartland, have signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. Jacksonville has not. Forget about "Boldly going where no man has gone before." Jacksonville won't even boldly go where many others have been.

By signing on, these mayors are saving their cities money! For example, by converting stoplights from incandescent bulbs to LEDs that use 80% less energy and last six to 10 times longer, Arlington, Texas, expects a projected windfall of more than $250,000 a year. New York City will realize savings of $6.3 million a year once the initial investment is paid off. That's your tax money we could be saving.

Of course, by making this move, we'd be saving energy too. Which hopefully means less petroleum coke would have to be burned, and therefore less toxic mercury would foul our city.