You gave these people your vote, now give them a piece of your mind

...and protect your mind. Tell them to force JEA to lower mercury emissions every time it raises rates. Here is the updated list after the May 15th election, it includes current council members, and council members who were recently elected but have yet to take office. Simply copy and paste addresses of those you want to email into your email program and tell them what you think. Or, an even easier option is below!
Mayor
John Peyton - jpeyton@coj.net
City Council
At Large Group 1
Ronnie Fussell - RonnieF@coj.net
At- Large Group 2
Jay Jabour -jay@jayforjax.com
Elaine Brown (incumbent, not running) - ElaineB@coj.net
At-Large Group 3
Lad Daniels (incumbent, not running)- LDaniels@coj.net
Stephen Joost - ?
At-Large Group 4
Kevin Hyde - KHyde@coj.net
At-Large Group 5
Glorious J. Johnson - GloriousJ@coj.net
District 1
Clay Yarborough (elected Mar 20) - sbclay@yahoo.com
Lake Ray (current) - LRay@coj.net
District 2
Bill Bishop (elected Mar 20) - bill@electbillbishop.com
Lynette Self (incumbent, not running) - LSelf@coj.net
District 3
Richard Clark - RClark@coj.net
District 4
Don Redman - donredman@bellsouth.net
Suzanne Jenkins (incumbent, not running) - SuzanneJ@coj.net
District 5
Art Shad - AShad@coj.net
District 6
Jack Webb - Jack@VoteJackWebb.com
Sharon Copeland (incumbent, not running) - SCopelan@coj.net
District 7
Dr. Johnny A. Gaffney - jag_gaffney@comcast.net
Pat Lockett-Felder (incumbent, not running) - PFelder@coj.net
District 8
E. Denise Lee (elected Mar 20) - EDLee0630@yahoo.com
Gwen Yates (incumbent, not running)- GYates@coj.net
District 9
Warren Anthony Jones - wjredcaps@bellsouth.net
District 10
Mia Jones- MJones@coj.net
District 11
Ray Holt - ray@rayholt4citycouncil.com
Warren Alvarez (incumbent, not running)- WAlvarez@coj.net
District 12
Daniel Davis - DDavis@coj.net
District 13
Arthur Graham - ArtG@coj.net
District 14
Michael Corrigan - Corrigan@coj.net
Dave Siebert - daveforcitycouncil14@yahoo.com

If you don't have time to craft your own email to candidates, here is a suggested note you can just copy and paste into your email. Of course, feel free to revise as you see best. Also, below the note you will find a list of all candidates' email addresses divided by commas. Simply copy and paste the entire list into the "To:" field of your email program.

Dear Candidate,
I am writing you to ask you to support the Mercury Falling initiative, which calls for JEA to lower mercury emissions by the same amount it raises rates. Duval County has the abysmal honor of ranking first in the state for emissions of mercury with 21% of Florida's total, according to a 2002 EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). And this in a state ranked 11th in the country for mercury emissions (according to the Florida Public Interest Research Group.) Even worse, the report found that virtually all of our county's emissions were from JEA's St. Johns River Power Park and Northside Generating Station. JEA disputes this self-reported data as an overestimation. Even so, the numbers are huge, and how much have emissions grown in the past five years? According to Folioweekly, "in 2005, the last year for which data is available, JEA released 322 pounds of mercury into the air, enough to deliver the daily exposure limit of 300 micrograms of mercury a day to 486,666,666 people."

Mercury is considered harmful to all parts of the brain, especially young brains, and is known to cause attention deficits, memory and language impairment, autism, and low IQ. Exposure to high levels of mercury may cause loss of motor function and irreversible nerve and kidney damage. Mercury emissions may harm Jacksonville's economy in other ways as well. For example, Jacksonville is well known for the annual Kingfish Tournament, but state health officials recommend people never eat large kingfish because they contain so much mercury.

JEA is a public utility and its board of directors is appointed by the mayor and approved by the city council. That is why it is in your control to do something about this problem and pledge your support to the Mercury Falling initiative.

Thank you,

And here is a list of candidates' and current council members' emails you can post in the "To:" field of your email program...
jpeyton@coj.net, RonnieF@coj.net, jay@jayforjax.com, ElaineB@coj.net, LDaniels@coj.net, KHyde@coj.net, GloriousJ@coj.net, sbclay@yahoo.com, LRay@coj.net, bill@electbillbishop.com, LSelf@coj.net, RClark@coj.net, donredman@bellsouth.net, SuzanneJ@coj.net, AShad@coj.net, Jack@VoteJackWebb.com, SCopelan@coj.net, jag_gaffney@comcast.net, PFelder@coj.net, EDLee0630@yahoo.com, GYates@coj.net, wjredcaps@bellsouth.net, MJones@coj.net, ray@rayholt4citycouncil.com, WAlvarez@coj.net, DDavis@coj.net, ArtG@coj.net, Corrigan@coj.net, daveforcitycouncil14@yahoo.com