 He initiated the efforts to secure an NFL team, started the Jacksonville Jazz Festival, initiated the construction of the Jacksonville Landing and the Southbank Riverwalk, and secured funds for public housing that had been taken away by the federal government.His "creative" use of bond financing meant eight years of capital construction projects by the city.He ran for mayor again in 1995 and ultimately lost to John Delaney, the city's first Republican mayor since 1888.