Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan is defending a much-criticized holographic image of herself at the local airport, saying her counterparts in other cities have functional equivalents.

The “new, cutting-edge holographic communication platform,” per a city press release, was added in 2024.

Deegan said at a town hall this week that “people love it” and that the expenditure was not an example of wasteful spending as Republicans maintain.

“It’s the one thing they keep going back to. She spent, you know, $50,000 or whatever it was on a photo box,” Deegan said. “If that’s your example of government waste, I think we’re probably doing probably doing okay.”

“Deplaning passengers will see and hear the mayor deliver the message from inside a large, physical box that’s situated ju

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