Episode Description
Each Friday, our media roundtable dives into the biggest stories of the week. Among our topics this week:
- Famed environmental attorney Erin Brockovich enters the data center controversy even as Nassau County hits pause on their construction.
- A St. Johns County teacher is fired over a yearbook rap lyric she says she didn’t quote.
- Local governments start to grapple with the possibility of losing as much as half their funding to property tax cuts.
Guests:
- Obi Umunna, attorney and political consultant
- Jack Webb, attorney and former Jacksonville City Council president
- Jake Stofan, city and state government reporter at Action News Jax
- Noah Hertz, St. Johns County reporter, Jacksonville Today
Love fest
A St. Marys community theater presents a darker but still comedic spin-off of one of the most popular sitcoms in TV history. Trouble at the Tropicabana parodies the iconic characters of I Love Lucy, featuring Lucy, Ricky, Ethel and Fred as they get involved with mobsters and movie moguls in an interactive murder mystery. Hosted for one day at Cottle and Gunn, a locally owned vintage shop in downtown St. Marys, the performance also includes a three-course, Cuban-inspired meal.
Guests:
- David Wyttenbach, director, Trouble at Tropicabana
- Vicki Wyttenbach, actor playing Lucy
- Deborah Cottle, actor playing as Ethel
- Carlos Semidei, actor playing Ricky