First Coast Week in Review

June 5
51 mins

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
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