First Coast Week in Review

September 4
51 mins

Episode Description

Each Friday, our media roundtable dives into the biggest stories of the week. Among our topics this week:

  • After months under the City Council microscope, JEA’s CEO announces her resignation, making way for the utility’s sixth CEO in six years.
  • St. Johns County considers whether to fight a new state law governing so-called agricultural enclaves after getting hit by a wave of new development applications.
  • A flurry of post-trial motions and new criminal charges in the Jared Bridegan murder case complicate two trials still to come.
  • And what does a statewide rollback of Flock cameras mean for taxpayers, crimefighters and civil libertarians?

Guests:

  • Robert Brown, news director, WJXT News4Jax
  • Frank Powers, former assignment manager at News4Jax
  • Mike Mendenhall, City Hall reporter and associate editor at Jacksonville Today
  • Nikesha Williams, author of The Seven Daughters of Dupree
  • Noah Hertz, St. Johns County reporter at Jacksonville Today
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