{"id":201638,"date":"2025-09-05T06:46:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/201638\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T06:46:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:46:18","slug":"on-fridays-show-first-coast-week-in-review-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/201638\/","title":{"rendered":"On Friday\u2019s show: First Coast Week in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday, our media roundtable dives into the biggest stories of the week. Among our topics this week:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\">\n<li>Duval Schools keeps taxpayers in the dark, citing a public records exemption as grounds to withhold contract bids for its Downtown headquarters.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Florida\u2019s surgeon general compares vaccine mandates to \u201cslavery,\u201d announcing the DeSantis administration&#8217;s intent to eliminate compulsory immunizations.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Jacksonville City Council pushes ahead with budget-tightening tax cuts but may need to dip into reserves to pay for them.<\/li>\n<li>Pub subs are coming to the urban core, as Publix inks a deal to become a Downtown grocer.<\/li>\n<li>The governor\u2019s race gains steam as former Florida House speaker (and First Coast lawmaker) Paul Renner throws his hat into the ring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Guests:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\">\n<li><b>Megan Mallicoat<\/b>, education reporter at Jacksonville Today.<\/li>\n<li><b>David Bauerlein<\/b> metro reporter at the Florida Times-Union.<\/li>\n<li><b>Nikesha Williams<\/b>, producer of the Black &amp; Published podcast and most recently author of The Seven Daughters of Dupree.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><b>Obi Umunna<\/b>, attorney and political consultant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then, a beloved event allowing folks to walk along the St. Johns River with a drink in hand is set to make its comeback this month. The <a href=\"https:\/\/dtjax.com\/sipandstroll\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22798784136&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADmz6NqGOKCLqcCZLUl5VlVuA8ucE&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjw8eTFBhCXARIsAIkiuOwuyhrqFzuP3j0xuijXvGGT_oaYEvQ1KLNG45YMKI-veksSa66KacsaAtI7EALw_wcB\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Third Thursday Sip &amp; Stroll<\/a> returns on Jacksonville\u2019s Southbank Riverwalk Sept. 18, putting a special spotlight on local businesses, musicians and diverse and authentic cuisines. We\u2019ll talk about what makes this year&#8217;s event stand out and how you can get involved.<\/p>\n<p>Guest:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Each Friday, our media roundtable dives into the biggest stories of the week. Among our topics this week:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":201639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-201638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115150348831092915","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}