Thursday on First Coast Connect we spoke with Jacksonville Mayoral candidate Connell Crooms. He is best known as one of the members of the Hemming Park 5, who were arrested and beaten by police at a protest last year in the park over the Trump administration’s bombing of Syria (01:16).
We heard about a new reportconcerning the dangers national parks, seashores and monuments would face if offshore drilling is expanded in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans with Nicholas Lund from the National Parks Conservation Association and the National Resources Defense Council (32:13).
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Bryce Pfanenstiel from FORGE Manufacturing talked about their new invention to help dads bond with their new babies with teething tools called Drools of the Trade (46:00).
Kevin Meerschaert can be reached at kmeerschaert@wjct.org, 904-358-6334 or on Twitter at @KMeerschaertJax.