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First Coast Connect

Medical Examiner's Office pushback; Get Covered Jax; Road planning; FIRST LEGO League

Licensed vocational nurse Denise Saldana vaccinates Pri DeSilva with a COVID-19 booster Nov. 1, 2022, in Los Angeles.
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Licensed vocational nurse Denise Saldana vaccinates Pri DeSilva with a COVID-19 booster Nov. 1, 2022, in Los Angeles.

Today on First Coast Connect, we discussed Jacksonville’s Neighborhood Bill of Rights, which some residents in the Brentwood neighborhood say holds little weight. The residents are trying to fight the construction of the county’s new Medical Examiner’s Office near an existing subdivision. Despite the city’s plans dating back to 2016, community leaders say they only became aware of the project this summer.

Guests:

  • Lydia Bell, Metro Gardens Neighborhood Association president
  • David Bauerlein, reporter with The Florida Times-Union
  • Richard Danford, president of the Jacksonville Urban League 

Get Covered Jax

The city of Jacksonville recently unveiled the Get Covered Jax website to help Duval County residents without health insurance access the Florida Health Insurance Marketplace

Guest: Dr. Sunil Joshi, chief health officer for the city of Jacksonville

Path Forward

An ongoing region-wide survey by the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization, is gathering insights from residents that can help direct the allocation of transportation funds.

Guest: Marci Larson, public Affairs manager for the North Florida TPO

FIRST LEGO League tournament 

Florida State College at Jacksonville is gearing up to host a robotics tournament with the FIRST LEGO League. Fourth- through eighth-grade students from Baker, Duval, Nassau, St. Johns and surrounding counties will compete by showing off their autonomous robots. The event is at the state college’s Advanced Technology Center, part of its Downtown campus, on Saturday, Nov. 18.

Guest: Christopher Lee, professor of information technology at FSCJ

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Kathy Waterman joined WJCT News 89.9 as associate producer after graduating from the University of North Florida with a degree in multimedia journalism. She was previously a production intern on the station's talk shows.