Each Friday, our media roundtable dives into the biggest stories of the week. Among our topics this week:
- State Rep. Angie Nixon declares for U.S. Senate and introduces a bill to require ICE agents to show their faces.
- Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announces on MLK Day that he will no longer enforce 80 “race-based” laws.
- A Clay County School Board member is reprimanded by state officials for his racist comments about Black people.
- The state’s chief financial officer targets Fernandina Beach in his latest broadside on “wasteful spending.”
- And, could the NAVI be rolling toward the Beaches?
Guests:
- Randy DeFoor, attorney and former Jacksonville City Council member
- A.G. Gancarski, reporter at Florida Politics, columnist at Jacksonville Today
- David Bauerlein, metro reporter at the Florida Times-Union
- Tricia Booker, author and journalism professor at the University of North Florida
First silent film screening of the year
And, the historic Norman Studios Silent Film Museum screens its first film of the new year, focusing on a favorite genre of the studio’s namesake. Richard Edward Norman, who produced silent films featuring African Americans at the Arlington site from 1919 to 1928, was a fan of Westerns. The short film Wild (1921) screens at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Rita F. Reagan Set Building followed by Sky High (1922), starring Tom Mix. The screening is free, but registration is required.
Guest: Barbara Wingo, president, Norman Studios Silent Film Museum Inc.
Topics and guests subject to change.