Each Friday, our media roundtable dives into the biggest stories of the week. Among our topics this week:
- Duval school leaders discipline a City Council member for kicking a student, even as she announces plans to challenge her suspension.
- A comic book version of Orwell’s dystopian classic 1984 is banned after complaints that it is “pornographic” and inappropriate.
- The mayor’s race gets real as Republican state Rep. Wyman Duggan formally enters the contest.
- And local lawmakers delay a vote on incentives for a much-anticipated Publix until after the Amendment 3 vote in November.
Guests:
- Trinity Webster-Bass, education reporter, The Florida Trib
- John Daigle, political consultant, former government reporter
- Jim Piggott, former City Hall reporter at News4Jax
- Megan Mallicoat, education reporter at Jacksonville Today
Pop princess
From Cinderella and Snow White to Britney Spears and The Feminine Mystique, an upcoming community theater production features it all, while putting a spin on the traditional happily-ever-after ending. Set to the soundtrack of the Princess of Pop herself, Once Upon a One More Time follows what happens when a book club made up of Disney characters and princesses is given a copy of the 1963 feminist classic by Betty Friedan. The program is staged at Arts Collective Theatre on select dates from Oct. 9 to Oct. 25.
Guests:
- Ally Mecca, choreographer, Once Upon a One More Time, staging at Arts Collective Theatre
- Kanesha Mitchell, actor in the role of stepsister, Once Upon a One More Time