Each Friday, our media roundtable dives into the biggest stories of the week. Among our topics this week:

• The utility that can’t elude controversy is now the source of dual investigations. This week, Jacksonville City Council President Kevin Carrico announced he was creating a special investigative committee into JEA at the behest of the city’s inspector general. That topic drew real-time feedback from current and former elected officials. Council member Matt Carlucci called in to dispute Carrico's claim that the inspector general "asked for" the committee's creation. And former Mayor Lenny Curry called in to dispute what he called Mayor Donna Deegan's "lies" suggesting JEA's decision to cancel his firm's lobbying contract is at the root of negative claims about the utility's CEO.
• Local DEI measures face elimination under a newly approved bill.
• The City Council leadership race gears up with four gunning for the VP spot.

Guests:

• Sylvia Perry, editor of the Jacksonville Free Press 
• Jim Piggott, former City Hall reporter at News4Jax
• Will Brown, reporter, Jacksonville Today
• John Daigle, political consultant, former reporter

'Every Brilliant Thing'

A local community theatre is staging a moving exploration of mental health, love and loss and celebrating the little things that make life worth living. The one-person show, Every Brilliant Thing, follows an unnamed narrator who, after their mother’s attempted suicide, begins to compile a list of “every brilliant thing” in the world. As the story progresses and the narrator ages, they find themselves searching for hope through the list, which includes ice cream and water fights, to staying up past your bedtime. Actors Lindsay Curry and Jillianne Tamillo rotate in the role through alternating performances. The play opens March 13 at Players By the Sea and runs through April 12.

Guests:

• Jillianne Tamillo, actor, Every Brilliant Thing, staged at Players By the Sea
• Lindsay Curry, actor, Every Brilliant Thing, staged at Players By the Sea