CIVIL DISCOURSE 2008

January 2008

Guest: Sheriff John Rutherford, Jacksonville

Topics: Red Light Cameras, Violence and Murder, $300 million budget, Matrix Report

February 2008

Guest: Dr. Juan Gray, SCLC and Dr. Henry Thomas, UNF

Topic: Racism, Deconsolidation, Police Practices, Discrimination, Curbing Violence and Murder in Jacksonville

March 2008

Guest: Dr. Laura Lane, and Dr. Helen Jackson from Jacksonville Community Council, Inc.

Topics: Infant mortality, racial disparities, the work of JCCI

April 2008

Guest: Adrienne Kimmell, Executive Director of Florida Association of Planned Parenthood Affiliates, Inc., AND -- Casey McConnel, Director of Public Affairs and Development Planned Parenthood of Northeast Florida

Topics: Legislation, Sonograms, Prevention, Education

May 2008

The most recent edition of civil discourse may be viewed in three parts at the link below. Our guest is the founder and President of the First Coast Freethought Society, Earl Coggins.

TOPICS:  Religious Freedom, the Blaine Amendment, the "I Believe" License plate proposal, the Florida science curriculum and evolution, and the work of the First Coast Freethought Society.

 http://www.firstcoastfreethoughtsociety.org/video/video_ library.htm

June 2008

Our Guest is Eugene V. Armao, author of Everyman: An Autobiography OR How a White South Philly Sicilian/American Republican of the Roman Catholic Faith Grew Up To Become A Suntanned Southern Liberal Democrat & Came to Write His Very Own fictionial Autobiography (Whatever That Is)

July 2008

Supervisor of Elections of Duval County, Jerry Holland, discusses voter verifiable paper trails, post-election audits, certification of elections and the work of the SOE office.

August 2008

Dr. David Schwam-Baird, Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Florida discusses reasons to VOTE NO on Amendments 7 and 9..