Daily News Update with Rich Jones of WOKV : 7/11/2012

Started by TheCat, July 11, 2012, 08:44:51 PM

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July 11, 2012, 08:44:51 PM


Today's interview lineup:
At 6:53 we heard  Jamie Dupree explain why Republicans are fuzzy on details of the replace portion of the Obamacare repeal. http://www.wokv.com/Player/101446631/

At 8:23 hear Jamie Dupree explain how a $34 million travel expense for one federal agency has one Florida Republican shouting wasteful spending. http://www.wokv.com/Player/101446741/

That day-long traffic alert on I-10 could result in charges against the semi truck driver.  Florida Highway Patrol says the 24 year-old driver was headed west around 9am yesterday when he lost control of the rig, overcorrected, and crashed on the truck's side. Both the driver and his passenger, who are not from Florida, had minor injuries.

Naked rampage -- A 22-year-old Flagler man is accused of biting a chunk out of a man's stomach after leaping off his roof and destroying lawn furniture.  Police in St. Augustine say they had to tase him twice while he continued to struggle and spit at officers. They had to subdue him with Ketamine in the hospital.

Three young adults and a teenager are arrested in Jacksonville Beach following a hotel attack.  Cops tell us the victim was trying to enter his hotel room at the Quality Suites on First Street North.  All the suspects had guns, two of which had the serial numbers removed.

WOKV Tax Watch:  Do some city providers hold cash in reserve and should the city have a right to take that money?   JEA, JIA, JTA and the Port Authority are the authorities which city council President Bill Bishop wants to check, saying it's been too long since there has been city oversight.  He says there is no plan beyond the review right now.

Willing to extend a pay cut with a promise of no layoffs.  That's the latest offer being made by the union representing Jacksonville firefighters.  They're offering to extend a pay cut for three more years, saving taxpayers more than two million a year, according to the union.  In return they want a promise of no layoffs or demotions.  The proposal is now in the city's hands--and may end up at the bargaining table later this month.

He was accused of sexually assaulting a teenager, and offering to pay her off to keep quiet.   For his crime, Michael Taylor of St. Johns County will spend 30 years in prison.  The 37 year-old pleaded no contest to charges of lewd battery of a juvenile for the attacks at her home.

Add this to the recruitment tools you use to find new talent:  Jacksonville is the sixth best market in America to buy a home.  The online real estate site "Zillow" ranks the top buyers markets because of the inventory of homes for sale, price point, and the time that homes stay on the market.

Behind the scenes of "MythBusters", on stage in Jacksonville.  The hosts of the Discovery Channel series will do on-stage experiments and show video of their most memorable MythBusts. Two shows are planned October 14th at the Times Union Center.

The 17-year-old who was attacked by an alligator wants the head to use as a prosthetic arm rest.  Kaleb Langdale was swimming in a river near Moore Haven, Florida.  Doctors were unable to re-attach the rest of his right arm.  Fish and Wildlife officials found and killed the gator after the attack.

Our Top National Story:  Obamacare faced the latest repeal vote in the House today.  Republicans have more than enough votes to pass it but the repeal doesn't have enough votes to pass the Senate.  As Jamie Dupree reports, the GOP is still a bit fuzzy on its plan to replace the law. http://www.wokv.com/weblogs/jamie-dupree/2012/jul/11/gop-still-bit-fuzzy-health-reform/

Jamie has also discovered another potential taxpayer travel controversy.  Freshman Republican Florida Rep. Sandy Adams is asking a pair of House Committees investigate evidence turned over by a possible whistleblower to claims the National Insitute of Standards and Technology spent $34 million over six years for conferences and meetings.  The Commerce Department is disputing the charges. http://www.wokv.com/weblogs/jamie-dupree/2012/jul/10/nist-new-gsa-travel-controversy/

Attorney General Eric Holder, comparing the new Texas voter ID law to the post-slavery efforts to keep blacks from voting.  Holder tells the NAACP's annual conference the new law hurts minorities and that politics is the driving force behind the issue.   The Justice Department is trying to block the law.  A judge is now reviewing it.

What's happening tomorrow:

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