Episode 449: WSLR News Fri., July 10: CD 16 'in play' for Dems; profile Eddie Pope; Maley's Fish Kill; WW2 Jeep

The national Democratic fundraising arm for congressional candidates declared a local district “in play”. We explain what that means. Next: We continue our series of candidate profiles. Today, we’re focusing on Eddie Pope, a Republican running for Congress in District 16.Then: Journalists sometimes venture into fiction. Scratch that - faction. That’s the literary genre where facts and fiction overlap. The editor of the Bradenton Times just published a novel titled “Fish Kill”, and our reporter is probing how Mitch Maley walks that fine line.Finally: It was simple, it was sturdy, and it was one of the most iconic weapons in the arsenal of the United States’ epic Antifa effort, otherwise known as World War 2. We’re talking about the Jeep, and one local guy’s way of honoring the vehicle’s history.