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Tampa wants to know why some people don't recycle
04/09/07 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Last week the Tampa Tribune reported on a grant the City of Tampa received to pay a consultant about why more people in Tampa don’t recycle.
That’s led to some consternation among some citizens, at least by judging some letters to the T...
Be the first to commentImus apologizes
04/09/07 Mitch E.PerryAlan Watts
Imus apologizes
With his career possibly on the line, nationally syndicated radio and cable morning show host Don Imus spent much of the time on his 4 ½ hour program apologizing for racially offensive comments he made last week.
<f... Be the first to commentImmokalee Workers and McDonalds reach agreement
04/09/07 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Two years after it achieved a milestone by having Taco Bell agree to pay them a penny more per pound, The Coalition of Immokalee Workers achieved another victory today with the announcement that they had reached a similar agreement with McDonalds.
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Be the first to commentFCAN says USF denying them access
04/06/07 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Next Wednesday, FCAN, the Florida Consumer Action Network, along with several other groups, were planning on hosting a Town Hall Meeting discussing the Iraq War on the USF-Sarasota Campus.
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Be the first to commentGSA allowed to continue to meet in Okeechbobee High School
04/06/07 Mitch E. PerryAlan Watts
In Miami, A federal judge ruled today that a club that promotes tolerance of gays must be allowed to meet at Okeechobee High School while a lawsuit is pending.
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Be the first to commentPoll: No easy winners on Property Tax question
04/06/07 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
A new poll shows what is painfully obvious – that Florida's homeowners are now concerned more about property taxes, insurance and crime than they are about education. But they’re not necessarily convinced a state House proposal to replace property taxes with a sales tax increase is a good solution.
That was the c...
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Can a viable alternative to the Bush Adminstration’s foreign policy be found?
Ian Shapiro on Containment
04/05/07
Mitch E. Perry
WMNF Drive-Time News Thursday
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Florida Restores Civil Rights to Some Felons
04/05/07 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Florida is one of only five states, all in the south, that does not automatically restore the rights of ex-felons once they have completed their sentences. This morning in Tallahassee the Florida Cabinet, which also acts as the state's Executive Clemency Board, held a special meeting to correct this Jim-Crow-era rule. As WM...
Be the first to commentVOTEVETS.ORG RESPOND TO PRESIDENT'S VETO THREAT OF IRAQ WAR SPENDING BILLS
04/05/07 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tonight, BlackInTheBay.com, The Sykes Business College, and fellow partner groups will host a panel discussion to explore and celebrate the remarkable stories of black entrepreneurs in Florida's segregated past:&nbs... For Tampa citizens who want to address the City Council on an issue that is not listed for a public hearing that day – they must sometimes wait for hours on end. And their comments are not broadcast on the City’s cable access channel. <font... Photojournalist Mark Edward Harris, was granted a rare visa to travel inside North Korea…He’s just published a compilation of photos called Inside North Korea (Chroniclebooks.com)…Bruce Cummings is a professor of History at the University of Chicago, he’s written several books on North Korea and has written the introduction to INSIDE NORTH KOREA….<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial"... Last year, Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio appointed a task force to determine how to give minority owned businesses greater access to city contracts. That came after a consultant delivered a report, saying there was plenty of room for improvement in the Cit... NEXT UP AT THE END OF THIS MONTH THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WILL HOLD A HEARING IN TAMPA ON MEDIA OWNERSHIP…THE HEARINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC… GRASSROOTS ACTIVIST AND CONSUMER GROUPS ARE GEARING UP TO MAKE SURE THE VOICES OF AVERAGE CITIZENS ARE HEARD AT THE HEARINGS… <span style="font-size: 14pt; fon... A COALITION OF LABOR UNIONS ISSUED A REPORT TODAY ON THE VIEWS OF WORKING PEOPLE. THE GROUP, CALLED CHANGE TO WIN SAYS THAT American workers’ economic fears are intensifying rapidly in the global economyl. Change to Win, IS A a coalition of some of America’s largest labor unions</span...
BLACK ENTREPRENEURISM DURING THE SEGREGATION ERA
04/05/07
Rob Lorei
Radioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday)
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Tampa City Council talks about Public Comment
04/05/07
Mitch E. Perry
WMNF Drive-Time News Thursday
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INSIDE THE HERMIT KINGDOM OF NORTH KOREA
04/05/07
Robert Lorei
Radioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday)
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Tampa says an Ordinance regarding Minority contracting will be ready in May
04/05/07
Mitch E. Perry
WMNF Drive-Time News Thursday
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THE UPCOMING FCC HEARINGS IN TAMPA ON MEDIA OWNERSHIP
04/04/07
Rob Lorei
Radioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday)
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NEW SURVEY EXPLORES ATTITUDES OF WORKING PEOPLE
04/04/07
Robert Lorei
Radioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday)
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