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Climate change: 300 ideas for the next president
10/09/08 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: global warming, energy efficiency, energy independence, solar power
Bill Becker is the executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Network, based in Colorado. The group advocates 300 policies that can be enacted by whoever is elected president – without congressional -approval within his first 100 days in office.
Becker will be in Tampa this Saturday morning speaking as part of the Earth Summit gathering at the University of Tampa's Falk Theater at 11 a.m.
For more information, visit [Climate Action Project](http://www.climateactionproject.com...
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10/09/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Barton Gellman, Dick Cheney, Frank Keating
Earlier this year, Washington Post reporter Barton Gellman shared the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on Vice President Dick Cheney’s domestic agenda.
He’s now expanded on that in his new biography, called Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency.
In the first of a two-part interview conducted earlier this month, WMNF asked Barton Gellman about the beginning of his book – which looks at Cheney’s first job for George W. Bush – vetting the vice presidential candidates. We asked Gellman abo...
Be the first to commentDaniel Pearl Music Days marked In Tampa
10/09/08 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: New urbanism, Daniel Pearl, music
Good afternoon, welcome to WMNF’s Radioactivity program. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up, we’ll hear about the Seventh Annual Daniel Pearl World Music Day … and later the Presidential Climate Action Project, things the next president can do to help the environment immediately upon taking office.
First up today, Dawn Morgan is one of the organizers of the commemoration of the Daniel Pearl World Music Day in Tampa tomorrow at 7 p.m. at the Tre Amici coffeehouse on 19th Street in Ybor City.
Dani...
Be the first to commentAt USF SunDome, Biden discusses economy listen
10/08/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2008 election, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, John McCain, Sarah Palin
Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee Joe Biden spoke before about 6,000 supporters at the SunDome on the campus of the University of South Florida this morning.
Sen. Biden’s 37-minute speech ended just before noon and focused mainly on the economy. But he also took shots at Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain’s performance in Tuesday night’s debate with Barack Obama.
“A majority of the American people are looking for a steady hand, leadership, an optimist, not an angry man lurc...
Be the first to commentLocal members of Congress skip TV debates listen
10/08/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2008 election, WEDU, District 5, Ginny Brown-Waite, John Russell, Gus Bilirakis, Eddie Adams Jr., Kathy Castor, Bill Mitchell, Bob Hackworth, District 10k
Today two local Congressional candidates called on a public television station to provide a full opportunity for them to be seen and heard by the public.
WEDU, the local Public Broadcasting System affiliate, has canceled televised debates because they say the incumbents, Ginny Brown-Waite and Gus Bilirakis, have declined to participate.
A representative from the television station said today that the candidates would be offered time to appear on a show that would include political analy...
4 commentsBusansky accuses Johnson of voter suppression listen
10/08/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2008 election, Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections, Phyllis Busansky, Buddy Johnson
Through August of this year, more than 530,000 new voters have registered in Florida, according to the Secretary of State’s website.
But when new voters in Hillsborough County receive their voter information card in the mail, important information that used to be included is now missing. The cards do not include the address of the voter’s polling precinct.
Democrat Phyllis Busansky is running for Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections against incumbent Republican Buddy Johnson. Before J...
Be the first to commentWanted: Stories and photos about global warming listen
10/08/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Global warming, environment
Kevin Knobloch is president of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Penguin Classics is partnering with the Union of Concerned Scientists to encourage all aspiring writers and photographers to submit their personal stories and images about global warming for publication in a new online book, Thoreau's Legacy: American Stories about Global Warming. It will be published in 2009 along with a limited-edition hardcover version.
Last week, Knobloch spoke to WMNF about the project.
To submi...
Be the first to commentSchneider insists she's not a spoiler in District 13 race listen
10/08/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2008 election, Vern Buchanan, Christine Jennings, Jan Schneider, District 13
Recent polls show Republican Vern Buchanan with a solid double-digit lead over Democrat Christine Jennings in a rematch of their disputed 2006 Congressional race in Florida’s 13th District.
Survey USA last week showed Buchanan leading Jennings by 16 percentage points, though Jennings disputes those findings, saying internal polls show the election within four points.
Sapping some of Jennings support is Independent candidate Jan Schneider, who is getting about 8 percent points in recent ...
Be the first to commentMcCain advisor elaborates on mortgage plan listen
10/08/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2008 election, John McCain, Barack Obama, Wall Street bailout, mortgage crisis
As Wall Street’s tumble continues, John McCain proposed during last night’s debate a $300 billion plan authorizing the Treasury Secretary to buy the mortgages of homeowners in financial trouble and replace them with more affordable loans.
Senior Policy Advisor Douglas Holtz-Eakin today spoke with reporters to give more details about the plan.
McCain announced the plan while responding to a question from an audience member at the debate. Some analysts criticized not the proposal itself,...
Be the first to commentCounty administrator to oversee land deals
10/07/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pinellas County Commission, land purchases
Last year Pinellas County purchased land from Property Appraiser Jim Smith, prompting rebuke from a grand jury, the dismissal of the county’s attorney and resignation of the county administrator.
Today, the Board of County Commissioners gave the county administrator sole authority to purchase land and enter leases of up to $250,000. The purchase would have to be in line with capital projects that were already approved by the County Commission.
Commissioner Ken Welch said that steps we...
Be the first to commentPinellas Commissioners reject affordable housing mandate listen
10/07/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Affordable housing, Pinellas County
The Pinellas Board of County Commissioners today rejected their staff’s recommendation and voted down an ordinance that would have required developers to build affordable housing. This went against a pledge that each commissioner had made to a large coalition of faith communities.
Father Joe Diaz, who is pastor of Holy Trinity Episcopal and a member of FAST -- Faith & Action for Strength Together -- called it “a huge disappointment.”
“Commissioner Latvala, Seel, Duncan, and Stewart wer...
Be the first to commentAubrey Jewett previews tonight's presidential debate listen
10/07/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2008 Election, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, polls
In less than three hours, Barack Obama and John McCain will meet at Belmont University in Nashville for the second presidential debate of the election season. This debate will be held in Town Hall Meeting style.
Although the Commission on Presidential Elections does not release the rules, various media reports say the questions asked will be culled from a group of 100 to 150 uncommitted likely voters in the audience and another one-third to come via the Internet. Moderator Tom Brokaw of ...
Be the first to commentProtestors march against Wall Street bailout listen
10/06/08 Concetta DeLucoWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Wall Street bailout, Uhurus, demonstration
Regardless of age, race, ideals and party preference, opposition to the Wall Street bailout united several progressive groups and demonstrators who gathered in St. Petersburg on Saturday for a protest and march to City Hall.
“No justice, no peace, don’t bail out Wall Street” was just one of the many chants that resonated in the streets of downtown St. Petersburg early Saturday morning as a crowd of more than 50 people gathered at Williams Park to condemn the bailout.
Omali Yeshitela i...
2 commentsCastor defends vote against Wall Street bailout listen
10/06/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Wall Street bailout, Kathy Castor, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain
On Friday, President Bush signed an $800 billion Wall Street bailout bill shortly after it was passed in the House of Representatives. Of the nine House Democrats from Florida, Tampa-area Rep. Kathy Castor was the only one to vote against it. WMNF spoke with Castor this morning and asked her why she voted against the bailout bill.
“The Wall Street bailout bill did not get to the fundamental root cause of the economic downturn.
"This area, the Tampa Bay area, has been in an economic slum...
3 commentsAthena housing for homeless female veterans listen
10/06/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Women military personnel, Athena Program, homelessness, housing
With women playing a greater role in active-duty military operations, comes an increasing problem of homelessness among women veterans. This morning in Ybor City, a ribbon-cutting ceremony spotlighted a transitional housing program for homeless female veterans.
The Athena program, located in a historic brick building on Columbus Drive, will provide transitional housing to 16 homeless female veterans.
Sara Romeo is CEO of Tampa Crossroads, which organized the Athena program.
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