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Alaskan radio personality on Palin listen
09/08/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin
Shannyn Miller is considered one of Alaska’s leading progressives on the radio. She’s been conducting many interviews since Gov. Sarah Palin, was chosen to be John McCain’s running mate two weeks ago.
Miller spoke on Saturday morning on WMNF’s Women’s Show with co-host Mary Glenney. Here’s a portion of that interview where she discusses the Trooper Gate scandal currently being investigated.
1 commentsBuckhorn analyzes presidential race listen
09/08/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin
Yesterday former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown wrote in an opinion column in the San Francisco Chronicle. He said GOP Vice Presidential Nominee Sarah Palin’s speech at the GOP Convention has put the Republicans on offense and the Democrats on defense – and he said, Democrats don’t do well on defense.
Brown wrote that from taxes to oil drilling, Democrats are going to have to start explaining their positions. "Whenever you have to explain things, you’re on defense,” he said.
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Be the first to commentFormer Navy vet running against Putnam listen
09/08/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2008 election, Adam Putnam, Doug Tudor
Democrats in Washington are hoping they can increase their control of the House of Representatives this election year. In the Tampa Bay area, they’re targeting Gus Bilirakis in Florida’s Ninth District, and supporting Christine Jennings against GOP freshman Vern Buchanan in Florida's 13th District.
One race where they are not allocating many resources is Florida’s 12th District, where Republican Adam Putnam is seeking a fifth term in office. He’s running against Democrat Doug Tudor. Tudor ...
1 commentsTracy Grammer discusses her music career
09/06/08 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tracy Grammer talked about her music career - particularly since Dave Carter died.
Be the first to commentAlaskan woman talks about Sarah Palin
09/06/08 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2008 election, Sarah Palin, Alaska
Shannyn Moore, an Alaska radio talk show host, talked about her experience dealing with Sarah Palin over the past 17 years.
Be the first to commentElection update with Arnie Arneson
09/06/08 Mary Glenney and Arlene EngelhardtFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2008 election, Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain
Arnie Arneson, host of Political Chowder, talked about the campaigns, Sarah Palin and the wrapup of Hillary Clinton's campaign.
Be the first to commentActivists use web to oppose Progress Energy rate hikes listen
09/05/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Progress Energy, rate increase, protest
Last Friday, Progress Energy submitted a request to Florida’s energy regulators to increase customers’ bills by 31 percent. But activists who oppose the rate hike are using the web to organize.
Among the reasons Progress Energy gives for the increase are increased costs of fuel and two proposed nuclear reactors in Levy County.
The nuclear plants were approved by Florida’s Public Service Commission (PSC) in July. The construction costs of the nuclear power plants are expected to be sev...
1 commentsUnited Way of Palm Beach protests budget cuts listen
09/05/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Budget cuts, disabilities, benefits
In 2007 the Legislature approved a plan that will limit the amount of state aid going to some people with disabilities when it goes into effect on Oct. 15. Now, a United Way chapter is asking its members to fight those changes.
Florida’s Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) serves the needs of state residents with developmental disabilities through waivers for services, including Medicaid waivers.
Melanie Etters is communications director for the APD....
Be the first to commentFlorida's system of raising revenue antiquated? listen
09/05/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Amendent 5, Legislature, Budget
In the wake of the Florida Supreme Court removing Amendment 5 from this November’s ballot, legislative leaders in Florida say they will again make property taxes a top issue in their annual spring session.
But some say the Legislature shouldn’t wait that long to act. Florida Chief Financial Office Alex Sink says now that Florida has a $1.5 billion shortfall, Gov. Charlie Crist should call a special session to be held the day after the November presidential election. That call has been seco...
Be the first to commentMarco Rubio on the Palin effect listen
09/05/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2008 Election, Marco Rubio, Sarah Palin
Marco Rubio, the outgoing Speaker of the Florida House, was in St. Paul this week at the Republican National Convention. WMNF asked him if the still relatively unknown Sarah Palin has the stuff that can persuade independents, and independent minded voters, to cast their vote for the Republicans this November.
Be the first to commentUnemployment rate at 5-year high listen
09/05/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Unemployment, economy, economic stimulus
The unemployment rate jumped to 6.1 percent in August, its highest level in five years.
Employers cut 84,000 jobs last month, more than economists had expected, and the Labor Department said that more jobs were lost in June and July than previously thought.
Jared Bernstein is a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an economic advisor to Barack Obama. Bernstein said the engine of job growth hasn’t just stalled, but gone in reverse.
Robert Dye, a senior economist with ...
1 commentsPaulson analyzes McCain's GOP listen
09/05/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2008 Election, John McCain, Sarah Palin, foreign policy, Barack Obama, Joe Biden
Daryl Paulson is a professor of Political Science at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg. WMNF spoke to him this morning about the Republican Convention. We asked him first about his thoughts on John McCain’s speech last night.
Vice presidential candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin will debate in 27 days, on Oct. 2.
The Washington Post reports that according to McCain aides, Joe Lieberman is among several national security "experts" helping brief Palin on foreign policy...
Be the first to commentLighting, safety on Hillsborough Commission agenda listen
09/04/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Hillsborough County Commission, safety, flooding, animal shelter
The Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners met today in Tampa and covered a range of issues including park lighting, road safety in front of Plant High School, affordable housing, street flooding, the Confederate flag, and the county’s animal shelter.
Commissioner Jim Norman pressed his fellow board members and county staff to fix an ordinance that makes it difficult to get approval for construction of lights at sports fields and parks.
“Our parks have been put on hold for months an...
Be the first to commentActivist Kelly Benjamin arrested at the RNC listen
09/04/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2008 Election, Republican National Convention, protests, arrests, Kelly Benjamin
Protests continued today in St. Paul, at the site of the Republican National Convention. The largest arrests took place on Monday – and among those swept up was Tampa activist Kelly Benjamin.
Benjamin wasn’t released from jail until 3 a.m. today. Benjamin told WMNF that the arrests have created a chilling effect in St. Paul.
Benjamin ran for City Council in Tampa back in 2003.
Be the first to commentDemocrats pan Palin's convention speech listen
09/04/08 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin
Last night, Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin introduced herself to the American public with a 40-minute speech at the Republican National Convention. It was received ecstatically by the delegates inside the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul and by most members of the mainstream media.
Palin’s opponent, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, was rolled out to all of the morning television talk shows to respond. He was magnanimous in praising her, but Biden said he didn’t think much of the content. And like his r...
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