News & Public Affairs
NOW National Convention
07/10/10 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
J.B.Starr from the Pinellas National Organization of Women (NOW) chapter will talk of the activities at the recently completed National NOW meetings in Boston. She will discuss the resolutions adopted and the most important issues.
Be the first to commentDr. Joanne Waugh
07/10/10 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Dr. Joanne Waugh, acting Chair of the USF Philosophy Department, will be the featured speaker at the monthly Salon. Her topic is:The Feminist Philosophy. Dr. Waugh's interest in feminist philosophy led to her serving as co-editor of Hypatia from 1995-1998 and of Feminist Doing Ethics (2002).
This month's Salon will be Thursday, July 15 at 8 pm at the Sacred Grounds Coffee House 4819 E. Busch Blvd in Tampa.
Be the first to commentRiki Ott on the gulf oil spill
07/10/10 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View
Riki Ott, Ph.D. and fisher woman, updates us on the conditions in the Gulf.
Riki has a Ph.D. in marine biology with an expertise in oil pollution, and gives a troubling account of her observations in and around the Gulf. How serious are the health effects of the oil leak? Are we being told the truth?
Be the first to commentPublic fireworks rained out on St. Pete Beach listen
07/09/10 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: fireworks, st. pete beach
Despite the rainy weather, several people came to watch the public fireworks on St. Pete Beach on Independence Day. But they were up for a surprise. Fireworks did not light up the sky this time. The city sponsored light show was canceled in the last minute due to safety reasons after the fireworks operators concluded it was not safe to carry out the show in the rain.
St. Pete Beach public firework displays on Independence Day have been rare in the last couple of years. This year, says St. ...
Be the first to commentGov Crist calls special session to ban oil drilling in Florida waters listen
07/08/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Charlie Crist, special session, BP, BP oil disaster, Gulf Oil Spill
"I feel a compelling duty to protect Florida. I'm going to be governor for about six more months, and I think I would not be doing my duty as governor if I didn't call for this special session."
This afternoon, Florida Governor Charlie Crist announced that he is calling the state Legislature back into a special session later this month. At a press conference, Crist said he hopes they will draft a state Constitutional amendment that, if passed by voters in November, would ban fossil fuel d...
2 commentsCongressman Kendrick Meek on his Candidacy for the Democratic US Senate Nomination
07/08/10 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kendrick Meek, oil spills, Iraq war, Afghanistan War, single payer health care, jobs, Jeff Greene, Marco Rubio, Charlie Crist, drilling ban, immigration reform, stimulus spending, prosecute George W. Bush
Coming up an interview with Congressman Kendrick Meek -- one of the Democrats who is running for his party’s nomination for the open US senate seat in Florida. But first a listener comment about yesterday’s interview with the chair of the Florida Public Service Commission- Nancy Argenziano. Argenziano says that the giant utility companies have too much influence over who gets to serve on the PSC. Here’s what one listener had to say.
Our next guest is Congressman Kendrick Meek from South F...
Be the first to commentChemicals from fertilizer, household products impact Bay Area water listen
07/08/10 Matthew CimitileWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: pollution, water quality, Groundwater Contamination
Large algae blooms can be the result of excessive nitrogen and phosphorus running off of agricultural fields and lawns into waterways. They deplete oxygen and harm fish, shrimp and other aquatic life. Pinellas and Sarasota Counties have outlawed fertilizers on residential lawns during the summer because of the harmful effect excessive fertilizer use has on the marine environment. Sierra Club representative Phil Compton says Hillsborough must follow suit.
Be the first to comment“Scientists tell us as much as 79...
Latest on Tampa Police Shootings listen
07/07/10 Mike FrierWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa Police, Jane Castor, Police Shooting
In the ongoing police investigation of the two slain Tampa Police Officers, attention is now being focused on an employee of the Tampa Police Department who may have known where the suspect was hiding.
At a downtown press conference this morning, Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor says that police are now looking to see who provided shooter Dontae Morris with assistance.
Be the first to comment"Monday morning the investigators were back on the case, and are relentlessly tracking down Dontae Morris' every move fr...
Florida Public Service Chair Nancy Argenziano on the Power Of Special Interests Over the PSC
07/07/10 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Florida Public Service Commission, Nancy Argenziano, electric utilities, nuclear power
Our next guest is a former state legislator and now the chair of the Florida Public Service Commission - Nancy Argenziano.
Yesterday she called on Gov. Charlie Crist to disband the state panel that helps pick members of the utility regulating board or maybe even eliminate the PSC itself and “have the legislature do what it essentially does now anyway: dictate results.”
Consumer advocates raised questions about the PSC nominating council last week after it refused to include Argenziano ...
2 commentsFormer Congressman Jim Davis Talks About Improving Local Transportation
07/07/10 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Good afternoon, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today—Do customers have a voice on the Florida Public Service commission?- the commission that sets, among other things, our electric rates. We’ll hear from outspoken Commissioner Nancy Argenziano—who says the giant utility companies now are on the verge of controlling the PSC on the second part of today's program.
But first, former Congressman Jim Davis. Jim Davis serves on the executive committee of Moving Hillsborough F...
Be the first to commentFormer Congressman Jim Davis Talks About Improving Local Transportation
07/07/10 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Jim Davis, Moving Hillsborough Forward, transit Tax, Hillsborough County, light rail
Good afternoon, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today - Do customers have a voice on the Florida Public Service commission?- the commission that sets, among other things, our electric rates. We’ll hear from outspoken Commissioner Nancy Argenziano who says the giant utility companies now are on the verge of controlling the PSC.
But first, former Congressman Jim Davis. Jim Davis serves on the executive committee of Moving Hillsborough Forward, a grassroots coalition of Hil...
Be the first to commentCuban underground leader hopes the oil spill could ease the embargo. listen
07/07/10 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cuban embargo, Cuban revolution, oil spills
Manuel Yepe was a speaker at the 3rd International Che Guevara Conference in Vancouver last weekend. Yepe is a journalist and professor at the Superior Institute of International Relations of Havana, and worked directly with Che Guevara.
Yepe was a leader of the underground Movement in Matanzas July 26, leading up to the the Cuban revolution. The US has refused to recognize the revolutionary government, but Yepe hopes the threat of the recent Deepwater Horizon oil spill may potentially ...
Be the first to commentDocumnentary filmmakers discuss new film on BP oil disaster in Southern Louisiana
07/06/10 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Veins in the Gulf, Elizabeth Coffman, Ted Hardin, Loyola University Chicago, BP, southern Louisiana
Coming up an interview with Loyola University (Chicago) film makers Elizabeth Coffman and Ted Hardin. they are making a documentary on southern Louisiana, "Veins in the Gulf." The documentary features Louisiana poet (and former University of Tampa professor) Martha Serpas who has served as their guide and narrator for the last eight years as they talk with Estuary program directors, musicians, writers, local politicians, and radio hosts who have worked to save the southern Louisiana coastli...
Be the first to commentA firsthand look at the oil spill from aboard a US Coast Guard plane listen
07/06/10 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: oil spills, BP oil spill, BP oil disaster, Deepwater Horizon, US Coast Guard
As oil from the underwater geyser has now reached all five of the Gulf states, the Coast Guard monitors the scope of the spill. WMNF took off from the US Coast Guard Clearwater Air Station last Saturday to get a look at how close the spill is to reaching more of Florida’s coastline.
As Florida defends its coast from approaching oil, the US Coast Guard is working every day to monitor the location of the spill. One local crew has been assigned to m...
Be the first to commentOil Spill Fundraiser Fills A Bus listen
07/06/10 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Madeira Beach, oil spill, Andrea Lypka, Latitudes
The oil spill is bringing the community in Madeira Beach together. On Saturday afternoon a yellow school bus full of paper towels, water, birdcages and dishwashing liquid was ready to depart to the Panhandle to help with the oil spill cleanup. And community members keep dropping off more donations at a benefit concert. All of this happens because organizer Jerry Hawk decided to start a month-long fundraiser instead of yelling at the television screen.
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