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Tampa Police Department considers several tools for 2012 RNC protesters listen
10/12/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, law enforcement, protests, weapons, pepper spray, drones, Tampa Police
Last week the St. Petersburg Times reported the Tampa Police Department was considering a range of security measures for next year’s Republican National Convention. But the [police have backed away from one part of that inventory, unmanned aerial surveillance aircraft](http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/baybuzz/content/no-drones-after-all-tampas-republican-national-con...
9 commentsPinellas residents talk about coming out of the closet listen
10/12/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: LGBT, north pinellas pride
Yesterday was National Coming Out Day. Members of the North Pinellas LGBT community shared their coming out stories at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Clearwater last night. Some successful locals said things are getting better.
National Coming Out Day began in 1988 as a means to give LGBT individuals the courage to live a life of authenticity. R.P. Stanley is a Navy veteran and owner of a [military memorabilia...
Be the first to commentDespite police warning, Occupy Tampa protesters vote to risk arrest and stay on sidewalk
10/12/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Tampa, Tampa Police
In an update to this story: as of 8 a.m. Wednesday there were still 30 Occupy Tampa protesters on the sidewalk along Ashley Dr. east of Curtis Hixon Park. They said the police did not show up again during the third night of the occupation.
On the third night of their overnight occupation of part of a sidewalk near Curtis Hixon Park, Occupy Tampa ...
Be the first to commentOccupy Tampa protesters plan to beat the heat by protesting in fountains: a "pool party" listen
10/11/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Tampa
Occupy Tampa is planning what they're calling a "pool party" on Sunday to beat heat at Curtis Hixon Park where there is no reprieve from the sun. One protester, Jordan Harrah, said Sunday marks the day that many U.S. cities are beginning occupations in their communities.
Be the first to comment“The pool party is going to coincide with a day of action on the 15th were countries all around the world and...
In Washington DC Police say they will allow occupy protesters to stay for months listen
10/11/11 Kelly BenjaminWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy DC, Bruce Wright, Occupy Wall Street
In Boston yesterday, police arrested dozens of protesters affiliated with Occupy Wall Street movement that has sprung up in major cities across the United States. However, in Washington DC, after Occupy protesters' permit expired on Monday, they were able to reach a deal with the police to legally occupy Freedom Plaza for up to four months. Today WMNF's Kelly Benjamin spoke with St. Petersburg homeless rights activist Bruce Wright who is camped in the Plaza.
Be the first to commentHere is an excerpt from the Oc...
Rick Kriseman rallies PTA to vote for public education listen
10/11/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: SB 6, SB736, SB 736, Rick Kriseman, Rick Scott, Florida Supreme Court, Florida Legislature
Last year several bills passed in Florida state legislature that Democratic State Representative Rick Kriseman said are just about the worst things that could possibly happen to the education system. He’s calling on the Parent Teacher Association in his d...
Be the first to commentSince 1980 US income is moving to the top 1%
10/11/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Joshua Holland, 99 percent, Rob Lorei, income distribution
Coming up we'll talk with Alternet.org's Joshua Holland who has written a new piece for Alternet about income distribution in the U.S. He says that if income distribution was where it was historically for most of the Twentieth Century 99% would be making a lot more money. Holland is the author of THE 15 BIGGEST LIES ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
Be the first to commentIn talk with USF students, Tampa Mayor Buckhorn at loss for his opinion on DREAM Act listen
10/11/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bob Buckhorn, high speed rail, DREAM Act, USF, Tuition fee increases, education, students, immigration
In an attempt to raise political interest among college-aged voters, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn answered questions from students at USF Tampa last night. He said young adults should get more involved in politics, but fumbled over one of their questions about the DREAM Act.
As the Mayor of a city with a major university – one whose economic contribution is substantial – you would think Buckhorn would make sure he’s up on ...
Be the first to commentOccupy Tampa spends second night in downtown park listen
10/11/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Lakeland, Occupy St. Pete
Even though Police in other cities, like Boston, are arresting people camping in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, activists in Tampa seem to be safe for now. Occupy Tampa camped out on the edge of downtown’s Curtis Hixon Park for the second consecutive night. This morning, Bettejo Indelicato was one of the twenty or so protesters lining Ashley Drive.
Be the first to comment“Well we had 28 people actually sleep over and during the night there were varied am...
Governor Rick Scott's 2012 Legislative preview looks back at education changes and deregulation listen
10/11/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rick Scott, 2012 Legislative session
Here's the transcript of Florida Governor Rick Scott's 2012 Legislative preview video message, as provided by the Governor's office:
Be the first to commentOver the past year, Florida has made significant progress in getting our economy back on track.
We balanced a budget without raising taxes. In fact, we gave businesses and families a tax cut.
We began reviewing and eliminating hundreds of unnecessary rules and regulations that have hamstrung business owners in Florida. We scaled back the size o...
Students protest higher tuition at USF
10/10/11 Robert LoreiLast Call Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: SDS, USF, Dustin Ponder, Melissa Marquez
Coming up next we'll talk with several members of the newly formed local chapter of Students for a Democratic Society. The group is working toward establishing a student referendum on tuition increases at the University of South Florida. Our guests are: Carl Uhl and Marisol Marquez.
Be the first to commentAnti-drone protestors pepper-sprayed at Air and Space Museum
10/10/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday)
Tags: pepper spray, Bruce Wright, National Air and Space Museum, drones, Occupy DC, Occupy Wall Street
Coming up we'll talk with Rev. Bruce Wright of St. Petersburg who is taking part in Occupy DC this month. He along with several other peace activists were pepper-sprayed Saturday when they tried to protest an exhibit of unmanned drones at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Later we'll open the phone lines and take your phone calls.
7 commentsTampa protesters hold first overnight occupation of downtown park listen
10/10/11 Josh Holton & Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Tampa, occupation, Tampa, homeless, fire union
Occupy Tampa protesters occupied a public location downtown all night long for the first time, moving one step closer to a 24-hour-a-day occupation in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. But Keith Cuesta said this is just a tryout for the real deal.
"But this is the preliminary trial run of the occupation. It's almost like a beta test, you know when you're doing computer testing and stuff like that. We're seeing where the bugs are, and we're trying to work out the kinks."
Despite rainy...
Be the first to commentWMNF exclusive. Video: Tampa Police tell Occupy Tampa protesters to leave Gaslight Park
10/10/11 Josh Holton & Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Tampa, Tampa Police
Update: at about 10:30 p.m. Sunday demonstrators began Tampa's first overnight occupation. They were told by police they would not be arrested if they camped out in the southeastern part of Curtis Hixon Park along Ashley Dr.
At about 8:10 p.m. Sunday night Corporal Robin Penix from Tampa Police Department told about 18 protesters that downtown's Gaslight Park was closed and they had to leave.
A couple of hours earlier at a general assembly the Occupy Tampa group reached consensus that ...
3 commentsVideo: St. Pete homeless rights advocate Rev. Bruce Wright pepper sprayed in D.C. listen
10/09/11 Kelly BenjaminWMNF Drive-Time News Monday
Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Tampa, Occupy DC, Bruce Wright, Ann Wright
Here's the latest video from WMNF's Kelly Benjamin in Washington D.C.
Police pepper-sprayed activists this weekend, including St. Petersburg homeless-rights activist Rev. Bruce Wright.
The October 2011 demonstrators object to the use of U.S. drones in attacks on other countries and used the museum’s drone display as a backdrop of their protest.
But an assistant editor of the conservative magazine The American Spectator admitted to infiltrating the protest and provoking law enforce...
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