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Occupy Tampa demonstrator arrested while holding protest sign during ice rink opening event listen
11/11/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Bob Buckhorn
Another Occupy Tampa protester was arrested at about five in the afternoon Thursday. It’s the second time Daiquiri Jones has been arrested in Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park during the day while holding a protest sign.
WMNF volunteer and downtown resident Blannie Whalan witnessed the arrest. She said Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn was checking out Curtis Hixon Park’s new ice skating rink. She said that about three protesters were on the grass in the park trying to get the mayor’s attention.
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3 commentsLast Call with state Senator Paula Dockery
11/10/11 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Paula Dockery, Rick Scott, J.D. Alexander
Polk County area GOP state Senator Paula Dockery was out guest for the entire hour, where we discussed USF Polytechnic, illegal immigration, transportation, education, gambling and other issues that the Legislature will deal with in 2012.
Be the first to commentNOAA Fisheries representative promotes RESTORE Act to help Gulf after BP disaster listen
11/10/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Oil, oil spills, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, BP oil disaster
The Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout last year was one of the most damaging events for Gulf of Mexico ecosystems. Wednesday night Eckerd College hosted a lecture about the impact of the oil disaster by Cathy Tortorici, the Gulf of Mexico Regional Ecosystem Program Director for the U.S. Department of Commerce.
During the height of the disaster, NOAA estimates 950 miles of coastline came into contact with oil. Wi...
Be the first to commentOccupy USF organizers demand tuition freeze listen
11/10/11 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy USF, Tampa, USF, Occupy Tampa, SDS
University of South Florida students are continuing to protest against 15 percent tuition hikes. A crowd of fifty Occupy USF protesters marched across campus to demand a tuition freeze on November 9. Students gathered in front of Cooper Hall and then marched to Patel Center to meet with university officials and administration. Some demonstrators demanded the resignation of USF President Judy Genshaft. Students chanted “Judy got paid off, we got ripped off,” “Hey, ho, tuition hikes have got to...
Be the first to commentHillsborough Commissioners consider adding a single-member district, hope to represent Latinos listen
11/10/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Hillsborough County Commission, Latinos, Les Miller, Kevin Beckner, Mark Sharpe
Hillsborough has more residents in each of its four single-member districts than any other county in the state. That’s why in a workshop yesterday County Commissioners considered adding a fifth single-member district to better represent their minority constituents.
Commissioner Les Miller spearheaded the discussion about creating [five single member districts](http://www.hillsboro...
Be the first to commentSustainability forum in Tampa emphasizes ecology and economy listen
11/09/11 Sarah CurranWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: sustainability, sustainable energy, Tampa Bay Water Supply, Tampa Bay Partnership
The word Sustainability didn’t take on its current meaning in the English Language until the 1980’s. Until recently it didn’t encompass humans ability to endure on Earth. Now the term is taught in schools, behind business models and changing how our planet is run. Today, the organization Urban Land Institute held a Sustainability Forum in Tampa. They defined the evolving term and described how it is being implemented around the world, especially in the Tampa Bay area.
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Three more arrests this morning of protesters Occupying Tampa's Kiley Garden listen
11/09/11 Seán Kinane & Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Kiley Garden
Three more Occupy Tampa members were arrested early this morning. A group was sleeping inside occupied Kiley Garden when police asked them to leave.
Protesters had occupied the park the previous night, but Andrew "Pepe" Kovanis complied when police ordered their group to leave Kiley Garden. Kovanis witnessed the arrests.
Stephanie Cannon, Fitzgerald Scott and Ryan Bee were arrested for trespassing, and at least one was charged for obstructing an officer without violence. Cannon bonded ...
2 commentsChalk Festival in Sarasota draws thousands listen
11/09/11 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Chalkfest, Sarasota County, Art, street art, 3D, Sarasota
Now that the stifling summer weather has ended, outdoor art activities are gearing up in Florida. More than one hundred thousand visitors experienced brightly colored streets at the Sarasota Chalk Festival last week. Street painter Caroline Schultz from Orlando is among the 250 artists from around the world who chalked religious themed art on South Pineapple Avenue in Sarasota. She has been chalking since 1995 using inexpensive hard pastels.
“I have never u...
Be the first to commentSt. Petersburg voters keep a close watch on a mater plan for downtown's waterfront listen
11/08/11 Sarah CurranWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: St. Petersburg, Voting
Today, St. Petersburg residents are voting on City Council positions and several amendments. Some voters are keeping a close eye on City Council spots but many want to make sure Downtown waterfront parks stay public, and private contractors stay out. Four city council seats and 8 amendments make up this years ballot in the St. Petersburg general elections. Many residents like Lynette Fry and her husband David have a keen eye on charter amendment three, involving the city’s plans for the d...
Be the first to commentOccupy Tampa members camp overnight at Kiley Garden listen
11/08/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Movement, Tampa, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, Tim Sommers
After two consecutive nights of arrests, Occupy Tampa has completed their first arrest-free overnight occupation of Kiley Garden in downtown Tampa. Four people slept on blankets on the grass from 2 until 6:30 this morning.
Three Tampa Police woke up protesters Becky Rubright, Tim Sommers, Nick Windholz, and Derek English inside Kiley Garden and said ...
5 commentsPushback against Florida's decision not to implement parts of new federal healthcare law listen
11/08/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, healthcare, healthcare insurance, health insurance, health care reform
Florida has put off implementing some provisions of the Affordable Care Act set to take effect in 2014. But a local non-profit wants residents to know how those provisions could provide expanded healthcare options for Floridians.
In a letter to cabinet officials and agency leaders, Florida House Speaker...
Be the first to commentSarasota's Medieval Fair compares Peasants Revolt of 1381 with Occupy movement listen
11/08/11 Doug DriscollWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Entertainment, Occupy Movement, Occupy Sarasota, Occupy Tampa, Occupy St. Pete
The Occupy movement is spreading across the globe because people are tired of the 1%'s greed forcing the 99% further into poverty and wage slavery. But a theatrical rendition in Sarasota Sunday reminded people this isn't the first time in history the rich have been targeted by angry crowds of common folk tired of being stepped on.
About 25 Common people from the Peasant Revolt of 1381 are preparing to storm London Tower, intent on murder. Fourteen year old...
Be the first to comment8 Occupy Tampa members arrested in struggle to take Kiley Garden listen
11/07/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Movement, law enforcement, Tim Sommers
Just after midnight this morning four more members of Occupy Tampa were arrested for trespassing in Kiley Garden in downtown Tampa, and opposing an officer without violence. They were released without bond within two and a half hours. Police say Kevin Flynn, Alicia Dion, Katie Christofilis, and Seth Collins were asked by Police to leave the park, but they refused and sat down and put an American flag in the ground. Occupy T...
Be the first to commentUSF ponders the politics of the Armenian Genocide listen
11/07/11 Atecia RobinsonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: genocide, Armenian Genocide, Taner Akcam, Turkey, Clark University, Ottoman Empire, transitional justice, reparations, War, University of South Florida, USF Library, USF
When a country deals with a dark chapter in its past, like genocide, there are questions about reparations for people directly and indirectly affected. At the USF Library, Taner Akcam gave the keynote speech in a symposium hosted by USF libraries Holocaust and Genocide center on the denial of the Armenian Genocide and the Turkish national security policy of Turkey.
Akcam is a professor of Armenian g...
Be the first to commentSt. Pete protesters tell motorists to move their money out of big banks listen
11/07/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bank of America, bailouts, Occupy St. Pete, Occupy Movement, Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street
Bank of America may have changed their mind about charging fees to customers for using their debit cards, but that didn’t stop protesters in St. Pete from encouraging customers to ditch the banking giant. The group waved signs at a busy Bank of America in Northeast St. Petersburg on Saturday afternoon.
Remember, Remember the fifth of November. The phrase originates from an early 17th centu...
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