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Local activist group organizes a Move to Amend meeting tonight
09/15/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Move To Amend, Scared Grounds, Kindra Muntz, Anita Stewart, Mark Adams, Rick Scott, Teamsters, corporate power, Michael Filler, Citizens United
Today we'll talk with three local activists who are organizing a meeting tonight in Tampa to discuss Move To Amend. That's an effort to try to use the Constitution to rollback the Citizen's United decision by the US Supreme Court. The decision opened to floodgates to unlimited special interest money to influence elections. Most of the money flooding into political campaigns in the wake of the Citizen's decision is coming from corporations. Our guests are Anita St...
Be the first to commentHillsborough workers protest administrator's budget plan to privatize public jobs listen
09/15/11 Josh HoltonRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: budget cuts, layoffs, unions, Hillsborough County, County Budget, parks and recreation, public workers, Mike Merrill, Mark Sharpe, Les Miller, Victor Crist
Hillsborough County Parks and Recreation calls itself the “Heart of Hillsborough,” but they were at the heart of proposed budget cuts last night. The Board of County Commissioners unanimously moved the budget for next fiscal year onto a final hearing. But nearly 450 county jobs may be cut and handed over to private contractors. About 75 county workers protested outside.
Union workers lined the sidewalks...
Be the first to commentStudents from Rwanda's Akilah Institute for Women take calls from Tampa Bay listeners
09/14/11 Seán KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Akilah Institute, Rwanda, Africa, education
We had three guests in our studio. They’re from the Akilah Institute for Women. It’s a college for young women in Kigali, Rwanda.
We were joined by two students: Allen Kazirwa and Noella Abijuru, and by Akilah’s founder, Tampa native Elizabeth Dearborn Davis.
They're in Tampa as part of their Metropolitan Safari tour of the United States.
Listen here to other...
Be the first to commentSkin cancer screenings and other health services available at MacDill Air Force Base listen
09/14/11 Sarah CurranWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Moffitt Cancer Center, cancer, MacDill Air Force Base, Health
Florida is called the Sunshine State for an obvious reason. More than 5-thousand state residents are diagnosed with skin cancer every year. It’s why Moffitt Cancer Center is encouraging residents to get screened, free of charge. Wednesday at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Moffitt Cancer Center rolled out the mole patrol, as they like to call it. They offer free Skin Cancer screenings to anyone, whether you have a particular concern or not.
Be the first to comment“An exam of visible skin only, no biopsies...
FL 2012 Legislative preview: Pinellas delegation hears from public listen
09/14/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pinellas Legislative Delegation, League Of Women Voters of Florida, low income, Homelessness, reproductive rights, uterus
Pinellas County’s Legislative Delegation hosted a public forum in Pinellas Park this morning to hear recommendations and requests from citizens and groups. Most organizations were asking either for more funding, or to avoid cut-backs. Some individuals came with requests for policies on homelessness, redistricting and reproductive rights.
BJ Star ended her 3-minute speech to delegates with one word: Uterus. As she said it, she raised her arm in tr...
Be the first to commentSlutWalk coming to Tampa this Saturday; and why is Congress so quick to spend money on Iraq and Afghanistan's infrastructure?
09/14/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: SlutWalk, Charli Solis, infrastructure spending, Judd Legum, Center for American Progress
Coming up today we'll hear about two topics. First We'll meet Charli Solis who is an organizer of the "SlutWalk" scheduled for this Saturday morning in downtown Tampa.
Our next guest, Judd Legum from the Center for American Progress) says Congress has had no problem spending over $120 ...
Be the first to commentGOP presidential candidates debate in Tampa listen
09/13/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cnn, CNN/Tea Party debate, tea party, debate, GOP, Republican Party, Republican debate, Republicans, elections, 2012 Election, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Michelle Bachmann, Ron Paul
Last night in at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, eight Republican presidential candidates participated in the first CNN-Tea Party debate. More than 100 tea party groups attended. Candidates were fired up and ready to answer questions from the Tea Party, while seeking their support on their path to the White House.
For many conservat...
Be the first to commentPreview of Citizens sinkhole insurance rate hike hearing at Tampa Convention Center listen
09/13/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: sinkholes, Citizens Property Insurance, rate increase, Citizens, insurance, Mike Fasano
Many homeowners in the Tampa Bay region could face steep rate hikes on sinkhole insurance premiums. This afternoon there is a hearing at the Tampa Convention Center on proposed rate increases by state’s government-backed insurance program. State legislators held a press conference to voice opposition to the hikes this morning.
Citizen’s Property insurance has reacted to a higher number of sinkhole claims by ...
Be the first to commentState Rep. Rick Kriseman announces bill to repeal Florida law forbidding doctors from asking about guns listen
09/13/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rick Kriseman, Doctors for America, guns, gun control, gun laws, NRA
Update to this story: on Wednesday (September 14) a federal judge found Florida's law forbidding doctors from talking about guns with their patients to be an unconstitutional infringement on the free speech rights of both doctors and patients.
State Representative Rick Kriseman introduced a bill that would repeal a law that forbids physicians from discussing gun safety with patients. House Bill 1405 is intended to give...
Be the first to commentListeners comment on last night's CNN/Tea Party presidential candidates debate
09/13/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, CNN/Tea Party debate, Florida Fairgrounds Tampa, Social Security Administration, military spending, Ron Paul, Michelle Bachmann, Rick Santorum
Coming up today we'll play back segments of last night's CNN/Tea Party debate at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. We'll hear answers to questions about Social Security, executive power, vaccines, military spending and foreign policy and health care. After that we'll take your phone calls.
Be the first to commentOrganizations combine forces to protest GOP debate in Tampa listen
09/13/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Republican debate, Mitt Romney, Bruce Wright, Mike Fox, Rick Perry
The Republican debate drew a crowd of about 150 protestors at the Florida State Fairgrounds last night. Supporters from several advocacy groups pulled together to send a message to voters and tea party supporters. Progressives, democrats and even some socialists came together to let their voices ...
3 commentsCallers have their say about GOP presidential debate and protests in Tampa
09/12/11 Seán KinaneLast Call Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: tea party, 2012 Election, 2012 GOP Convention, Cnn, Media
On Monday night, CNN and the Tea Party Express invited 8 Republican presidential candidates for a televised debate in Tampa.
At the same time, dozens protested outside the Florida State Fairgrounds.
That afternoon, WMNF listeners called in to the Last Call to speak about the candidates, their policies and the media coverage of the 2012 presidential race.
Be the first to commentAdvocacy groups to protest Tampa's Republican presidential debate listen
09/12/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Republican Party, tea party, Awake the State, Bruce Wright
Some Tampa Bay area organizations are coming together to sound one very loud voice in opposition to this evening’s Republican debate. Groups such as Awake the State will protest along the Highway 301 side of the Florida State Fairgrounds, waving signs and calling out to potential voters to oppose many tea party and right wing ideas. Bruce Wright, one of the protest’s organizers, said the Republicans need to start putting people over profits.
According to the protest’s Facebook page, 66...
Be the first to commentThe Republican presidential debate is Tonight in Tampa: Is the GOP right about the economy?
09/12/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: debate, Tampa Fairgrounds, Robert Reich, Social Security Administration, Medicare for all, GOP, 2012 Election
Coming up today the CNN/Tea Party Express presidential candidates debate will be held tonight in Tampa at the state fairgrounds. A group of environmental, labor and civil rights activists will be outside the fairgrounds to protest the event. Today the Florida Democratic Party released an ad attacking the Republican Presidential candidates' position on Social Security and Medicare and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich recently gave a [speech](...
Be the first to commentAt Tampa mosque 9/11 remembrance ceremony, safe haven is created from hate and war listen
09/12/11 Atecia RobinsonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Christians, Muslims, Muslim-Americans, 9/11 attacks, war on terrorism, President George Bush
After September 11th some Christians and Muslims viewed each other as the enemy. But on Saturday people of these two world religions gathered at the Islamic Community of Tampa’s mosque in Temple Terrace to pay tribute to the lives lost during the 9/11 attacks.
In a small worship space at the end of a tiny road lies a family of Muslims that welcomes other faiths. But after the September 11th attacks, Muslims were not as welcomed by some Americans. [Hassan Shibly, ...
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