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State Representative Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda talks about the election and the 2013 Florida legislative session
11/30/12 Lisa MarzilliLast Call Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda, Florida Legislature
On today's show we were joined by Tallahassee democratic Representative Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda. She was recently re-elected to a third term representing District 9 which encompasses most of Leon County. Our discussion centered around the gains made by state democrats in November - some of the most notable gains for Democrats in years - and the upcoming Tallahassee legislative session which convenes on...
Be the first to commentHART buses will be mobile tributes to Rosa Parks listen
11/30/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rosa Parks, civil rights, African-Americans, HART, transit
The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) is installing small brass plaques commemorating Rosa Parks in all of their buses. Transit officials showed them off today at the Yukon transfer center in Tampa's Sulphur Springs neighborhood. The move comes more than fifty years after the civil rights activist was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger.
On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks just stayed put when a bus driver asked her to move. In an interview...
Be the first to commentFlorida's Vanishing Springs
11/30/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Florida, springs, White Sulphur Springs, Silver Springs, Craig Pittman, nitrates, Governor Rick Scott, Bob Graham, Alison Morano
Good morning,
Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll talk about Florida’s vanishing springs – once a major tourist draw they are rapidly disappearing…..
And we’ll hear from a Democratic activist from Florida who has been up in Washington DC monitoring the battle over the so-called fiscal cliff…Later we’ll open the phone lines…
First four listener comments- about health care, WalMart and upcoming program changes here at WMNF….
Earlier this week a news st...
Be the first to commentUSF students ask school to take steps to end rape culture listen
11/30/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: rape culture, USF, Students for a Democratic Society, rape, women's rights, SDS, SDS at USF
Two rapes were reported on the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida last month and still have not been solved. A group of students is asking the school to incorporate a program that would rein in what they call rape culture.
The students rallied for the first time yesterday afternoon in front of the busy Marshall Student Services Center. As people passed, members of Students for a Democratic Society including President Dani Leppo, gathered petition si...
Be the first to commentThe fiscal cliff and defining the GOP's message with analyst Chris Ingram
11/29/12 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Chris Ingram, President Obama, 2012 election
Conservative blogger and television analyst Chris Ingram came on the program to talk about the current budget negotiations in Washington, about whether or not Barack Obama received a mandate in the presidential election, and what the Republican Party needs to do to win national elections in the future, among other topics.
Be the first to commentHealth advocacy groups want feds to implement parts of the healthcare law in Florida listen
11/29/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kathleen Sebelius, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, healthcare, Progress Florida, Florida CHAIN, Darden Rice, ACA
Florida has until December 14 to show they will be ready to implement federally mandated changes to health insurance by January, 2014. During a conference call today advocates said the state won’t have time to create efficient health insurance exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act.
The exchanges will be a competitive market place where patients can shop around for health insurance. The process has been likened to travel planning websites like Travelocity that give consumers a go...
Be the first to commentThousands of years of indigenous history still on Florida land listen
11/29/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Maximo Park, Native Americans, archaeology, USF, Jeff Moates, springs, indian mounds
Many places across the state were home to Native Americans beginning thousands of years ago. The historical significance of some of those spots have been lost over time, but many of them have been preserved.
One of them is Maximo Park at the southern-most tip of Pinellas County. Where there is now an observation tower, beach front playground and picnic areas, there once was villages of Native Americans who were here long before Europeans settled in Florida. Jeff Moates is the Florida Pu...
Be the first to commentPolitical Analyst Kevin Phillips on His New Book: 1775 A Good Year For Revolution
11/29/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
In his new book 1775, political analyst Kevin Phillips punctures the myth that 1776 was the most important year of the American Revolution. Instead, he argues that the great events and confrontations of 1775—Congress’s belligerent economic ultimatums to Britain, New England’s rage militaire, the exodus of British troops and expulsion of royal governors up and down the seaboard, and the new provincial congresses and hundreds of local committees that quickly reconstituted local authority in Pa...
Be the first to commentListeners weigh in on media consolidation
11/28/12 Seán KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: FCC, media, media consolidation, Free Press, Federal Communications Commission, Jesse Jackson
Today on Last Call we heard from listeners about media consolidation.
On the WMNF drive-time news we played part of a conference call. The Federal Communications Commission plans to lift some limits on one company owning several media organizations in the same market. But a coalition of unions and civil rights leaders is urging the FCC to slow things down until it analyzes ...
Be the first to commentCivil rights and union leaders urge FCC to slow changes to media ownership rules listen
11/28/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: FCC, media, media consolidation, Free Press, Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission wants to lift some limits on one company owning several media organizations in the same market. But a coalition of unions and civil rights leaders is urging the FCC to slow things down until it analyzes the impact of the proposed changes on women and people of color.
In a teleconference with reporters today Craig Aaron, president and CEO of t...
Be the first to commentGenetically Engineered Trees Secretly Planted in Florida? And Mayor Bill Foster Says He Has Every Intention of Running for Re-Election
11/28/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Anne Peterman, GE trees, St. Petersburg, Mayor Bill Foster, The Lens, light rail, Ray's baseball, stadium
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll talk with the mayor of St. Petersburg about baseball, the Lens and his plans for the future…. And we’ll also hear from an environmentalist who is raising the alarm about the planting of genetically modified trees in the US.
But first, five listener comments about yesterday’s program. Yesterday we spent the hour talking about WMNF’s programming- in light of the fact that we are in the regular two year process of making ...
Be the first to commentLocal pastor charged with 8 felonies trying to put a roof over someone's head listen
11/27/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Adverse possession, squatter, homeless, housing, foreclosure, Tami Robinson
A Tampa Pastor is suing the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office for arresting her after she helped a member of her congregation move into a home owned by someone else. Tami Robinson used centuries old land ownership loophole to try to acquire an abandoned home, but it didn’t work. Robinson said she and the woman she was helping were arrested and charged with eight felonies.
Be the first to comment“We’ve been charged with burglary, two counts of grand theft, two counts of burglary, two counts of impersonation...
Dilapidated mobile home lot catches Tampa City Council's eye listen
11/27/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Frank Reddick, Tampa City Council, Tampa Code Enforcement, poverty
A cluster of mobile homes in Southeast Seminole Heights is falling apart and no one has done anything about it. Until now. Pete Johnson, a civilian code enforcement guru, told Tampa City Council members earlier this month that the homes violated multiple city codes.
Be the first to comment“There is sewage leak. There is electrical components close to water. This is the most grotesque living conditions I have ever seen and abuse of elderly people by this property owner. I cannot understand why code has not ...
Daniel Ruth of the Tampa Bay Times Discusses State and Local Political issues
11/26/12 Robert LoreiLast Call Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Marco Rubio, MacDill Air Force Base, science, religion, Rick Scott, Daniel Ruth
Good afternoon, welcome to the Last Call. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll talk with Tampa Bay Times columnist and editorial board member Daniel Ruth.
Be the first to commentWaste-to-energy, fermenting and time banking
11/26/12 Jon ButtsSustainable Living and Alternative Health Listen to this entire show:
Tags: fermenting, time banks, waste-to-energy
We started today’s program with the founder of the Fermenters Club started in California, Austin Durant. He just led a workshop in Tampa for the new fermenters club started in our area. Austin talked a little about the basics of fermentation and the reasons to ferment. There appears to be a lot of interest here for this healthy, traditional way to store food. Next up Bryan Roberts with EcoTech Construction and the [Roosevelt 2.0](http://www.facebook.com/ther...
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