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Annual Tax Advice Call-In Show Part Two
03/21/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Phil Scheidt, Andy Mason, Robin Hitchens, CPA, federal income tax returns, IRS
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up we'll have part two of our annual tax call-in show. Our guests are three CPA's- Phil Scheidt, Robin Hitchens and Andy Mason.
Be the first to commentPinellas County school board members decline request for new reading curriculum, called out for accepting status quo listen
03/20/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pinellas County Schools, Pinellas County School Board, Pinellas County Sheriff, Bob Gualtieri, Robin Wikle, Linda Lerner, Janet Clark, Glen Gilzean, Jeff Danner, Charlie Gerdes, Karl Nurse, St. Pete City Council, FAST, Nehemia Action Assembly
Last night, 3,000 members of churches and other religious institutions in Pinellas County put some elected officials in the hot seat. Committees from the group Faith and Action for Strength Together forced yes or no answers about proposed policies from school board members, St. Pete City Council members, and the Pinellas County Sheriff. Only one proposal was declined. Several school board members rejected a program that Joe Magri, co-chair of FAST’s education committee, said has been desig...
1 commentsAnnual Tax Call-in Show Part One
03/20/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: IRS, income tax, Phil Sceidt, Lee Hewitt, Malcolm Hayes
Good morning, I'm Rob Lorei. Welcome to our annual tax-call in show on which three local CPA's will be giving you advice on filling out your income tax forms this year.
Our guests are Phil Scheidt who is the station's accountant, Lee Hewitt and Malcolm Hayes.
Be the first to commentAnti Obamacare Plaintiff Files for Bankruptcy Beacuse of Medical Bills
03/19/12 Robert LoreiLast Call Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Wendell Potter, Mary Brown, Affordable Health Care Act, bankruptcy, plaintiff, Obamacare, Deadly Spin, 911 calls, Trayvon Martin
Good afternoon, welcome to The Last Call. I'm Rob Lorei. Earlier this month there were news reports that the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act had filed for bankruptcy in part because of her high medical bills. We'll talk about the case and preview next week's Supreme Court hearing on "Obamacare" with Wendell Potter who is a former insurance company e...
Be the first to commentCheers, activists give state Rep. Jeff Brandes "unwelcome" home party listen
03/19/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Jeff Brandes, Florida Legislature, Rick Scott, Awake Pinellas, Awake the State, Occupy St. Pete, abortion rights, Education reform, 2012 Legislative session
On Friday, 75 activists from several progressive groups gave state Representative Jeff Brandes what they called an unwelcome home party. It was complete with party hats, noise makers, champagne, and a Monopoly guy jumping out of a box. One protester at Brandes’ office on North 4th Street in St. Petersburg, Bill Hurley, said he was there to send a message: don't be Governor Rick Scott's patsy.
Be the first to comment“Loopholes on repairers of private jets. For-profit charter schools that, the schools, we can ta...
St. Pete group calls on community involvement in the city's budget listen
03/19/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg City Council, budget, activism, People's Budget Review
Political activists launched a non-partisan initiative this morning that aims at giving citizens of St. Petersburg a louder voice in the budgeting process. On the steps of City Hall, 40 supporters of the People’s Budget Review learned details of the process that reaches out to residents to gather their ideas on how tax dollars should be spent at the city level. Christian Haas spoke about the process at a press conference.
Be the first to comment“Essentially we want to have aggregate data of the citizen’s view...
Urban permaculture
03/19/12 Jon ButtsSustainable Living and Alternative Health Listen to this entire show:
Tags: urban farming, permaculture
We started today’s program with some tips on saving gas with a spokesperson from the Alliance to Save Energy, Ronnie Kweller. There are a lot of simple maintenance points she made, from checking tire pressure to unloading the trunk, that we can do to save gas. Check out the complete list at their web site. Next up we were joined by two local permaculture activists; Jim Kovaleski, an urban farmer, and Bob Abbenzeller, an organizer for the Plant City Community Garden proj...
Be the first to commentWest Tampa residents want a say in future urban redevelopment, including North Boulevard Homes listen
03/19/12 Liz McKibbonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: economic development, North Boulevard Homes, Occupy Tampa, Tampa Housing Authority, hillsborough river
Tampa is considering redevelopment along its inner-city riverfront. It could include getting rid of some low-income housing and replacing it with mixed-use development. At a rally in one of those West Tampa neighborhoods on Saturday, some people were in favor of progress, but they don’t want to be cut out of Tampa’s future urban landscape.
In a parking lot across from the Occupy Tampa encampment on Main Street in West Tampa, fifty community activists and area residents gathered in the bla...
Be the first to commentHolding Monsanto to Ethical Guidelines on Genetically Modified Food? And the Power of Peacemaking
03/19/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rev. Nate Walker; Monsanto, genetically modified food, ethics, transparency, non-violence, Lawrence Carter, Morehouse College
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll talk about genetically modified food and an effort to pressure one of the largest makers of genetically modified food to act ethically. Later we’ll talk with an Atlanta minister who is coming to USF St. Petersburg tomorrow to conduct a dialogue on the efficacy of non-violence…..
Our first guest is Nate Walker who is a Unitarian minister in Philadelphia….
Since November 2009, Walker has been engaged in trying to get a...
Be the first to commentReverend Charles McKenzie says residents of North Boulevard Homes must have a say in what happens to their homes listen
03/16/12 Lisa MarzilliLast Call Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rainbow PUSH Coaliton, Rev Charles McKenzie, Occupy Tampa, North Boulevard Homes
We opened up today's Last Call with an interview with Reverend Charles McKenzie, head of Florida's Rainbow PUSH Coalition about a rally taking place on Saturday near North Boulevard Homes.
His group, joined by members of Occupy Tampa is demanding that residents of Tampa's oldest public housing project be given a "seat at the table" in any discussions on the future development of the area along the Hillsborough River which could potentially lead to the demolition of their homes.
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Be the first to commentHillsborough Public Defender and State Attorney agree on budget issues; disagree on juvenile sentencing listen
03/16/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tiger Bay Club, Mark Ober, Julianne Holt, criminal justice
Children accused of committing heinous crimes are being tried as adults in Florida. Today at a Tiger Bay Club of Tampa luncheon, two lawyers from opposite sides of the argument squared off about the topic. Hillsborough County’s public defender and its state attorney politely presented the different ways they approach the debate.
Both Julianne Holt and Mark Ober are up for re-election. Neither is being opposed. They started off with a joke about sparring, followed it up a reconciliatory...
Be the first to commentA Former John Birch Society Member Describes Life in the Movement and Warns that the Ideology Is Again on the Rise
03/16/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Claire Conner, john birch society, paranoia, anti-communism, Koch brothers, Ron Paul
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Today we’ll hear from Claire Conner who is writing a new book about growing up in a prominent John Birch Society family in Chicago.
During it’s hey day in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s the Birch Society was an influential right wing group. It saw traitors and communist conspiracies everywhere, even accusing Republican President Dwight Eisenhower of being a communist sympathizer. The group wanted the US to leave the UN and thought w...
4 commentsProtesters want President Obama to fire Ed DeMarco and help homeowners with Freddie and Fannie loans listen
03/16/12 Liz McKibbonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Foreclosure, Tampa Housing Authority, MoveOn, protest, DeMarco, economy
Florida has one of the highest foreclosure rates in the United States. Yesterday, MoveOn.org members and others rallied at Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters in Ybor City. The group hopes to sway President Obama to make changes to current foreclosure system.
About fifteen protesters gathered as part of a larger national day of action called Save Our Homes. They held signs with the messag...
Be the first to commentKelly Kirschner talks about immigration
03/15/12 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kely Kirschner, Unidos Now, immigration, Sarasota
Kelly Kirschner is director of Unidos Now, a Latino advocacy group based in Sarasota.
A former Mayor and City Commissioner in Sarasota, the 37-year-old Kirschner talked about how it's vital that Latinos, who will continue to gain in population in the U.S., be treated as an important demographic, vs. being demonized when it comes to discussing illegal immigration.
Be the first to commentTampa takes symbolic measure to declare corporations are not people listen
03/15/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Citizens United, corporate personhood, Mary Mulhern, Tampa City Council, Move To Amend
Tampa City Council unanimously passed a resolution this afternoon that declares corporations are not entitled to the same rights as people. Mary Mulhern initiated the item because she said allowing corporations to funnel large sums of money into political campaigns isn’t what constituents want.
5 comments“We’re kind of the closest to the people as opposed to the corporations when it comes to running for office and campaigning. ...
