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The Young Invicibles engage with USF students about student debt, health care and employment listen
04/12/12 Liz McKibbonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Young Invincibles, USF, tuition, college debt, Matthew Lawrence
In the U.S. student debt now exceeds credit card debt. A group called the Young Invincibles are traveling the nation to capture the voices of these students. They made a stop at the University of South Florida Tuesday morning.
Young America is … you fill in the blank. That’s what members of the Young Invincibles asked students to do at USF. The group of young professionals and volunteers are on a national bus t...
Be the first to commentBicycling advocate is pleased with legislative progress on pedestrian and cyclist safety listen
04/12/12 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: legislation, pedestrian safety, transportation, biking
This year the Florida Legislature passed several bills that could improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians. Advocates hope the new policies will help to reduce the number of fatalities.
Tim Bustos, Executive Director of the Florida Bicycle Association says Florida has a tragic record of pedestrian and cycling fatalities. His group takes an active role in improving safety.
1 comments“Florida has not faired well for bicycle and pedestrian safety over the last several years. There was actually ...
Could the electric car be making a comeback? listen
04/12/12 Samuel JohnsonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: electric vehicles, electric cars, Sierra Club, clean energy, public transportation
The future of the electric car may be already here. That was the topic in March at The University of South Florida’s Patel School of Global Sustainability. Before the discussion, 40 people saw the documentary “Revenge of the Electric Car”, the sequel to the popular “Who Killed the Electric Car.” Tonight the film will be Thursday (4/12) at the UU Church in Tampa and Friday (4/13) at the UU Church in Clearwater.
Christian Well, an associate professor of Anthropology at USF, moderated the dis...
Be the first to commentOpponents of proposed RNC Clean Zone ordinance to Tampa: help us help you listen
04/11/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa city council, Clean Zone, Coalition to March on the RNC, RNC, RNC 2012, Students for a Democratic Society, SWER, protests, first amendment
Organizers from the Coalition to March on the RNC expect as many as 5,000 demonstrators from all over the country on the first day of August's Republican National Convention, and don't want a proposed Tampa ordinance blocking their rights. 26 people from that group rallied in Joe Chillura Courthouse Square last night to oppose the so-called Clean Zone ordinance.
Next Thursday Tampa city council will vote on a temporary ordinance that would require groups of 50 or more protesters to obtain ...
Be the first to commentAnti-CAIR advocates disappointed in Hillsborough School Board decision to leave guest speaker policy as-is listen
04/11/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: CAIR, Hassan Shibly, Hillsborough County Schools, Hillsborough County School Board, Stacy White, April Griffin, MaryEllen Elia, David Caton, Terry Kemple
Despite weeks of lobbying by anti-Muslim groups, the Hillsborough County School Board has chosen not to change the county's school policy on public speakers. Supporters of the Islamic advocacy group CAIR are declaring it a win for civil rights.
Last school year, conservative activist David Caton lashed out at the Hillsborough County School Board for allowing Hassan Shibly to speak to a group of high school history students. Shibly is the director of the Tampa chapter of the Council on Am...
Be the first to commentTampa Bay Host Committee president says he's in the business of playing nice and raising money, not security listen
04/11/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, RNC 2012, Tampa Bay Host Committee, Ken Jones, Suncoast Tiger Bay, Clean Zone
Ken Jones, president of the Tampa Bay Host Committee is expecting this summer’s Republican National Convention to be a huge economic driver for the region. At a Suncoast Tiger Bay meeting at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club this afternoon, Jones deflected some criticism of the convention, like the rights of protesters, because those issues aren’t under his umbrella.
Over the past several months, Ken Jones has led the Tampa Bay Host Committee to create such economic ...
Be the first to commentPinellas to hold budget eTownHall tonight listen
04/10/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pinellas County, budget
Like other local municipalities, Pinellas County is going through its budget process. Tonight County Commissioners are holding an open house and an eTownHall meeting online and in person at St. Petersburg College in Seminole. We spoke with Pinellas County’s communications director Tim Closterman.
Be the first to commentZirin hits back against Miami Marlins suspension of Guillen for Castro comments listen
04/10/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Miami, Cuba, baseball, MLB, Dave Zirin, Fidel Castro
Today Major League Baseball’s Miami Marlins suspended their manager Ozzie Guillen. The infraction? Paying a compliment to former Cuban president Fidel Castro. Guillen has apologized for telling Time magazine he loves Castro. Dave Zirin writes about the politics of sports and is critical of the Marlins and the right-wing Cuban exile community in Miami for their witch-hunt of Guillen. Zirin is ...
5 commentsInterviews with the Socialist Equality Party Candidate for President and The Young Invincibles
04/10/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Socialist Equality Party, Jerry White, Young Invincibles, Amy Lynn, Matthew Lawrence, tuition, collge debt
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll talk with the Presidential candidate for the Socialist Equality Party…..
And later we’ll talk with organizers of a movement of young people about the issues of the high cost of college, health care and employment…………
Our first guest is Jerry White, he’s 52 years old; born in New York City ; He’s worked at UPS and he’s attended the City University of New York…..He’s now running for president on the [Socialis...
Be the first to commentHow fair is the US tax system? And who pays the largest share of their income in taxes?
04/09/12 Robert LoreiLast Call Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: tax burden, top 1%, Steve Wamhoff, Citizen's for Tax Justice", bottom 5th, Buffett rule, wmnf, Rob Lorei
Good afternoon, welcome to the Last Call. I'm Rob Lorei.Next Tuesday is the deadline to file your federal income tax form for last year. Today we’re going to discuss taxes and look at which income groups pay the most taxes, whether there is a transfer of wealth from the very rich to the very poor, and what happens when big corporations pay little or no taxes. We'll talk with Steve Wamhoff, Legislative Director of Citizen's for Tax Justice, a Washington DC based non profit. Recently the CTJ fo...
Be the first to commentSen. Nelson to Iran: accept the consequences listen
04/09/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Iran, nuclear weapons, Bill Nelson, Seymour Hersh, drones
The United States has sent a second aircraft carrier into the Persian Gulf raising concerns that continued U.S. intervention could spark conflict. At an unrelated event this morning in Town N Country, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson told WMNF the deployment of the nuclear-powered USS Enterprise is a response to President Barack Obama’s promise to thwart nuclear weapon development in Iran.
Be the first to comment“The President has clearly stated that if Iran continues developing a nuclear weapon, which would completel...
Healthcare for aging Latinos top priority for some non-profits and elected officials listen
04/09/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bill Nelson, Janet Cruz, healthcare, Affordable Care Act, Latinos, Latin Americans
The national Latino population is rapidly growing, especially in the Tampa Bay area. But that group is also one of the most likely to be either uninsured or under-insured. Some studies have found that aging Latinos are also at a higher risk of some major medical conditions than white Americans. Florida State Representative Janet Cruz outlined some of those problems at an event in Town N Country this morning.
Be the first to comment“Six percent of Hispanic adults in the United States and Puerto Rico have been...
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson doesn't expect a budget agreement to come easily listen
04/09/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bill Nelson, budget, budget cuts, taxes
U.S. Senator Bill Nelson weighed in on budget proposals in the House and Senate that the two chambers of Congress likely won’t agree on. The Republican-led House is expected to pass a budget, but the Democratic Senate is likely to bat that down. Both chambers need to pass a budget before it can be signed by the President. Nelson agreed with sentiments that the budget debate will be compounded by the upcoming Presidential election.
Be the first to comment“It’s going to take a while because the politics of an...
Former EPA Administrator Carol Browner, Pro Renewable Energy, Pro Environmental Regulation and Pro Nuclear
04/09/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Carol Browner, nuclear power, EPA, mileage standards
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. On the first part of the program we'll hear an interview I taped last week with former EPA chief Carol Browner. She was the longest serving EPA administrator having served from 1993 to 2001. Before that she headed Florida's Department of Environmental Protection. She's now a founder and principal of Allbright Group LLC. We'll talk about the rising pice of gasoline, solar energy, nuclear power, global warming, captured regulatory agencies,...
Be the first to commentLast Call Friday; Trayvon, Tampa and the RNC and a final nod to homeless advocate Bill Sharpe listen
04/06/12 Lisa MarzilliLast Call Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, Trayvon Martin, Clean Zone
Good Afternoon and welcome to Last Call. The Tampa city council had its first reading yesterday of Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s proposed ‘clean zone’ ordinance. It was a packed house, full of concerned citizens. We can only hope that the Mayor and City Council will take what was said to heart and fix what many say is a very flawed proposal right now.
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