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Activists protest JP Morgan Chase CEO at shareholder meeting in Tampa listen
05/15/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: JP Morgan, Chase, Whistle Blower, Linda Almonte, FCAN, Florida Consumer Action Network, Occupy Movement, Bank Bailouts
Shareholders approved JP-Morgan Chase’s CEO Jamie Dimon’s $23 million pay package and his chairmanship at their annual meeting in Tampa today. His admission that the company was at fault for losing billions on a bad investment prompted calls from several shareholders to install a new chair. When that didn’t happen, it added fuel to the already burning fire outside where dozens of protesters gathered to speak out against what they say is the company’s flawed business practices.
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Occupy Tampa member injured during October arrest has charge dropped listen
05/15/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Tampa Police, arrests, Occupy Wall Street
Last fall when members of Occupy Tampa continuously occupied a sidewalk in front of downtown’s Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, police made dozens of arrests – most of them for misdemeanor trespassing; but early in the morning on October 28, three people were arrested on more serious charges.
Two of them were charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and a third, Karel Soucre, was charged with obstructing or opposing an officer.
Soucre was one of the camera operators filming the ...
Be the first to commentA War on Women?
05/15/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Darden Rice, Wendy Grassi, Sandy Oestreich, war on women, ERA, Florida
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll talk about whether legislatures around the country are trying to roll back women’s rights. Is there a War on Women as some people say?
But first two listener comments about yesterday’s program. Yesterday we had William Black the author of “The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One” (he was just on Democracy Now a few minutes ago. Here’s what two listeners had to say.
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Be the first to commentViolence Against Women on the Rise?
05/14/12 Robert LoreiLast Call Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: CASA, spouse abuse, domestic violence, Linda Osmundsen
Good afternoon, welcome to The Last Call. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up we'll talk about the increasing reports of women being attacked or killed by their husbands and boyfriends. Meantime- legislation that deals with violence against women is getting a skeptical reaction in Congress. What's the extent of domestic violence and how is society dealing with the problem? We're joined now by Linda Osmundsen who is director of CASA (Community Action Stops Abuse) a domestic...
Be the first to commentNative plants and the Florida Native Plant Society annual conference
05/14/12 Jon ButtsSustainable Living and Alternative Health Listen to this entire show:
Tags: native plants, gardening
On Today’s program we talked with four people involved with the 2012 Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS) Annual Conference that starts this week in Plant City. Joining the program was Troy Springer, past president of the Suncoast Chapter of the FNPS and Conference Chairperson; Debbie Butts, co-host of the Sustainable Living Program, long time FNPS member and conference volunteer; Steven Woodmansee, current president of the FNPS, and the Executive Director, Kellie Westervelt. Besides the Con...
Be the first to commentOld study could have new results for Pinellas transit listen
05/14/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, OneBay, transit, transportation, Jack Mariano, reality check
Officials from across the Tampa Bay area are pushing a long-term plan that links transit to population density. Results from a study discussed this morning at a meeting in Pinellas Park shows some challenges for officials in Pinellas County who want to expand transit options. Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council’s Avera Wynne said to make that and the spending that comes with it a reality regions need to increase their population density.
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Does JP Morgan Chases's $2 Billion Loss Show We Still Have Too Little Bank Regulation?
05/14/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: William Black, credit default swaps, JP Morgan Chase, Volcker Rule, Glass Steagall, banking regulation
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. The financial industry collapse which precipitated a recession that the country is still reeling from---could it happen again? We'll talk about that in a moment... But first some listener comments about last Friday's program on which we talked about Mitt Romney's alleged involvement in bullying when he was in high school; and we also discussed health care reform. Here's what two listeners had to say.
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Be the first to commentOccupy Tampa takes to the Hillsborough River to build community and remind Tampa they're still here listen
05/14/12 Liz McKibbonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Hillsborough River, Tampa Police Department, Food Not Bombs, RNC, Event Zone, Clean Zone
Occupy Tampa has been in and out of the spotlight since relocating to West Tampa in December. Members gathered to Occupy the Hillsborough River on Saturday, to have fun and to remind Tampa they are still here.
Seven people, most from Occupy Tampa, put their kayaks in the water just north of downtown Tampa while a police boat circled the area. Although there was no confrontation, three police boats stayed close during the journey. The gr...
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05/11/12 Lisa MarzilliLast Call Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: food
It was open phones on today's Last Call. We talked about some of the headlines that caught my attention during the week including the somewhat provocative question over whether or not restaurants should be allowed to ban children.
Tampa Bay Times food critic Laura Reiley wrote a great piece on Friday on the heat Cappy's Pizzeria owner, Scooter Gabel has taken over the l...
Be the first to commentPinellas County Commissioners still undecided on property tax hike listen
05/11/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pinellas County Commission, Bob LaSala, Pinellas County, Ken Welch, Susan Latvala, Neil Brickfield, Norm Roche
Pinellas County Commissioners are grappling with how to close the budget gap caused by a change to the state’s Medicaid billing system. At a special meeting Thursday night in Safety Harbor, commissioners were split on whether to raise property taxes or implement a series of budget cuts.
Governor Rick Scott signed legislation that would require counties to pony up the dough for their unpaid Medicaid claims. The new law will leave Pinellas County short $5 million this fiscal year.
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House Votes to Increase Military Spending; Mitt Romney Says He Doesn't Remember Bullying Fellow Student In High School
05/11/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: military spending, John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus, Mitt Romney, bullying
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. There’s a debate in Congress about military spending. We’ll talk about that and we'll talk about Mitt Romney's comments about the Washington Post report saying he bullied a fellow student while in boarding school.
But first- two listener comments about yesterday’s program—on which we heard listeners' reaction to President Obama’s coming out in support of gay marriage. Here’s what two listeners had to say.
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Be the first to commentGroup from Occupy Tampa plans 5-day presence near downtown Bank of America listen
05/11/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Bank of America
In December, Occupy Tampa moved its encampment from a downtown sidewalk to a private park in West Tampa. In the months since, they’ve had short re-occupations of downtown and a group is planning another one to increase visibility.
Beginning May 23 Tim Sommers is leading a group on a five-day occupation in the middle of Tampa’s downtown business district.
Sommers says they plan to continuously ...
Be the first to commentCode Pink activist Rae Abileah on the Middle East, and talk on gay marriage
05/10/12 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Barack Obama, Rae Abileah, Republican Nationan Convention, RNC, Code Pink
Code Pink activist Rae Abileah comes on the program to talk about her work regarding the Middle East with Palestinians and Jews.
Rae also speaks about coming to Tampa to protest at the Republican Convention later this summer.
In the second half of the show, the topic was President Obama's risky political move in coming out in support of same-sex marriage.
Be the first to commentAdvocates demand meeting with Rep. Young; worried about budget for social service programs listen
05/10/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Paul Ryan, Bill Young, FCAN, Florida Consumer Action Network, Occupy Movement, Ryan Budget, Federal Budget
A group of progressive advocates wants U.S. Representative Bill Young to meet with them to talk about provisions in that controversial budget. The Republican-backed plan in the House would cut funding to things like federal Pell grants, foreclosure assistance programs and Medicare and Medicaid. Members of the Florida Consumer Action Network, or FCAN have been trying to arrange a meeting with Young, but have not been able to so far. So, Soledad Santiago along with about 20 other FCAN suppor...
Be the first to commentGeologist says Florida panhandle beaches still affected by tar balls from Deepwater Horizon disaster
05/09/12 Seán KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: BP, BP oil spill, Gulf oil spill, Gulf oil disaster, Deepwater Horizon, USF, geology, Corexit, dispersant, Rip Kirby
More than two years ago the Deepwater Horizon exploded, setting off the worst maritime oil accident in U.S. history. The petroleum industry as well as people in the seafood and tourism sectors would like you to believe the effects of the oil disaster are long gone. But our guest has found lingering evidence of oil and dispersant on the beaches of Florida’s Panhandle. In a manuscript published last month, Rip Kirby inc...
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