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Eve Ensler from The Vagina Monologues - Birth
06/21/12 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Eve Ensler performed from The Vagina Monologues her piece - "I was There-Birth"
Be the first to commentLisa Brown - Michigan legislator - muzzled for mentioning the word vagina
06/21/12 Lisa Brown speech in Michigan legislatureFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Lisa Brown, a Michigan legislator was censored for a speech she gave on the floor of the legislature regarding her reaction to some funding and abortion measures that were pending in the Michigan Legislature. She ended her speech with the comment that she was surprised at the interest by the Legislature with her vagina-but "No means No." It's available on YouTube video.
Be the first to commentPinellas County Sheriff race still heating up listen
06/21/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pinellas County Sheriff, Bob Gualtieri, Everett Rice, Greg Pound, Scott Swope, Tiger Bay
The heated debate continued in the race for Pinellas County Sheriff continued this afternoon as the four candidates answered questions at an event in the Carillon area. Most of the focus was on the two front-runners, current Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and former Sheriff Everett Rice.
Under Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, several detectives with the agency were put on leave after being accused of lying to judges and illegally gathering evidence when looking for marijuana growers. And Democratic Sheriff...
Be the first to commentGet to know 88.5 FM's new station manager, Sydney White listen
06/21/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: WMNF, public radio, Sydney White
WMNF’s new station manager Sydney White started his work here this week. Here’s a quick introduction to White, whose career has spanned from public radio and television to commercial media. We asked him about what kind of future he envisions for the station and about his background.
On Saturday 88.5 FM is hosting an open house and potluck to meet Sydney at our studio, 1210 E Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Tampa, beginning at 1 p.m. It will be followed by an all-station meeting.
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Be the first to commentPolitical Messaging: George Lakoff Says Progressives Are Failing To Link Their Moral Values with Their Policies
06/21/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. Our guest today is George Lakoff, who is a Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at UC Berkeley. He's the author of the best selling book DON'T THINK OF AN ELEPHANT. In his new book THE LITTLE BLUE BOOK: The Essential Guide to Thinking and Talking Democratic he offers some advice to progressives about framing their issues. He says Democrats too often fail to use language to link their moral values with their policies. The book offers some ways ...
Be the first to commentLaw enforcement officers working Republican convention in Tampa are warned about anarchists in this training video listen
06/20/12 Seán KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, ResistRNC, Tampa, Clean Zone, Event Zone, David Gee, Jane Castor
This afternoon on Last Call we took calls about three stories of the day.
A U.S. House committee voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for not turning over Justice Department Documents related the the Fast and Furious program.
Florida authorities have not found any wrongdoing in the deletion of emails by Governor Rick Scott and members of his transition team.
And this WMNF story on [Tampa's Republican Convention police training video warns other agencies ...
Be the first to commentTampa Bay Water will appeal reservoir lawsuit they lost listen
06/20/12 Samuel JohnsonWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa Bay Water, reservoir, water
On Monday in Clearwater the Tampa Bay Water board of directors voted to appeal a lawsuit they lost against the company they feel is responsible for the cracks in the region's failed reservoir. The board met in private with legal counsel for a little over one hour before making the decision.
Tampa Bay Water lost its lawsuit against HDR Engineering in April. The region's water utility claims HDR is responsible for cracks in the [C.W. B...
Be the first to commentPlatt Street Bridge restoration officially complete listen
06/20/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Platt Street Bridge, Occupy Tampa, RNC, homeless people, Sandra Murman, Harry Cohen
As Tampa officials get ready for a flood of visitors during the Republican National Convention in August, they’re making some infrastructure improvements. Officials from Hillsborough County and Tampa celebrated the completion of improvements to the Platt Street Bridge today in Tampa after spending 11 million dollars restoring it. Hillsborough County Commissioner Sandra Murman said the bridge was falling apart - it either needed to be replaced or restored.
Be the first to comment“And 35,000 cars go across thi...
Tampa's Republican Convention police training video warns other agencies against anarchists listen
06/20/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa Police, Hillsborough County Sheriff, RNC, anarchists, Jane Castor, David Gee
The Tampa Police Department and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office are busy making security plans for the Republican National Convention this summer.
They’re releasing a training video for the 59 law enforcement agencies that will help patrol Tampa during the convention.
In the video, Hillsborough Sheriff David Gee coaches officers to follow proper protocol to ensure situations don’t get out of hand. He said it’s important to keep things in ord...
1 commentsUrban Land Institute presents recommendations to Hillsborough County in effort to improve economic growth listen
06/20/12 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Urban Land Institute, Hillsborough County, economy
The Hillsborough County Economic Prosperity Stakeholder Committee wants to develop economic growth in the region. They’re getting advice from the Urban Land Institute, which recently presented recommendations on how the county could improve economic development opportunities.
The Urban Land Institute is a global organization focused on improving the economy for communities’ worldwide. Brian Grady, Executive Planner with Development Services of Hillsborough County says bringing the Urban La...
Be the first to commentFeds fund Tampa Riverwalk completion listen
06/19/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Riverwalk, Bob Buckhorn, federal funding, Tampa
The City of Tampa has won almost $11 million in federal funding to finish building Riverwalk. Mayor Bob Buckhorn announced the award at the Tampa Bay Partnership’s annual luncheon today at the Tampa Convention Center.
“We are going to finish that Riverwalk….”
The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER Discretionary Grant program will fund construction of an over-water walkway from MacDill Park under the Kennedy Boulevard Bridge to...
Be the first to commentTampa Bay region occupy movements join forces to plan their protest during Republican National Convention listen
06/19/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, Clean Zone, Event Zone, Occupy Tampa, Occupy St. Pete, Occupy Lakeland, Occupy Movement
About 75 Occupiers met at South Straub Park in downtown St. Pete last weekend where they brainstormed new ideas on how to protest things like corporate greed at the Republican National Convention in August. Members from across the Tampa Bay region are coming together for bi-weekly planning sessions. Occupy Tampa’s John Thomas also asked others in the movement to come up with a unified message.
Be the first to comment“I’ve seen a big division. It seems almost like teams, like Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street,...
Light rail advocates join forces to combat opposition in Pinellas listen
06/19/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: PSTA, transit, light rail, transportation, Norm Roche, Jeff Danner, Sierra Club, Awake Pinellas
Environmentalists and progressive activists are joining forces to let transit officials in Pinellas County know they want expanded mass transit. About 80 of them packed a Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) board meeting in Pinellas County Monday to make sure their presence was felt as heavily as rail opponents whose slogan is "no tax for tracks." Organizer of the event, Tim Martin represents the group Awake Pinellas. As multi-modal transportation supporters showed up, Martin made s...
Be the first to commentCoalition to March on the RNC holds organizing meeting at USF in Tampa listen
06/18/12 Michelle Friedline and Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, 2012 RNC, Tampa, Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Clean Zone, Tampa City Council, ResistRNC, Coalition to March on RNC, Veterans for Peace, USF
The Coalition to March on the RNC is solidifying its plans to march on the first day of the Republican Convention in August. On Saturday Representatives from community and student groups from around Florida and as far away as Atlanta and Asheville traveled to the University of South Florida in Tampa to learn tactics used in past large-scale protests which they could apply this year to increase their numbers and effectively maintain a strong presence. Mick Kelly, an activist in the anti-war an...
Be the first to commentFull text of President Obama's speech on new policy to not deport most undocumented youth listen
06/15/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: immigration, Barack Obama, Dream Act, youth
Here's the full text of the speech as provided by the White House:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release June 15, 2012
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON IMMIGRATION
Rose Garden
2:09 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. This morning, Secretary Napolitano announced new actions my administration will take to mend our nation’s immigrat...
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