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Some Tampa Bay residents eligible for federal disaster assistance listen
07/17/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: FEMA, Debby, Tropical Storm Debby, weather, climate change
The National Weather Service Tampa Bay reported strong thunderstorms in Pasco, Hernando and Hillsborough counties today with gusty winds and even public sightings of a funnel cloud near Thonotosassa. Pasco is under a flood warning.
Today’s storms only contribute to the problems that began with Tropical Storm Debby. Renee Bafalis is a public information officer with FEMA. She says some Tampa Bay area residents are eligible to receive [federal disaster assistance](http://www.disasterassista...
Be the first to commentDozens honor fallen Tampa soldier, some want troops home now listen
07/17/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Ricardo Seija, war on terror, Afghanistan, Iraq
Two soldiers killed in Afghanistan are being honored this week in Tampa. Today, a police motorcade escorted the body of Staff Sergeant Ricardo Seija and his family from MacDill Air Force Base through the streets of Tampa. Along Bayshore Boulevard dozens of supporters lined the road with American flags. The procession was a reminder of the high price of war. But Bruce Hockensmith with the Lutz Patriots said the event this morning was about respect, not politics.
Be the first to comment“If they came home tomor...
Advocates inform concertgoers about the affliction that killed Woody Guthrie: Huntington's Disease listen
07/17/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Huntington's Disease, Woody Guthrie
The hereditary brain disorder known as Huntington ’s Disease afflicts about 1 in every 10,000 people in the U.S. That’s according to the Huntington ’s Disease Society of America.
Local representatives passed out information about medical research and genetic testing for Huntington’s at last Saturday’s Woody Guthrie 100th birthday celebration hosted by WMNF.
n the 1960s, Guthrie died of complications resulting from Huntington’s.
WMNF spoke with Marilyn McCloskey, president of the C...
Be the first to commentIncumbent U.S. Senator not worried about poor name recognition in poll listen
07/17/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bill Nelson, Connie Mack IV, U.S. Senate, 2012 elections
A recent poll conducted by the Tampa Bay Times has incumbent U.S. Senator Bill Nelson maintaining a slight lead over his likely Republican opponent Connie Mack IV. But in that same poll, 12% of respondents said they didn’t know who Nelson was. At a press event yesterday, Nelson disputed that claim.
Be the first to comment“That would certainly not be ...
The Tampa Bay Times Polls Likely Voters on Obama, Romney, Nelson, Scott, Health Care and Immigration
07/16/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa Bay Times, July 2012 poll, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Bill Nelson, ACA, Health Care Reform, Immigration, Connie Mack IV
Good afternoon, welcome to WMNF….In the past few days the Tampa Bay Times has published a series of stories based on a recent poll…..
The telephone survey of 800 registered Florida voters — all likely to vote in the November general election — was conducted July 9-11 for the Tampa Bay Times, Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, Bay News 9 and Central Florida News 13. The poll was condu...
Be the first to commentNelson says Florida voter purge isn't the only challenge facing minority voters listen
07/16/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Florida voter purge, Voter Supression Act, Bill Nelson
The Department of Homeland Security granted Florida access to a database that will provide information about potential non-citizens. It will likely lead to the resumption of the state’s controversial voter purge. At a press event today, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson weighed in on what he thought of efforts to remove people from the voter rolls so close to an election.
Be the first to comment“I have no problem with anyone who is not a legal citizen from not being able to vote because that’s what we’re supposed to ha...
Debate: The Enemy Is Not Islam?
07/16/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Chris Ingram, Islam, Tom Trento, United West
Good morning, Welcome to Radioctivity. I’m Rob Lorei
Thanks to you if you donated last week during our membership drive. We did come up a little short and there is still time to donate—by going online to wmnf.org and selecting the “Give Now” button.
Today we’ll feature a debate that promises to be very spirited. Earlier this year Chris Ingram who is a contributing columnist for the Tampa Tribune and a Republican political analyst at Bay News Nine wrote a [column in May “Islam is not ...
Be the first to commentEnvironmental activists praise U.S. Senator Bill Nelson for RESTORE Act listen
07/16/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Deepwater Horizon, Oil Spill, BP, British Petrolium, Bill Nelson, RESTORE Act, BP oil disaster
A piece of legislation that will bring billions of dollars to Gulf coast communities for restoration efforts was signed by President Obama earlier this month. U.S. Senator Bill Nelson was the lead sponsor of the RESTORE Act and he’s taking his success on the road. At a press conference at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa today, members of the environmental community thanked him for his part in helping make the Gulf of Mexico healthier after the BP oil disaster.
Be the first to comment“It’s bi-partisan, it’s wel...
Activists still want minimum wage increase despite "get a job" gaffe listen
07/13/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bill Young, get a job, FCAN, Bill Hurley, Pepe Kovanis, minimum wage
Last week at a Fourth of July event in Treasure Island, member of Congress Bill Young told a constituent to “get a job”. The comment from the longtime Republican politician was in response to a question about raising the minimum wage and sparked national outcry from those who thought it was offensive. A YouTube video of the comment has more than 34,000 hits so far.
“Hi, I’m Pepe. How are you?
"I’m good."
"Happy Fourth of July."
"Thank you."
Be the first to comment"Jesse Jackson Jr. is passing a...
Republicans dominate Bell Shoals Baptist Church political forum listen
07/13/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Ronda Storms, Bell Shoals Baptist, Mark Nash, William Bronson, Sharon Calvert, Rob Turner, Victor Crist, Terry Kemple
Democrats were quiet at a massive political forum in Brandon last night where dozens of candidates for more state and local races gathered to meet voters. The mostly Republican crowd at Bell Shoals Baptist Church cheered any topic that aligned with Christian values. Jeff Meyer, the church’s executive pastor, said that’s what this nation was built on.
4 comments“It’s a nation that was built upon precepts that we find in scripture. It was built upon Your word. This nation was founded by Christian...
Tampa Mayor Buckhorn brags he prohibited Occupy Tampa from staying in downtown park listen
07/12/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bob Buckhorn, Occupy Tampa, 99%, Clean Zone, RNC, Republican National Convention
During an interview with Politico Tuesday, Mayor Bob Buckhorn took pride in effectively keeping Occupy Tampa from camping in a public park.
“I didn’t let them occupy much of anything which didn’t endear me to them. They had one of my neighbors hang a big sign in his yard who was sympathetic to the Occupiers. He had this big bed sheet hung from a tree right across the street from me…”
Buckhorn continued to describe what happened in front of loc...
1 commentsIndian Shores condo residents can use their new community garden listen
07/12/12 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Indian Shores, community gardens
Residents in more and more cities are using public land to create community gardens. The Pinellas beach town of Indian Shores will host a ribbon cutting ceremony to open their new community garden on Thursday July 19.
The new garden is located north of 192nd avenue between Whispering Pines and 2nd street. Bonnie Dhonau, public information officer for the Town of Indian Shores says this resident-only project uses Earth Boxes.
Be the first to comment“Well the town of Indian Shores is a condominium-centric tow...
Coalition to March on the RNC granted parade permit for first day of Republican Convention in Tampa
07/12/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday 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
The Coalition to March on the RNC announced today it had received a permit from Tampa to march along the city’s designated parade route on the first morning of next month’s Republican National Convention.
At 10 a.m. on Monday August 27 groups will gather at Perry Harvey Sr. Park, 1200 N. Orange Ave. About a half-mile away they'll march along the 11-block official parade route. It ends three blocks from the Tampa Bay Times Forum, the site of the convention. That’s where one of the designate...
Be the first to commentNatural Resources Defense Council releases beach water quality report listen
07/12/12 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
The Natural Resources Defense Council recently released their 22nd annual Vacation Beach Water Quality Report. The findings show an overall rise in pollution at beaches around the US, but Florida fared better than most states.
According to NRDC’s results, Florida’s beaches ranked 5th in Beachwater Quality out of 30 states. Only 3% of samples in the Sunshine State exceeded national standards for beaches in 2011. At beaches like Fort DeSoto, and Sand Key less than 5% of water samples exceed...
Be the first to commentActivists call on Florida Department of Law Enforcement to ditch anti-Muslim training contractor listen
07/11/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: CAIR, Hassan Shibly, Muslims, Islam, FDLE
Thirty Muslim groups are asking the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to sever ties with one of their counter-terrorism trainers. Hassan Shibly, director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, said Sam Kharoba teaches law enforcement officers to unfairly stereotype Muslims.
2 comments“Kharoba claims radicals can be identified by ten to twelve physical markers such as headbands, types of facial hair or a prayer bump on the forehead from frequent contact with a prayer mat. One o...
