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Sulphur Springs neighborhood is getting a facelift including demolishing dilapidated houses listen
01/29/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bob Buckhorn, community redevelopment, neighborhoods, Sulphur Springs
The City of Tampa plans to knock out blight in some at-risk neighborhoods. Most of the attention is on the Sulphur Springs neighborhood where Mayor Bob Buckhorn had some fun with a giant claw this morning.
“Now if I were you, I would hide the children and move out of the way because I’m going to knock this building down.”
And so he did.
Buckhorn took to the controls of a giant excavator to bring the condemned house down as part of a new neighborhood revitalization program called th...
Be the first to commentGroup Calls for the Wealthy and Corporations to Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes
01/29/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: PICO, Kevin King, Americans for Tax Fairness, corporations paying no taxes
Good morning,
Welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll talk about calls by a group called Americans for Tax Fairness to get wealthy Americans and corporations to pay their fair share of taxes- as part of any new budget agreement.
But first- four listener comments about yesterday's program. For a good portion of yesterday's open phone segment, callers wanted to discuss 9/11 conspiracy theories. Here's what several listeners had to say.
Tomorrow afternoon a group ...
Be the first to commentTimes report points to flaws in Florida's aquifer water flow model listen
01/28/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Craig Pittman, Tampa Bay Times, karst, water, aquifer, Floridan aquifer
The model that Florida regulators use to issue water pumping permits is likely to severely underestimate the rate of water flow in the aquifer because of a type of geology called 'karst.'
According to an article in Monday's Tampa Bay Times by reporter Craig Pittman, that could be contributing to pollution and low flow of springs in the state.
The story is ca...
Be the first to commentEnergy, Electric Rates, the Environment and Solar Power
01/28/13 Robert LoreiLast Call Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: clean energy, solar, nuclear, rate hikes, Florida PSC
Interview with safe energy activist Susan Glickman, director of the Florida Clean Technology Business Council. FMI http://www.cleanenergy.org
Be the first to commentNearly 200 immigrants become U.S. citizens while Senators push for comprehensive immigration reform listen
01/28/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: immigration, naturalization, citizenship, Marco Rubio, Bill Nelson, immigration reform
Some Republicans and Democrats in the Senate announced an immigration reform framework today that would benefit undocumented immigrants. Senator Charles Schumer, a Democrat from New York, said the agreement is a major breakthrough because Americans oppose illegal immigration, but support legal immigration.
The push came as nearly 200 Tampa Bay area immigrants became American citizens during a naturalization ceremony at Eckerd College Monday morning.
People from 56 countries ranging in...
Be the first to commentPedestrians/Cyclists look forward to a new link between counties with the Courtney Campbell Causeway Trail
01/25/13 Lisa MarzilliLast Call Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Courney Campbell Causeway Trail, Florida Dept of Transportation, Courtney Campbell Causeway Scenic Highway Advisory Committee
On today's Last Call we heard details about a project now under construction that is sure to please both bicyclists and hikers – especially those who used to use the Friendship Trail Bridge. It’s called the Courtney Campbell Causeway Trail. The eight-mile path will eventually link Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties connecting Tampa to Clearwater. On the Pinellas side it will run along the south side of ...
Be the first to commentFlorida schools implement algebra help via Facebook listen
01/25/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rick Scott, education, teacher pay, STEM, Pinellas County Schools, Algebra Nation
This morning in Pinellas County, educators and Governor Rick Scott kicked off a new system that lets Florida students get free algebra help while they Facebook. Algebra Nation is a statewide service created for schools by the University of Florida and a private company called Study Edge that interfaces mobile apps and social media.
A simple algebra problem headlined the white smart board in the library at Dixie Hollins High School in Kenneth City. A student solved it and the answer – 52 ...
Be the first to commentGOP Plan to Change the Electoral College System in Blue States and The ACLU of Florida Criticizes Governor and Cabinet Over Denial of Ex-Felon Voting Rights
01/25/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday)
Good morning, Welcome to Radioactivity.
Republicans in Florida and several other blue states are planning to change the way electoral votes are counted in their states. They hope to increase the chances to elect a Republican president in the next election. Is the plan fair- and how far along is the process? We'll talk about that in a moment. We'll also talk with an official of the Florida ACLU- about how the state's new rules barring ex-felons from voting may violate an international treat...
Be the first to commentShirley Sherrod on how she stood up to the "politics of fear" listen
01/25/13 Lenka DavisWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Shirley Sherrod, Barack Obama, USDA
In 2010 Shirley Sherrod was forced to resign from position as Georgia state director for Rural Development for the USDA when heavily edited remarks were used to accuse her of discriminating against a white farmer.
After setting the record straight, the Obama Administration offered Sherrod a new position at the USDA which she later declined.
In this second half of her interview with WMNF’s Lenka Davis, Sherrod shares the story of her memoir “The Courage to Hope: How I stood up to the p...
Be the first to commentLorraine Langlois CEO of Metropolitan Wellness Centers Tampa Bay region
01/24/13 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: HIV, health, women's issues
Lorraine Langlois, the CEO of the Metro Wellness and Community Centers, talk about the programs that the agency offers for a comprehensive response to the needs of HIV-affected, GBLT and other at risk communities of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco, and Hernando Counties.The agency serves nearly 3000 people at any one time and through substance abuse treatment and prevention, counseling, case management, a food pantry, prevention services, a thrift store and social and recreational programs assi...
Be the first to commentSarah Erdreich author of Generation Roe; Inside the Future of the Pro-Choice Movement
01/24/13 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: women's issues, abortion, choice
Sarah Erdreich, journalist and women's health advocate talks about her book Generation Roe; Inside the Future of the Pro-Choice Movement. Sarah has been identified as a leading pro-choice activist by Newsweek and her writings have appeared in Lilith, Feminists for Choice, RH reality choice and many other publications. Sarah feels that 40 years after Roe vs Wade it is time to demystify abortion. She discusses many of the issues of autonomy, privacy and sexuality that are so inextricably tang...
Be the first to commentNew apartment complex offers housing for Tampa's chronically homeless listen
01/24/13 Ella WindWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Homeless, Housing, Mental Healthcare, Cypress Landing, Steps Forward, Rehabilitation, homelessness, Tampa
Two years ago, Tampa government officials began to investigate options for addressing Tampa's homeless population, which numbered around 18,000 people. On Wednesday, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held at Cypress Landing housing complex in North Tampa, the first permanent housing complex for the chronically homeless in Hillsborough County.
The Cypress Landing complex will house the chronically homeless, those who are repeatedly homeless or have been homeles...
2 commentsHillsborough rejects domestic partner registry listen
01/24/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa, Hillsborough County, Hillsborough County Commission, domestic partnership registry, domestic partnership
Today the Hillsborough County Commission rejected the issue of a domestic partnership registry where non-married couples can get a few of the rights that married couples have.
Four Commissioners opposed the idea: Al Higginbotham, Ken Hagan, Victor Crist and Sandra Murman.
Jennifer Gordon is the legislative assistant for Florida Representative Mark Danish and during public comment this morning read a le...
Be the first to commentShirley Sherrod: I hope the administration learned from my case listen
01/24/13 Lenka DavisWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Shirley Sherrod, Barack Obama, USDA
In 2010, Shirley Sherrod was forced to resign from her position at the US Department of Agriculture after a conservative commentator posted a heavily edited video of a speech, which suggested that Sherrod discriminated against a white farmer. The video set off criticism, mainly by conservative networks, but the full recording of the speech proved Sherrod was telling a story with the opposite meaning.
WMNF’s Lenka Davis interviewed Sherrod after she spoke at a leadership luncheon hosted b...
Be the first to commentJournalist Michael Hastings on the 2012 Campaign and Zero Dark Thirty
01/24/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: propaganda, press access to political campaigns, Zero Dark Thirty, Michael Hastings, Panic 2012
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll talk with journalist Michael Hastings about his new book on the 2012 Presidential campaign. We’ll also discuss with him his criticism of the new film Zero Dark Thirty and its positive view of torture….
But first- two listener comments about yesterday’s program. Yesterday we spent some time talking about the President’s inauguration and gun laws. Here’s what two listeners had to say:
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