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Hillsborough gun buy-back nets two rocket launchers and hundreds of other firearms listen
02/04/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: guns, gun control, buy-back, Ybor City, Hillsborough County Sheriff
Update from HSCO, 7 Feb: "the final number of firearms collected at Operation Gun Swap was 2,808"
On Saturday the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office conducted a very popular gun buy-back program at five locations.
They collected hundreds of rifles and handguns and even a couple of rocket launchers and a flute that had been converted into a firearm.
WMNF spoke with Sheriff’s Captain Chad Chronister at their operations center in Ybor City midway through the event, while the line ...
1 commentsCivil Rights Pioneer and Tampa Native Dr. Bernard Lafayette
02/04/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bernard Lafayette, Freedom Riders, SNCC, non-violence, guns, NRA
Our next guest is Bernard Lafayette who was born in Tampa. He is a longtime civil rights activist and organizer, who was a leader in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. He played a leading role in early organizing of the Selma, Alabama, voting rights campaign; was a member of the Nashville Student Movement; and worked closely throughout the 1960s movements with groups such as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the Amer...
Be the first to commentNew Book Says Cuban Five Posed No Security Risk to U.S.
02/04/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cuban exile terrorist groups, Alpha 66, Steven Kimber, What Lies Across the Water
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll talk with the author of a new book about a group of five Cubans who are imprisoned in the US. They say they were spying on Cuban exile terrorist groups in Florida and elsewhere….
And we’ll meet a man born in Tampa- who went on to become one of the most prominent civil rights activists of the 1960’s. He’s devoted his life to discuss the power of non-violence- as a way to fight injustice…..
But first—just a not...
Be the first to commentPalestinian activist Iyad Burnat speaks to USF students about nonviolent resistance listen
02/01/13 Ella WindWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Israel, Palestine, Five Broken Cameras, USF, Iyad Burnat
Palestinian activist Iyad Burnat is profiled in the Oscar-nominated film Five Broken Cameras. He’s touring the United States to spread awareness about the non-violent resistance in his West Bank village of Bil’in. On Thursday at University of South Florida, he spoke about life under Israeli occupation and showed footage of protests from his village.
The village of Bil’in lies just two and a half miles east of the ...
Be the first to commentTransit officials in Hillsborough are trying to get rolling on improvements listen
02/01/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: HART, transit, transportation, BRT, light rail, Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County’s transit agency is looking at ways to revamp its system, mostly by improving services it already offers. At a workshop today, community stakeholders and HART officials laid out different funding options for new projects.
More and more people are ditching their wheels and hopping on buses. According to Jeff Seward, HART’s chief financial officer, ridership is already up 3.5% over last year. That leaves a wide gap in bus service for the county that Seward said could b...
Be the first to commentThe Fourth Annual India International Film Festival
02/01/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: India International Film Festival, yoga, Francis, Vayalumkal, Suzanne Bryant
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll talk about the February 15-17th India International Film Festival taking place in Ybor City at the Muvico Theatres.. Later we'll talk with Tampa Bay Times media critic Eric Deggans about the outcome of the schock jock trial in Tampa. And later we'll open the phone lines.
First we'll talk with Francis Vayalumkal an organizer with the upcoming film festival and Suzanne Bryant whose film ...
Be the first to commentHillsborough County Sheriff wants to buy your guns listen
02/01/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: guns, gun control, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office
Update: hundreds of firearms have been turned in including two rocket launchers.
More photos here; videos below
As gun control debates continue to heat up throughout the country, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office will be buying back unwanted guns this Saturday from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. They'll give people $75 and tickets to a Rays game and a Lightning game. All of the firearms and ammunit...
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