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Tampa Bay residents urged to plan ahead for tornadoes and active hurricane season listen
05/23/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: tornado, hurricane, weather, NOAA, Moore, Oklahoma
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, is predicting a hyperactive hurricane season with between 7 and 11 hurricanes with 3-6 severe storms. And with the nation still reeling from the catastrophic tornado that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma this week, people are taking severe weather seriously.
Charlie Paxton is a science and operations officer for the National Weather Service in Ruskin. He says summer-time tornadoes can present a huge threat to Floridians.
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Be the first to commentFranken Farms Labs labels cans as activism to draw awareness to March Against Monsanto and GMOs listen
05/22/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Monsanto, March Against Monsanto, Franken Farms, GMO, genetically modified food, organic, food, farming
This Saturday there will be coordinated protests across the country and around the world opposing genetically modified foods and the company Monsanto.
There are even March Against Monsanto rallies planned in Tampa and St. Petersburg.
In the meantime some activists have printed food label...
1 commentsNew Book Tells History of Child Sex Abuse Scandal in Catholic Church
05/22/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: child sexual abuse, crimes against children, Catholic Church, pedophile priests, Mortal Sins, Michael D'Antonio, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up on the first part of today’s program we are going to talk about the child sexual abuse scandal sweeping the Catholic Church. Later we’ll hear what a friend of the victim had to say about the young man who was killed by the FBI today in Orlando. The victim allegedly had ties to one of the Boston bombers.
But first one comment about yesterday’s program on which we discussed some of the reasons why the IRS would have a legitim...
Be the first to commentHigh speed ferry service may be in Tampa's transit future listen
05/22/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: high speed ferry, transit, Ed Turanchik, Bob Buckhorn, Sandra Murman, Hillsborough County Commission
Traffic congestion in Tampa is among the worst in the nation. That’s one reason why former Hillsborough County Commissioner Ed Turanchik is pushing for expanded transit using high speed ferries. During the first of three presentations on the issue Wednesday, Turanchik said the boats would initially serve people who commute from southern Hillsborough County to MacDill Air Force Base.
Be the first to comment“There is no other transportation option that can do so much for so little so fast with so much private i...
Median CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012
05/22/13 APWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: wages, salary, wage gap, minimum wage
CEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up.
The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, up 6.5 percent from a year earlier.
That's according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from the executive pay research firm Equilar.
CEO pay has never been higher. It fell two years straight during the Great Recession but rose 24 percent in 2010 and 6 percent in 2011.
Pay is up partly because a bigger proportion is coming from ...
Be the first to commentWere There Valid Reasons for the IRS to Scrutinize Tea Party Groups?
05/21/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tea Party, IRS, Mother Jones Magazine, 501 (c)4, social welfare groups, tax evasion, for-profits, partisan political activity, WMNF, Rob Lorei, Stephanie Mencimer
On this edition of WMNF's Radioactivity Rob Lorei interviews Stephanie Mencimer who is a staff writer for Mother Jones Magazine. She recently wrote a piece about why some Tea party groups should have been given scrutiny by the IRS.
Be the first to commentConservative groups protest at Tampa IRS building listen
05/21/13 Roberto RoldanWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: IRS, protest, scandal, scrutiny, conservative groups, tampa, Tea Part, Tampa 9-12, tax exemption, obama administration
As part of a series of nationwide protests, over one hundred concerned citizens lined the east and westbound lanes of Columbus Drive, outside of the Tampa IRS building this afternoon. Local conservative organizations stood with signs and megaphones calling on the federal government to hold the IRS accountable.
Members from Tampa Bay area Tea Party and 9-12 groups held signs and flags to speak out against extra scrutiny that the IRS has given to conservative groups. Sharon Calvert, co-found...
Be the first to commentTampa's Barrio Latino Commission allows Roosevelt 2.0 to keep its Ybor City mural listen
05/21/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Roosevelt 2.0, Ybor City, art, mural, Barrio Latino Commission
Tuesday the City of Tampa dedicated a giant outdoor mural on an Ybor City warehouse along Adamo Drive.
But a much smaller mural caused controversy at this morning’s meeting of the Barrio Latino Commission. City staff recommended removal of a mural outside the R...
Be the first to commentIn Pinellas 200 alternative energy advocates hold hands to oppose offshore drilling listen
05/20/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Hands Across the Sand, Gulf of Mexico, Treasure Island, BP, oil spill, BP oil disaster, fossil fuels, alternative energy, Sierra Club, Greenpeace
On Saturday 200 Tampa Bay residents protested against oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
They lined up along the shore of Treasure Island in Pinellas County, held hands and chanted "Hey ho, hey ho, fossil fuels have got to go."
For more than three years, Hands Across the Sand has been a way for people to show their support for alternatives to oil drilling.
Members of community groups and environmental organizations parti...
Be the first to commentSenator Rubio tells Tampa audience recent Obama administration scandals are due to political culture listen
05/20/13 Naveen SultanWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Marco Rubio, Republican Party, Republican Party of Hillsborough County, immigration, Benghazi, IRS, media
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) spoke in Tampa on Saturday, but instead of focusing on immigration reform he railed against the recent IRS, AP and Benghazi scandals. At the Hillsborough County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner Rubio said he is concerned about excessive government. He said the Obama administration’s criticism of the GOP has created a culture of politics that is responsible for these scandals.
Be the first to comment“When you go around demonizing your opponents, when you go around telling p...
