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Lens lovers emerge victorious after contentious St. Pete Pier funding decision listen
05/17/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: St. Pete City Council, the Pier, the Lens, Charlie Gerdes, Leslie Curran, Jim Kennedy, Wengay Newton, WOW St. Pete, Concerned Citizens of St. Pete
St. Pete officials are moving forward with plans to build a new pier despite objections and a probable referendum. During a meeting Thursday, city council members approved more than $800,000 in scaled-back funding for the next design phase for the Lens.
Two weeks ago, city council put off deciding whether or not to allocate $1.5 million for the next step in replacing St. Pete’s iconic inverted pyramid. Instead, they asked for the funding request to be broken down into how the money would...
2 commentsShorter yellow lights may lead to more red light camera citations
05/17/13 Janelle IrwinLast Call Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: red light cameras, St. Pete, Matt Florell
Good Afternoon, welcome to the Last Call, I’m your host, Janelle Irwin. Alvaro Montealegre is our engineer. We’ll be opening up the phone lines to take your calls. Today we’ll be talking about Red Light Cameras.
An investigative report released this week by Noah Pransky of Channel 10 news shows that the Florida Department of Transportation changed its rules on yellow light intervals in 2011 to be less than federal recommendations. Just a half second reduction in the length of time a lig...
Be the first to commentParents of Teens Charge Their Children Were Executed By Right Wing Group Operating Out of Ft. Stewart
05/16/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Rob Lorei speaks with the parents of two teenagers who were allegedly murdered in cold blood by a secret Patriot group within the US military. Take a listen to this emotional and detailed account of their story .
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The murders took place near Fort Stewart Army base in Southeast Georgia.
Civilian prosecutors allege that four members of a right wing group killed 19 year old Michael Roark- a former member of the group and his 17 year old girlfriend Tiffany York ...
Be the first to commentTampa City Council approves noise ordinance on first reading listen
05/16/13 Roberto RoldanWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: noise, tampa, city council, driving, news, ordinance, volume, car stereo
Seven Tampa residents lined up in Tampa City Council Chambers Thursday to speak in support of a proposed noise ordinance. The ordinance passed its first reading and would enforce “steep” punishments for drivers who blast car stereos.
Drivers whose music is audible from 50 feet away would face an initial fine of $250. The first draft of the ordinance only allowed officers to enforce the noise ordinance during the night and early morning. After hearing from members of the public, like Betty ...
1 commentsTampa water department hashes half million dollar plan to avoid power failures listen
05/16/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa, water, power, Tampa City Council, water boil
A water boil alert that went out to more than a half million Tampa residents in February was the result of a domino effect of electrical problems that all started with a squirrel chewing through a power line. The power outage meant part of the city’s water supply could have been tainted and left residents and restaurants scrounging for bottled water and ice for 37 hours.
During a Tampa City Council meeting Thursday, Brad Baird, director of the city’s water department laid out a half mil...
Be the first to commentLens critics deliver more than 20,000 petitions to St. Pete City Hall to force a referendum listen
05/15/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday
Tags: The Pier, The Lens, Concerned Citizens of St. Petersburg, Bill Foster, St. Pete City Council, Wengay Newton, Karl Nurse
A group opposing plans for a new St. Petersburg Pier delivered more than 20,000 petitions to City Hall Wednesday to force a referendum in August. During a press conference calling on city council to stop spending money on the project until after the election, Fred Whaley responded to claims by critics that it’s not hard to get that many people to sign a petition.
Be the first to comment“What it’s hard to do is get 20,000 of them to do it and I guess it was a daunting task that we didn’t realize how long it woul...
The IRS Scrutinized Liberal and Conservative Groups; Which Got the Most Publicity?
05/15/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: tax exemption, non profit status, IRS, liberal groups, Scottie Nell Hughes, NAACP, Alex Seitz-Wald
Today on Radioactivity, host Rob Lorei took a closer look into the investigation on the IRS for its scrutiny of the Tea Party. His guest, a Tea Party media spokesperson went into further detail about the party's stance on the report. The show also touched on the role of the IRS during the Bush administration and how they went after peace, civil rights and environmental groups.
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[The Los Angeles Times is reporting this morning](http://www.latimes.com/news/nati...
Be the first to commentGun Violence Surges in Florida
05/15/13 Warren Elly with Eric Barton Florida Center for Investigative ReportingLast Call Wednesday
Tags: gun violence, gun control, Florida, mental health, background checks, gun shows
Warren Elly takes an in-depth look into the gun crisis and its presence in Florida. Listen to his discussion with investigative reporter Eric Barton.
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Today… It is perhaps the single most divisive issue in America – GUNS. Driven by the slaughter of young school children, multiple public opinion polls said that Americans by a wide margin favor tougher background checks for gun ownership. A Congressional majority, perhaps persuaded by ideology or the threat of ...
Be the first to commentPlanners look to transform Tampa's East Hillsborough Avenue corridor listen
05/15/13 Samuel JohnsonWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday
Tags: East Hillsborough Avenue, traffic safety, light rail, community awareness, Tampa, MPO, InVision
Regional planners are looking at ways to revamp an important urban corridor along Hillsborough Avenue in East Tampa. Tuesday at the Cyrus Green Recreational Center some 20 people gathered to listen to a progress report and offer their suggestions.
The Hillsborough Metropolitan Planning Organization, or MPO, commissioned a study on traffic congestion and safety. It identified the East Hillsborough Avenue corridor as an area with motorized and non-motorized...
Be the first to commentDemocrats and Republicans clash over Medicaid expansion at Pinellas political panel listen
05/14/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Florida legislature, Daryl Rouson, Ed Hooper, Larry Ahern, Jack Latvala, Tiger Bay, Medicaid expansion, parent trigger
The Florida Legislature is still taking heat from people who want to see the state’s Medicaid system expanded under the federal healthcare law. The House’s failure to approve a plan that would have covered 1.2 million Floridians using federal dollars was the center of debate during a Suncoast Tiger Bay Club luncheon today in Pinellas County. State Representative Larry Ahern, a Republican, defended the House’s proposal.
Be the first to comment"Because the House proposed a plan. We had a solution. But to comp...
