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STATE PLANS TO CUT BUDGET FOR COURT-ORDERED DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS
09/17/03Hillsborough Circuit Court Judge Kevin Carey and Tampa Crossroads Director Dan Kane discussed the impact on the state of the planned cuts in funding in for drug treatment for first-time offenders.
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Reverend Bruce Wright of the Refuge and Dan Seigel who is a minister working with young people in Hillsborough's jails say that mistreatment of young people is common in the state's criminal justice system.
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09/16/03COMEDIAN AND BEST SELLING AUTHOR AL FRANKEN. FRANKEN- WHOSE BOOK "LIES, AND THE LYING LIARS WHO TELL THEM" (BASIC BOOKS) IS ON TOP OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER LIST THIS WEEK.... HE RECEIVED CONSIDERABLE PUBLICITY THIS SUMMER WHEN FOX NEWS SUED HIM FOR USING THE WORDS "FAIR AND BALANCED" ON THE BOOK'S COVER. FOX SAID FAIR AND BALANCED WAS A COPYWRITTEN SLOGAN OF THE NETWORK AND THAT BOOK BUYERS MIGHT BE CONFUSED AND BUY THE BOOK, ASSUMING THERE WAS AN OFFICIAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FRAN...
Be the first to commentCIVIL RIGHTS SPEECHES - Amy Snider
09/16/03A new book of civil rights speeches was published earlier this year. Ripples of Hope was compiled and edited by 28 year old Josh Gottheimer, who was a speechwriter for former President Bill Clinton. Gottheimer, now a Harvard Law student, spoke with WMNF’s Amy Snider about Ripples of Hope…
Josh Gottheimer worked in the West Wing for former president Bill Clinton for almost three years, after serving on the rapid communications team for the Clinton/Gore campaign in 1996. He was a...
Be the first to commentTHE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS OF 9/11
09/11/03Seth Ackerman is a journalist has written a cover story for the September 3 edition of IN THESE TIMES magazine in which he takes a close look at the failures of the Bush administration to heed warnings that terrorists might strike the U.S.
Be the first to commentTHE SECULAR ORGANIZATION FOR SOBRIETY (SOS)
09/10/03Jim Christopher founded this group 25 years ago; Ken Bickers is a local member. They discussed the need for support groups which help people battle their addictions but which do not require a belief in a "higher power".
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09/08/03 Be the first to commentGOV BUSH AND FRONT PORCH FLORIDA PROGRAM - Kim Farley
09/04/03This afternoon Florida Governor Jeb Bush stopped by the Marriott Westside hotel. A luncheon was held there to celebrate the graduation of the first 6 communities from the Front Porch Florida program. WMNF’s Kimberley Farley reports:
The Front Porch Florida program began in 1999 as an effort to rejuvenate lower income neighborhoods. Communities from around the state write a proposal on how they can improve their neighborhood by bringing in business, building communi...
Be the first to commentWATER WARS - Amy Snider
09/04/03Environmental groups led by the Sierra Club protested outside of annual meeting of Florida’s five water management districts today. WMNF’s Amy Snider has the story…
Oppose what they see as a water grab from Northern Florida to developers in South Florida
The council of 100 is an advisory group to Florida’s governor which has been in place for four decades. The governor appoints 100 statewide business leaders, who must be confirmed by the State Senate. The Council Chairman is C...
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08/28/03Labor journalist David Bacon on his article IN IRAQ, LABOR PROTEST IS A CRIME Bacon says that the U.S. military has cracked down on Iraq's largest union, a confederation of unemployed people. He says that unemployment is widespread in the wake of the U.S. military takeover and that the U.S. has been hostile to labor organizing since it overthrew Saddam Hussein.
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