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Former Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio discusses her new book STRAIGHTFORWARD
11/04/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pam Iorio, Tampa, leadership funds, Straightforward, high-speed rail, Rick Scott, light rail
My guest today is Pam Iorio, former mayor of Tampa. She was first elected to public office in her 20's as a member of the Hillsborough County Commission. later she served as Hillsborough's Election Supervisor and earlier this year she completed her second term as mayor of Tampa. She's written a new book called STRAIGHTFORWARD: Ways To Live And Lead.
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Occupy Tampa asks Mayor Buckhorn for a public park listen
11/02/11 Josh Holton & Kelly BenjaminWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Tampa, Tampa, Tampa City Council, Tampa Mayor, Bob Buckhorn, Frank Reddick, Curtis Hixon Park
Occupy Tampa protesters are growing tired of Tampa Police seizing their property. They are asking city officials for a permanent place to legally occupy.
About 10 protesters with Occupy Tampa lined the sidewalk on North Ashley Drive outside Curtis-Hixon Park this morning. Several of them were playing music. One protester named Felix said the police came almost ten times within the last 24 ...
Be the first to commentRed-light cameras in Tampa: safety or intrusion? listen
10/31/11 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: red-light cameras, Tampa, Tampa Police, ACLU
The private company American Traffic Solutions administers Tampa’s new red-light cameras. The warning period ends Monday; beginning Tuesday, the city will issue $158 citations for red-light violations caught on tape. According to the city, nearly 4,000 warnings have been issued this month from the 24 cameras in Tampa. But people differ on whether they’re a good or bad thing for drivers.
The intersection safety cameras were proposed to reduce red-light running and collisions. They were acti...
2 commentsOccupy Tampa protester arrested Saturday for trespassing in the park listen
10/31/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Tampa, arrests, Tampa, homeless
This weekend another protester with Occupy Tampa was arrested. Tampa Police have now arrested 12 occupiers in total. 55-year-old diabetic Christopher Villanueva was arrested at 3 in the afternoon on Saturday for trespassing in Curtis-Hixon Park. He has posted bond, and was released an hour ago. Although he used to work, he has been homeless and unemployed since an assault left him wi...
Be the first to commentThree members of Occupy Tampa arrested Friday; Protesters say video disputes battery charges listen
10/28/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Tampa, Occupy DC, Occupy Movement, Tampa, Tampa Police, arrests
At about 3 o’clock this morning the Tampa Police Department arrested three protesters from the Occupy Tampa movement on the sidewalk in front of Curtis Hixon Park. WMNF’s Josh Holton reports, video shows Corporal L.J. Miles and about a dozen police told the group to remove newly-erected tents, and arrested the first of three protesters, Karel Soucre.
Protester Samantha Bowden said Soucre is originally from Venezuela. She said he is seeking political asylum in the U.S. He has visited the Oc...
3 commentsCurtis Hixon Park is Occupied; If arrests, group will pay for bail, Linda Moreno will represent them
10/22/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Tampa, Tampa Police, direct action
Sunday update: there were no arrests overnight Saturday night - Sunday morning.
Saturday night some members of Occupy Tampa took part of Curtis Hixon Park for a permanent occupation. It happened a few minutes after 10 p.m., when the park closed. In a General Assembly meeting that began after 7 p.m., the finance working group proposed that if anyone is arrested tonight, 75% of Occupy Tampa's funds would be used to bail them out (that comes to a little over $2000). Occupy Tampa accepted tha...
9 commentsTampa passes partial ban on panhandling listen
10/20/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: panhandling, Homelessness, homeless, poverty, Tampa City Council, Tampa, Tampa government, Occupy Tampa
Today the Tampa City Council passed a partial ban on panhandling on street corners. After the four to one vote, street solicitation is now banned every day but Sunday. Newspaper sales are excluded from the ban. Dozens of members of the public showed up comment on the three controversial panhandling ordinances.
After years of deliberation, Tampa City Council has decided to partially ban panhandling in public right of ways. Former City Council m...
Be the first to commentTampa Police tell Occupy protesters to get rid of tarps but they're allowed for bedding listen
10/18/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Tampa, Tampa Police
On Monday night Tampa Police told Occupy Tampa protesters that they had to get rid of tarps at their week-long encampment along the sidewalk of N. Ashley Drive. Demonstrators had put the tarps up to protect themselves and their bedding ahead of rainstorms expected this week.
After discussions between the two groups, the police left and Occupy Tampa continued with the ninth night in a row of occupying the space adjacent to Curtis Hixon Park. The protesters took down the tarps but are using ...
Be the first to commentDespite police warning, Occupy Tampa protesters vote to risk arrest and stay on sidewalk
10/12/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Tampa, Tampa Police
In an update to this story: as of 8 a.m. Wednesday there were still 30 Occupy Tampa protesters on the sidewalk along Ashley Dr. east of Curtis Hixon Park. They said the police did not show up again during the third night of the occupation.
On the third night of their overnight occupation of part of a sidewalk near Curtis Hixon Park, Occupy Tampa ...
Be the first to commentOccupy Tampa protesters plan to beat the heat by protesting in fountains: a "pool party" listen
10/11/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Tampa
Occupy Tampa is planning what they're calling a "pool party" on Sunday to beat heat at Curtis Hixon Park where there is no reprieve from the sun. One protester, Jordan Harrah, said Sunday marks the day that many U.S. cities are beginning occupations in their communities.
Be the first to comment“The pool party is going to coincide with a day of action on the 15th were countries all around the world and...
