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Three arrested at Occupy Tampa Wednesday night listen
11/17/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Tampa Police, Tampa, Occupy Wall Street
There were three more arrests late last night at Occupy Tampa. One was skateboarding in Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park after hours, and was arrested for trespassing. Two more people were arrested while trying to document the arrest.
This is the second time Ryan Bee has been arrested for trespassing. The last time he was arrested for attempting to oc...
Be the first to commentOccupy Tampa rally: "Vets are the 99 percent!" listen
11/14/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Tampa, Occupy Movement, veterans, PAC, Tampa
Saturday afternoon about 30 members of Occupy Tampa rallied in support of Veterans. They marched from their sidewalk encampment by Curtis Hixon Park to Joe Chillura Courthouse Square Park, which is home to a memorial that honors fallen soldiers who were connected to Hillsborough County and killed in [Operation Iraqi...
2 commentsPam Iorio on her book "Straightforward, Ways to Live and Lead" listen
11/11/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pam Iorio, Occupy Tampa, Tampa, Bob Buckhorn, Free Speech Zones, 2012 RNC
Former two-term Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio held her first public book signing at local independent book store Inkwood Books last night. It’s called: Straightforward, Ways to Live and Lead.
Pam Iorio left office with an 87% approval rating. Seven months after leaving public life, she now lectures on leadership at the University of Tampa’s College of Business. When asked if she would compete for the governor’s seat,...
Be the first to commentOccupy USF organizers demand tuition freeze listen
11/10/11 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy USF, Tampa, USF, Occupy Tampa, SDS
University of South Florida students are continuing to protest against 15 percent tuition hikes. A crowd of fifty Occupy USF protesters marched across campus to demand a tuition freeze on November 9. Students gathered in front of Cooper Hall and then marched to Patel Center to meet with university officials and administration. Some demonstrators demanded the resignation of USF President Judy Genshaft. Students chanted “Judy got paid off, we got ripped off,” “Hey, ho, tuition hikes have got to...
Be the first to commentOccupy Tampa members camp overnight at Kiley Garden listen
11/08/11 Josh HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Movement, Tampa, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, Tim Sommers
After two consecutive nights of arrests, Occupy Tampa has completed their first arrest-free overnight occupation of Kiley Garden in downtown Tampa. Four people slept on blankets on the grass from 2 until 6:30 this morning.
Three Tampa Police woke up protesters Becky Rubright, Tim Sommers, Nick Windholz, and Derek English inside Kiley Garden and said ...
5 commentsFormer 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...
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