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In St. Pete, Mitt Romney protesters say he's not the guy for the job listen
05/16/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy St. Pete, Florida Consumer Action Network, Fight Back Florida, activism, protests, Mitt Romney, RNC
At an early morning rally in downtown St. Petersburg this morning, Mitt Romney told supporters he wants to cut government spending. More than 25 demonstrators lined the street in front of the Mirror Lake Lyceum to protest the presidential hopeful’s policies.
"I’m so disillusioned that I don’t’ even know if I’m going to vote.”
Maria Agosto spent a half an hour shouting messages from the sidewalk across the brick road in front of where the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was...
6 commentsLast Call guest speaks out against Tampa's Republican convention Clean Zone ordinance
05/16/12 Seán KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, 2012 RNC, Tampa, Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Clean Zone, Tampa City Council, ResistRNC
Thursday Tampa City Council will hold a public hearing and final vote on the proposed temporary Clean Zone ordinance for the Republican National Convention. It has been altered and is now rebranded the Event Zone.
My guest this afternoon is Amos Miers, a critic of Tampa’s proposed Clean Zone or Event Zone ordinance for the Republican National Convention. He is with ResistRNC. We heard why he is opposed to the Clean Zone?
*note, the Event Zone ordinance [passed](http://www.wmnf.org/news_...
Be the first to commentOccupy Tampa takes to the Hillsborough River to build community and remind Tampa they're still here listen
05/14/12 Liz McKibbonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Hillsborough River, Tampa Police Department, Food Not Bombs, RNC, Event Zone, Clean Zone
Occupy Tampa has been in and out of the spotlight since relocating to West Tampa in December. Members gathered to Occupy the Hillsborough River on Saturday, to have fun and to remind Tampa they are still here.
Seven people, most from Occupy Tampa, put their kayaks in the water just north of downtown Tampa while a police boat circled the area. Although there was no confrontation, three police boats stayed close during the journey. The gr...
3 commentsCode Pink activist Rae Abileah on the Middle East, and talk on gay marriage
05/10/12 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Barack Obama, Rae Abileah, Republican Nationan Convention, RNC, Code Pink
Code Pink activist Rae Abileah comes on the program to talk about her work regarding the Middle East with Palestinians and Jews.
Rae also speaks about coming to Tampa to protest at the Republican Convention later this summer.
In the second half of the show, the topic was President Obama's risky political move in coming out in support of same-sex marriage.
Be the first to commentOccupy Tampa says it won't protest the Republican Convention from inside the "Event Zone" listen
05/04/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Clean Zone, Event Zone, RNC, Tampa City Council, Occupy Tampa
Occupy Tampa will not be protesting inside the proposed Event Zone for the Republican National Convention in August. During their general assembly last night the group decided to explore other demonstration options.
Tampa city council passed the first reading of an ordinance yesterday that would establish a restricted area in downtown Tampa for the week of the Republican National Convention. Members of Occupy Tampa have spoken out at every city council meeting that dealt with what was fo...
2 commentsTampa's Republican Convention Event Zone passes first reading; protesters bid farewell to First Amendment listen
05/03/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Clean Zone, Event Zone, RNC, Tampa City Council, Occupy Tampa
Tampa City Council passed the first reading of their modified “Clean Zone” ordinance Thursday morning; in the past few weeks the city has addressed some concerns with the proposal, like increasing time limits on protests and shrinking the area. They even changed the name to “Event Zone”. But some activists still aren’t happy with it.
In the original “Clean Zone” ordinance, protesters would only have 60 minutes to hold demonstrations in certain areas. It also would have charged large gro...
1 commentsTampa City Councilman Harry Cohen on the "Event Zone" and all things regarding the upcoming Republican National Convention
05/03/12 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Harry Cohen, Tampa City Council, Republican National Convention, RNC, Clean Zone, Event Zone
Tampa City Councilman Harry Cohen was our guest for the entire hour.
Earlier that day, Cohen and his Council colleagues supported the new ordinance crafted by Mayor Bob Buckhorn's administration on the "Event Zone," the portion of downtown Tampa that has a series of rules and regulations regarding those who plan to protest during the Republican National Convention in late August.
Be the first to commentTampa Police say they'll work with local reporters on Republican Convention logistics listen
04/26/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, Laura McElroy, Tampa Police, Jane Castor, media, Republican Convention
Earlier this month, Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor hosted a media roundtable to gather concerns from local journalists about reporting during August’s Republican Convention. Representatives from news organizations across the Bay area asked about everything from parking to wearing gas masks.
Most of the answers to reporters’ questions started with the words “We’ll tell you in June”. That’s when Chief Jane Castor p...
Be the first to commentA Civil Libertarian Describes Events at the Last GOP Convention in Minnesota
04/26/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Chuck Samuelson, RNC St. Paul, arrests, Agent Provocateurs, informants, militarization of police; pepper spray, RNC
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. In four months Tampa will host the Republican National Convention. When delegates, staff, journalists and demonstrators are counted as many as 50,000 people will be in the area for the convention.
The mayor of Tampa has proposed a large "clean-zone" around the convention site in downtown Tampa in which certain items and activities will be restricted.
Four years ago the city of St. Paul Minnesota hosted the Republican Convention. And to get an id...
Be the first to commentTampa City Council to ask Florida Governor & Legislature for ability to regulate concealed weapons during Republican Convention listen
04/26/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, 2012 RNC, Tampa, Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Clean Zone, Tampa City Council, Harry Cohen, Lisa Montelione
Next Thursday, Tampa City Council will take its first vote on temporary rules for August’s Republican National Convention. Many types of weapons would be banned inside the proposed Event Zone, which was originally called a Clean Zone. But that restriction would not apply to people with concealed weapons permits because of a Florida law prohibiting local municipalities from placing such limits. Today City Council member Lisa Montelione proposed sending a letter to the Governor, Attorney Genera...
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