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A Retired Marine Fights To Reveal The Truth About Water Pollution At Camp leJeune
01/13/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Camp LeJeune, Marine Corps, contaminated drinking water, Jerry Ensminger, Tampa
Good afternoon, welcome to WMNF's Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei.
Our first guest is Jerry Ensminger who spent almost 25 years in the US Marine Corps. Part of that time he was stationed at Camp LeJeune, NC. Ensminger says he believes that his nine year old daughter died as a result of being exposed to contaminated drinking water on the base. In 1997 he learned of the contamination at the base -- long after his daughter had died. Now he's on a mis...
Be the first to commentBill Nelson: Florida will get $342 million more for high-speed rail listen
12/09/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: high-speed rail, transit, transportation, Lakeland, Orlando, Tampa, FDOT, Bill Nelson
Florida may be getting more money for its proposed high-speed train. And it’s thanks to some states rejecting the federal funds. Federal Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has told Florida’s Democratic U.S. Senator Bill Nelson that Florida will get some of the money rejected by Wisconsin and Ohio. Recently elected Republican governors in those states have said they did not want high-speed rail projects.
1 comments"Florida is getting an early Christmas present. We just got $342 million more for ou...
Local charity experiencing high volume of need, not donations, ahead of holidays listen
11/24/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Metropolitan Ministries, homelessness, unemployment, Tampa, holiday charity, poverty, food
Food pantries across the Tampa Bay area are experiencing shortages just ahead of the holiday weekend. One Tampa nonprofit is experiencing a swell of people in need this year, including former donors and volunteers.
The rows of donated non-perishables are set up like grocery store aisles. Here, those who’ve signed up with Metropolitan Ministries’ holiday food program weave their shopping carts throughout rows of cereal, pasta, and canned goods. Katherine from Tampa is poring over boxed grai...
Be the first to commentHillsborough continues talk of countywide panhandling ban listen
11/10/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Homelessness, Hillsborough County, Tampa, Panhandling
With no relief for rampant unemployment and underemployment in the Tampa Bay area, many jobless and working poor take to curbsides and medians in the hope that enough passersby will spare a dollar or two. Many see it as a hazard, which is why Hillsborough County is considering revamping a countywide ban on the practice. Today Tampa and county officials held its second workshop to kick around possible ways of curbing the practice.
Assistant Tampa Police Chief John Bennett says a recent ag...
23 commentsTampa City Council approves voluntary wellness centers for employee health care listen
10/28/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa, Mary Mulhern, Charlie Miranda, health care, wellness centers, Pam Iorio
City of Tampa employees will have the option to attend a wellness center instead of their regular doctor under an agreement approved today by the City Council. The city’s director of human resources, Kimberly Crum, says the voluntary program will cut costs and improve the health of Tampa employees and retirees.
Be the first to comment"The benefits to employees include convenience, each visit they make to a voluntary wellness center will be zero cost payments as well as zero co-payment for generic prescriptions ...
Castor - new bill would pay seniors in lieu of cost of living increase listen
10/27/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kathy Castor, Mike Prendergast, Social Security, seniors, Tampa, Florida Politics, 2010 election, Obamacare
Earlier this month, the US Social Security Administration announced that, once again, it won’t increase payments to seniors to reflect the rising cost of living. One US Member of Congress from Tampa is pushing for funds to help offset the increased cost of living for seniors – if it can escape Republicans.
For the third year in a row, the Social Security Administration won’t budge on the amount it pays out to seniors and others who rely on the system. US Member of Congress Kathy Castor sa...
2 commentsLocal Sustainablity Discussed at Green Business Summit listen
10/13/10 Kelly BenjaminWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rose Ferlita, Ed Turanchik, green business, Tampa, sustainability
Entrepreneurs, business leaders and elected officials mingled in downtown Tampa today and discussed the benefits of sustainable business practices and how to bring more green jobs to Tampa. Micheal Ciftci co-founder of United For A Sustainable America, helped organize the event:
"The goal of today's event is to make the business case for sustainability..."
Micheal Hendrix, an environmental consultant with PBS&J out of California says that Tampa can start turning things around by breaki...
Be the first to commentLA Gov. Jindal stumps for Rubio in Tampa listen
10/13/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, Charlie Crist, Kendrick Meek, Tampa, Florida politics, 2010 elections
Today two key endorsements in the race for Florida’s open US Senate seat hit the airwaves – one was predictable, the other, not so much. On the heels of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement that he’s backing non-party candidate Charlie Crist over Democrat Kendrick Meek, a Republican governor from another gulf state stumped for Rubio in Tampa today.
The gulf oil disaster was once only a boon for Democrats, who generally oppose offshore oil drilling. But Republicans like Louisiana governor B...
Be the first to commentFlorida's High Speed Rail on track for 2015 listen
10/11/10 Sarah CurranWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: high-speed rail, transit, transportation, Lakeland, Orlando, Tampa, FDOT, Siemens, MOSI
This isn't your average choo-choo train.
“Not only is it a better way to get from point A to point B, it is safe, reliable, and comfortable, and you know you are going to arrive at your destination on time.”
High-speed rail will connect Tampa to Orlando by 2015 and would run on speeds up to 200-mph. A bullet train would cut the drive time nearly in half and could even beat airplanes to their destination. Siemens Spokesperson, Becky Johnson says that’s not all the new rail would offer. ...
25 commentsCounty Commission candidates debate at Tiger Bay, and Ken Hagan's under fire listen
10/01/10 Joshua Lee HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: politics, election, Hillsborough County, Hillsborough BOCC, Tampa
Republican Ken Hagan received a firestorm of criticism at today’s debate at the Tiger Bay Club in Downtown Tampa. The Hillsborough County Commission Chair is running for the countywide District 5 seat. He was supposed to debate former Tampa City Council member, Democrat Linda Saul-Sena, and her no-party affiliate competitor Jim Hosler. But Hagan didn’t show u...
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