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State Legislator Questions FPL Rate Increase; Bill Moyers on Sandy Hook Massacre; and Rush Limbaugh Wins Media Matters Award

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Tags: Dwight Dudley, FPL, Florida PSC, Bill Moyers, Sandy Hook, Rush Limbaugh, Media Matters

Welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today-- it's time for year end awards to be announced and the group Media Matters announced that conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh is being honored this week--- we'll talk about that later, plus we'll hear Bill Moyer's commentary on the Sandy Hook massacre. We'll open the phone lines later- but first--- The Florida Public Service Commission has approved a 350 million dollar rate increase for Florida Power and Light....We're join...

Big power companies putting smaller solar companies out of business? And media monopolies blocking fair debate in US?

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Tags: Scott McIntyre, Solar Energy Management, FPL, solar, Broadcast Blues, rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Clear Channel, Minot, Steve Wilson, Jane Akre, WTVT

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. Coming up today an interview with Scott McIntyre, CEO of Solar Energy Management, a small solar company in St. Petersburg. He says legislation moving through Tallahassee will give giant utility companies an edge over small businesses such as his.

And later, what impact is media consolidation having on political discourse, elections, public safety and honest reporting? All thos...

Howard Troxler on corruption in Tallahasssee

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Tags: Howard Troxler, Florida Public Service Commission, Jim Greer, Ray Sansom, leadership funds, utility companies, Florida Progress, FPL

Our next guest, Howard Troxler, has been writing a lot recently about corruption in state government. He joins us now to talk about the Public Service Commission, political donations, and recent scandals involving politicians, donors and political operatives.

You can contact Troxler at htroxler@sptimes.com.

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