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Tampa will hold three town halls on impacts of RNC on residents and businesses
07/25/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, 2012 RNC, Clean Zone, Tampa, Bob Buckhorn, transit, Tampa Police, HART, OccupyRNC, ResistRNC
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn announced Wednesday that he will host three town hall meetings in August on the impacts of the Republican National Convention on residents and businesses.
The meetings will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on August 14 (Florida Aquarium), August 15 (Stetson University College of Law Tampa campus) and August 16 (Kate Jackson Community Center on South Rome Ave.).
The city says there will be representatives from the Tampa Police Department, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Of...
Be the first to commentRepublican convention protesters unveil threats of violence against them listen
07/19/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, ResistRNC, Republican National Convention, Romneyville, terrorism
An organization planning to protest at the Republican National Convention next month is claiming they are the target of violent threats. The group ResistRNC has listed several quotes they claim came from direct messages to their website.
Most of the alleged emails warn members of the group not to use violence during their demonstrations. But Amos Miers, one of ResistRNC’s organizers, said some of them are nothing more than threats – like this one:
1 comments“It’s from Nick Athan and the subjec...
Coalition to March on the RNC granted parade permit for first day of Republican Convention in Tampa
07/12/12 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, ResistRNC, Coalition to March on RNC
The Coalition to March on the RNC announced today it had received a permit from Tampa to march along the city’s designated parade route on the first morning of next month’s Republican National Convention.
At 10 a.m. on Monday August 27 groups will gather at Perry Harvey Sr. Park, 1200 N. Orange Ave. About a half-mile away they'll march along the 11-block official parade route. It ends three blocks from the Tampa Bay Times Forum, the site of the convention. That’s where one of the designate...
Be the first to commentAnonymous video on YouTube: when Tampa RNC protests are illegal "there's no other option left but to fight" listen
07/10/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, ResistRNC, Anonymous, Bob Buckhorn, Republican Convention, Tampa, protests, Black Bloc
On Monday a new YouTube account from user "Victor Robert" posted this video "Anonymous Message To Mayor Buckhorn And RNC Protesters"
The voice is computer generated. The video includes scenes of Occupy Wall Street protests and police violence. Much of the video is of a person wearing a Guy Fawkes mask walking outdoors near cabbage palms - the video is altered by an electronic effect.
Here are some quotes from the video:
Be the first to comment"Mayor Bob Buckhorn has created "Clean Zones" ... a desperate ...
ResistRNC activist says his group won't comply with Tampa's Republican Convention protest zones or parade route
06/27/12 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
Tuesday the City of Tampa announced its official parade route and "public viewing area" for August's Republican National Convention; Resist RNC organizer Amos Miers says his group will be ignoring the city's map. Miers was my guest on Last Call and answered questions from listeners about his group's plans for the RNC.
The official parade route begins at the intersection of N Brush Street and E Washington Street. Protesters can march about four blocks down Washington, then turn left on Morg...
Be the first to commentTampa designates Republican Convention "public viewing area" and 11-block official parade route listen
06/26/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, Clean Zone, Event Zone, Tampa, ResistRNC
Tuesday the City of Tampa announced its official parade route and "public viewing area" for August's Republican National Convention, and activists like Becky Rubright are upset.
The official parade route begins at the intersection of N Brush Street and E Washington Street. Protesters can march about four blocks down Washington, then turn left on Morgan Street for a block before another left on E Whiting Street. After three more blocks, marchers will turn left on Nebraska Avenue for the fin...
Be the first to commentLaw enforcement officers working Republican convention in Tampa are warned about anarchists in this training video listen
06/20/12 Seán KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, ResistRNC, Tampa, Clean Zone, Event Zone, David Gee, Jane Castor
This afternoon on Last Call we took calls about three stories of the day.
A U.S. House committee voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for not turning over Justice Department Documents related the the Fast and Furious program.
Florida authorities have not found any wrongdoing in the deletion of emails by Governor Rick Scott and members of his transition team.
And this WMNF story on [Tampa's Republican Convention police training video warns other agencies ...
Be the first to commentCoalition to March on the RNC holds organizing meeting at USF in Tampa listen
06/18/12 Michelle Friedline and Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, 2012 RNC, Tampa, Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Clean Zone, Tampa City Council, ResistRNC, Coalition to March on RNC, Veterans for Peace, USF
The Coalition to March on the RNC is solidifying its plans to march on the first day of the Republican Convention in August. On Saturday Representatives from community and student groups from around Florida and as far away as Atlanta and Asheville traveled to the University of South Florida in Tampa to learn tactics used in past large-scale protests which they could apply this year to increase their numbers and effectively maintain a strong presence. Mick Kelly, an activist in the anti-war an...
Be the first to commentLast 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_...
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