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The ACLU Challenges Florida Voter Purge in Federal Court; The Conservative Effort to Divide the Working Class
06/11/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: ACLU, Florida voting purge, lawsuit, Baylor Johnson, suspected non-citizens
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll talk about the ACLU' s lawsuit against Florida over the voting purge. And we'll talk about the conservative strategy to divide working class voters. But first some listener comments about last Friday's program. Several listener comments wanted to discuss the voting purge and tax breaks for Wal-Mart. Here's what three listeners had to say.
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLUFL), the Lawyers’ Committee...
1 commentsSEIU Challenges New Florida Law Reducing State Employee Pay
06/22/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: SEIU, FPSU, Florida Senate bill 1200, Alphonso Mayfield, Florida Pension system, lawsuit
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up we'll talk with a union president who is challenging the new law reducing state worker pay by 3%. But first some listener comments about yesterday's program, the interview with former state Senator Nancy Argenziano. (tape)
Last week the Florida Education Association (FEA) and the Police Benevolent Association (PBA) filed a lawsuit in Circuit Court in Tallahassee, Fla. attempting to block Senate Bill 2100, which levies a thre...
Be the first to commentPam Bondi Pursues Health Care Reform Lawsuit listen
11/02/10 Kimberly VlachWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pam Bondi, election, Florida, health care, health care reform, lawsuit
Republican nominee for state attorney general Pam Bondi says it’s important to continue with the multi-state lawsuit against the federal health care reform law passed last March.
In the last push of her 11-month campaign, Pam Bondi looked full of energy and optimism. Surrounded by supporters, friends and family, including her parents, sister and nephew, all were waving Pam Bondi signs. Despite the pouring rain, Bondi still talked to me about Florida’s lead in the lawsuit, calling the Affo...
Be the first to commentHillsborough County V. Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin White listen
01/21/10 Joshua HoltonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kevin White, hillsborough board of county commissioners, lawsuit
For the first time in history the Hillsborough County Board of County is suing one of their own board members. Today Commissioner Rose Ferlita moved to file suit against Commissioner Kevin White, so that he can be financially accountable for his shared guilt in a sexual harassment suit. White maintains his innocence, and says that if the County takes action against him, he may initiate a countersuit.
Hillsborough County is responsible for almost half a million dollars in legal fees since ...
Be the first to commentAzalea resident sues Raytheon over contamination listen
04/09/09 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Raytheon, contamination, lawsuit
Last year St.Petersburg residents living in the Azalea neighborhood learned that they were living within contamination from underground wastewater seeping from the nearby Raytheon Company plant.
Two class-action lawsuits were filed, and one homeowner has filed her own separate lawsuit.
Colleen Galligan owns a home on Farragut Drive in Azalea Park. That home is one of 19 wells that tested positive for contamination last year. Galligan said that, in one of the worst housing slumps ever, ...
Be the first to commentTampa Bay Water to sue reservoir contractors listen
10/20/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa Bay Water, reservoir, cracks, quality control, lawsuit
The Tampa Bay Water Board of Directors voted today to initiate a lawsuit against the companies that designed, constructed and provided quality control over the construction of the state’s largest reservoir.
Cracks in the soil cement of the C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir in southeastern Hillsborough County were first discovered almost two years ago. The reservoir opened in 2005, but since then, cracks more than 1-inch wide have occurred in two areas of the reservoir embankment, a total...
Be the first to commentDiMaio re-files political lawsuit listen
04/10/08 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: DNC, Democratic Party, lawsuit, election, delegates
A federal lawsuit asking that Florida’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention be seated was amended and re-filed yesterday.
Previously a Tampa judge had said that Tampa Democrat Victor DiMaio did not show that he had standing to file the lawsuit against the national party, the DNC. But in a press conference today, DiMaio’s attorney, Michael Steinberg said the new lawsuit proves DiMaio’s standing.
Steinberg said the lawsuit also adds a count claiming that the DNC violated the...
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