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Town Hall Meetings in Tampa on Government Budget Cuts; and The GOP Compares Benghazi to Watergate
05/13/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: poverty, government budget cuts, The Golden Rule, For the Family, Benghazi, Watergate, Iran-Contra scandal, impeachment of President Obama, WMD, Iraq invasion
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up we'll speak with Ward Cox with the non-profit group For The Family. FTF is holding a series of town halls to discuss how government budget cuts are impacting citizens. Tonight a town hall will be held at 7PM at the Beulah Baptist Church 1006 West Cypress in Tampa.
Later, the tragedy in Benghazi which too place in September of last year, is bringing conservatives to compar...
Be the first to commentHomeless recount in Hillsborough aims to find more people than January listen
04/10/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: homeless, homeless coalition, poverty, Hillsborough County
Volunteers combed the county Tuesday night to find out if there are still more than 7,000 people living on the streets Hillsborough County. Many fewer than that were counted in January, prompting this recount.
A woman named Kimberly sat alone on a curb in downtown Tampa saying she hoped the effort would help people like her.
Be the first to comment“I just try to, you know, get shelter when I can, fill out applications. I’m trying to go back to rehab. I eat lunch at Trinity where they feed the homeless fo...
Arrested activist claims St. Pete Police harass people without homes in Williams Park listen
03/28/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bruce Wright, poverty, St. Pete Police, homeless, homelessness, Bill Foster, St. Petersburg, Williams Park
A longtime homeless activist in St. Petersburg is claiming that police officers hurt him while he was trying to defend a homeless man in Williams Park Wednesday. Bruce Wright was arrested and charged with obstruction after another man being arrested got away. According to the St. Petersburg Police Department, officers had an arrest warrant for a man in the park. That report quoted Wright as saying “stop harassing that man” and then asking what he had done wrong.
Be the first to comment“You stiffen up a bit...
Retirement Expert Warns US Facing a Crisis of More Seniors Living in Poverty
03/18/13 Robert LoreiLast Call Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: retirement, poverty, pensions, 401(k)s, Teresa Ghilarducci, social security
Good afternoon, welcome to The Last Call. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today: retirement, Social Security, pensions and 401k’s.
In Tallahassee the new speaker of the house- Will Weatherford is pushing a plan to end defined pension benefits for new employees and replacing them with 401k’s. We’re going to talk with one of the country’s leading experts on retirement. Our guest is Teresa Ghilarducci, Chair of Economic Policy Analysis and director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysi...
Be the first to commentReligious group demands help for impoverished Pinellas County residents listen
03/13/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: St.Pete City Council, FAST, Faith in Action for Strength Together, unemployment, education, NIFDI, direct instruction, poverty
More than 3,000 faith-driven residents are demanding help for Pinellas County’s poor. During an action at downtown St. Pete’s Tropicana Field last night, the group Faith and Action for Strength Together, or FAST, asked elected officials to implement programs that would improve healthcare, housing, jobs and schools. Glad McCurtain is a member of FAST’s education committee.
Be the first to comment“We know that if a child cannot read at grade level by the third grade, there is a huge likelihood that the child will...
Students in eight low-income Hillsborough County schools get free dental care listen
02/18/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Hillsborough County Schools, Bryan Elementary, Plant City, dental care, migrant workers, poverty, healthcare
More than 450 students in Hillsborough County have received dental screenings and sealants at no cost to their parents. The new program helps students in eight schools with high poverty levels. It targeted 100 more kids at Bryan Elementary School in Plant City today. Randy Valdez, a dentist and director of Suncoast Community Health Centers said the program is for second graders.
Be the first to comment“Because that’s when they’re at their prime, optimum exposure to decay so we want to cover those first mola...
Clean Up Scheduled for University Area Community in Tampa
01/15/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Universitay Area Community, USF, Tampa, Dan Jurman, Avesta Homes, poverty, housing, low wages
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll talk about a community project taking place soon in North Tampa-- it's an effort to improve the lives of people who live in the area near the University of South Florida. But first- one listener comment about yesterday's show. Yesterday we spent much of the hour talking about guns and what to do to reduce gun violence. Here's what one listener had to say:
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This Saturday more than 500 volunteers from busines...
3 commentsWest Tampa charity plans to take on code enforcement over food service training truck listen
12/28/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: North Boulevard Homes, West Tampa, city codes, code enforcement, poverty, jobs
A West Tampa charity is having a hard time running their organization because of some of the city’s codes. Huey Johnson, head of the West Tampa Cultural Society, runs a food truck that trains struggling young people in the neighborhood how to work in restaurants and even run them. He’ll be asking code enforcement officials on Wednesday to cut the community service group some slack.
Be the first to comment“They are telling us, although we’re a non-profit agency registered with the state of Florida that we can ...
Lunch for veterans without homes opens job opportunities too listen
12/21/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Veterans, jobs, homeless, poverty, Hillsborough County, homelessness
Veterans who don’t have homes this holiday season got a warm meal this afternoon in Tampa. The Hillsborough County Veteran’s Affairs department doled out turkey dinners to about 40 vets, but also took the opportunity to help them get and keep jobs.
Veterans dined ten at a time, starting with this group. Kelly Beaver, a retired sailor in the Navy used to live on the streets. He’s still getting help from the county’s veteran's affairs department, but he said he’s on the road to recovery. ...
Be the first to commentFood Not Bombs volunteers share food in downtown Tampa park despite legal concerns listen
12/18/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Food Not Bombs, homeless, poverty, homelessness, Tampa
Volunteers with the group Food Not Bombs served breakfast to people in Gaslight Square in downtown Tampa Tuesday. The group has been feeding people in the city for years, but this particular routine started last week and will continue every Tuesday through the holidays.
“Well, we have sweet potatoes, oatmeal and bagels.”
That could change next week though. Thích Giác Ngô, a Buddhist monk with Food Not Bombs said the group gets most of their food from places who are about to throw it...
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