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Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn indecisive on normalization with Cuba listen
04/09/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bob Buckhorn, Kathy Castor, Cuba, normalization
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn isn’t taking a stance on normalizing relations with Cuba.
"It’s not an issue that I am weighing in on. It’s not an issue that, as mayor, I have any control over. I have enough on my plate with the things that I do control.”
But Buckhorn says he does see the embargo ending sooner or later.
Be the first to comment“I would hope it would be when the Castro government – either Raul or Fidel are gone – and I think it will be when the Cuban people have an opportunity to exercise the...
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor worried about boys abducted in Tampa and taken to Cuba listen
04/09/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kathy Castor, Cuba, Joshua Hakken, Cole Hakken, Chase Hakken
The man accused of abducting his two sons from Tampa last week is reportedly in Cuba. An Associated Press reporter in Havana wrote "the family appeared to interact normally" there. Tampa Congress member Kathy Castor told reporters during an unrelated event today that she is working hard to ensure the family is returned to the U.S.
The news comes just days after Castor returned from a trip to Cuba. The U.S. Representative said she’s in contact with authorities including the Hillsborough Co...
Be the first to commentOccupy Tampa holds its first general assembly in months listen
04/08/13 Lenka DavisWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Tampa Light Brigade, Tampa Solidarity Network, Food Not Bombs
It has been about seven months since Occupy Tampa pulled up the stakes on their tents. But that doesn’t mean members aren’t continuing activism. Sunday night Occupy Tampa held its first general assembly in months.
It is 7:30 p.m. and about 35 people have gathered for the assembly at Kiley Garden Amphitheater. Pepe Slamdunk remembers times from last year when the turnout was higher.
Be the first to comment"Last year the amphitheater was full of people. A hundred people at a time, we'd have people on the side...
Pinellas County Commission Chair on the Upcoming Meetings About the County Budget; and FOODOPOLY with Author Wenonah Hauter
04/08/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Ken Welch, Pinellas County Commission, transportation referendum, budget, beach erosion, light rail, Wenonah Hauter, food monopolies, Monsanto, genetically engineered crops, community supported agriculture
Good morning, Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today- it’s time to prepare county budgets. We’ll talk with the chairman of the Pinellas County Commission Ken Welch about the upcoming budget process—as well as the referendum on mass transit that will be on next year’s ballot…..
And later- the takeover of American Agriculture by giant corporations. It’s happening. What does it mean for farmers, consumers, and people concerned about food safety. We’ll talk with Wenonah Hau...
Be the first to commentU.S. Rep. Kathy Castor's trip to Cuba solidifies her desire for trade embargo to be lifted listen
04/08/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kathy Castor, Cuba, trade
U.S. Representative Kathy Castor returned from her first visit to Cuba this weekend with a new-found confidence in the island nation’s shift toward human rights. The Tampa Bay area Democrat spent three days in Cuba with a packed itinerary that left her convinced lifting the long-standing trade embargo is the right thing to do.
“They are still a hardcore communist nation, but they are embarking on market reforms in their economy that deserve encouragement.”
Castor returned from [her tr...
Be the first to commentWikiLeaks releases searchable database of mid-70s diplomatic files listen
04/08/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bradley Manning, Wikileaks, media, Freedom of the Press Foundation, Julian Assange, Margaret Thatcher, Henry Kissinger
More than 1.7 million diplomatic documents are now online in a searchable database thanks to the document-leaking website WikiLeaks. They have merged those declassified U.S. state department documents from the mid 1970s with a quarter of a million previously leaked diplomatic cables known as Cablegate.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced the release by video conference from inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London this morning.
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Florida's elderly are prime targets for fraudsters listen
04/05/13 Jim BleyerWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: fraud, elder fraud, Stetson University College of Law
Ever since scam artists first sold swampland to unsuspecting Yankees, Florida has been ground zero for swindlers.
Florida proudly lays claim to world-famous beaches, an inviting climate, and a leisurely lifestyle but the state understandably shies away from a dubious distinction; it’s ranked number one in both fraud and identity theft by the Federal Trade Commission.
Ada Carmona, Chief of the Economic Crime Unit for the Hillsborough County ...
Be the first to commentNew Gun Control Group Forms in Tampa
04/05/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: gun violence, Moms Demand Action, Tampa chapter, Margaret, assault weapons ban, background checks
Good morning, on the first part of today's show we'll talk about a new local group that wants to pressure elected officials to do something to reduce violence. The group is Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense. It has more than 80,000 supporters and over 80 Chapters across the Country. In Florida there are chapters in the southeast, Tallahassee, the Panhandle, and on the west coast. The group will hold a rally this Saturday at 2PM on the corner of Bay to Bay and Ba...
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04/05/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Tampa Light Brigade, Overpass Light Brigade, USF, Judy Genshaft
Occupy Tampa was very active in the fall of 2011 and even through last summer’s Republican National Convention in Tampa.
Since then the group has fallen a bit under the radar.
But that could change this weekend – Occupy Tampa will hold its first general assembly in months Sunday evening at the Kiley Garden amphitheater in downtown.
Nathan Schwartz is involved in Occupy Tampa, Tampa Light Brigade and other activist groups.
Meanwhile, today on the Tampa campus of the University of...
Be the first to commentInterview with student sitting in at USF Tampa listen
04/05/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, SDS, students, tuition
Friday on the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida several students held what they’re calling a weekly occupation of the Patel Center.
That building houses the offices of university president Judy Genshaft and other administrators.
We spoke live on the phone by Danielle Leppo with Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society.
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