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Hackers target City of Orlando over Food Not Bombs arrests listen
06/10/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: food not bombs, People's Liberation Front, Orlando
A group that takes responsibility for engaging in cyber attacks in Ivory Coast, Egypt, Iran, and other countries with governments known for human rights abuses launched an attack on the City of Orlando Web site this morning. The group targeted the central Florida city because it arrested people for sharing food earlier this week, though it’s not clear how severe the attacks were.
A hacker known as Commander X wrote that arresting people for sharing food with large groups in a public square...
Be the first to commentMore Orlando Food Not Bombs activists arrested for sharing food in Lake Eola Park listen
06/07/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: food not bombs, poverty, Orlando, peace, First Amendment
Yesterday, four more Food Not Bombs activists were arrested in Orlando for sharing food in a public park. Last night WMNF spoke with Ben Markeson, the media liaison with Orlando Food Not Bombs, who was one of three people arrested last week.
We hope to speak with Ben Markeson by phone during tomorrow’s Last Call at 5:30 p.m.
1 comments"The Orlando police made 4 more arrests under the city's 'large group' feeding ordinance. They had a police officer out there with a video camera and he videotaped...
Food Not Bombs movement grows in Tampa Bay listen
05/13/11 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Food Not Bombs, feeding, parks, homelessness, peace, war, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Tampa, Keith McHenry, Alex Nadeau
Across Florida the Food Not Bombs movement is going through a revival. It may be due to unemployment, foreclosures, and restrictions on homeless feedings in Orlando. In Tampa Bay new Food Not Bombs chapters are formed and volunteers share food and literature in support of the Orlando volunteers who got arrested for handing out poor to the homeless and needy. The St. Petersburg chapter is growing fast, says volunteer Alex Nadeau. He quit his corporate job and now works for free: he feeds the h...
Be the first to commentFood Not Bombs co-founder Keith McHenry takes calls on attempts to criminalize public feedings
05/11/11 Seán KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Food Not Bombs, feeding, parks, homelessness, Peace, War, St. Petersburg, Orlando, Tampa, Keith McHenry
Welcome to the WMNF afternoon call-in show the Last Call. I’m Seán Kinane. This afternoon we’ll talk about efforts by cities across Florida that are making it more difficult – and in some cases illegal – to feed people in public parks.
Joining us in this conversation is the co-founder of Food Not Bombs, Keith McHenry. He’s in St. Petersburg right now helping to cook a meal for people in downtown’s Mirror Lake Park. Thank you for Joining us Keith.
9 commentsLocal, state officials say "super region" idea could revive flailing state economy - and that rail would have helped listen
04/29/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rick Scott, High Speed Rail, penny transit tax, Orlando, super region, economic development
High-speed rail may no longer be an option in Florida thanks to Governor Rick Scott. This isn’t stopping leaders from throughout the Tampa Bay area and along the I-4 Corridor from trying to revive local economies using a “super-regional” perspective. Hundreds of stakeholders met in downtown Tampa today to tackle the challenge of making the Central Florida Super-Region a reality.
The Tampa Bay and Orlando metropolitan areas are a little over an hour apart. Since the largest artery connectin...
Be the first to commentFlorida Supreme Court rules with Gov Scott on rail, but could "Hail Mary" exist? listen
03/04/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: high-speed rail, Rick Scott, Florida Supreme Court, Orlando, Tampa, Lakeland, Miami, Gow Fields, transit, transportation, rail, Bill Nelson, Kathy Castor
Governor Scott said he is “gratified that the court provided a clear and unanimous decision.” Scott said he “spoke with US DOT Secretary LaHood this morning and informed him that Florida … will not move forward with any federal high speed rail plan."
Senator Bill Nelson says he’s disappointed in the governor’s decision
2 comments"It's unfortunate that the Supreme Court has thrown out the Florida legislator's attempt to stay the hand of the governor of returning $2.4 billion of federal grant mone...
What are the prospects for success of high-speed rail in Florida?
03/02/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: high-speed rail, Rick Scott, Florida, Orlando, Tampa, America 2050
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up we'll talk with a representative of America 2050, a non-profit group of planners, about their nationwide study of the prospects for success of high speed rail. Yesterday two members of the Florida legislature sued Gov. Rick Scott for rejecting federal funding for high speed rail. Our guest is Petra Todorovich, Director of the group America 2050. Her group did a study of the regions of the country wh...
5 commentsHigh-speed rail supporters rally in downtown Tampa as officials call for private sector investment listen
02/21/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Kathy Castor, high-speed rail, Bill Nelson, Rick Scott, federal stimulus, Mary Mulhern, Tampa, Orlando, transit
High-speed rail backers announced they have a plan to get the project back on the table despite criticism from the governor. Today rail advocates showed their support for the project in Downtown Tampa, and were met with a smaller crowd in opposition.
Activists dusted off their pro-and anti-rail signs from last fall and flooded City Hall Plaza to make the case for – and against – high speed rail. Tampa City Council member Mary Mulhern said the project would create thousands of jobs, but its...
Be the first to commentBill Nelson: Florida will get $342 million more for high-speed rail listen
12/09/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: high-speed rail, transit, transportation, Lakeland, Orlando, Tampa, FDOT, Bill Nelson
Florida may be getting more money for its proposed high-speed train. And it’s thanks to some states rejecting the federal funds. Federal Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has told Florida’s Democratic U.S. Senator Bill Nelson that Florida will get some of the money rejected by Wisconsin and Ohio. Recently elected Republican governors in those states have said they did not want high-speed rail projects.
1 comments"Florida is getting an early Christmas present. We just got $342 million more for ou...
Florida's High Speed Rail on track for 2015 listen
10/11/10 Sarah CurranWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: high-speed rail, transit, transportation, Lakeland, Orlando, Tampa, FDOT, Siemens, MOSI
This isn't your average choo-choo train.
“Not only is it a better way to get from point A to point B, it is safe, reliable, and comfortable, and you know you are going to arrive at your destination on time.”
High-speed rail will connect Tampa to Orlando by 2015 and would run on speeds up to 200-mph. A bullet train would cut the drive time nearly in half and could even beat airplanes to their destination. Siemens Spokesperson, Becky Johnson says that’s not all the new rail would offer. ...
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