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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 commentTiger Bay Club meeting tackles legislative issues listen
05/12/11 Nolan RuarkWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tiger Bay, 2011 Legislative session, Janet Long, Adam Smith, St. Petersburg
Some of the controversy over the recently-completed Florida Legislative session spilled over at a Suncoast Tiger Bay Club meeting today.
Former Democratic state Representative Janet Long was defeated in her re-election bid last November. She says during the recent session, the Republican-controlled Legislature went too far in deregulating corporations.
Be the first to comment"Deregulation of the banking industry almost brought our country and the entire financial world market to their knees. I don't see the ...
Protesters criticize Florida's Republican Legislature at an Awake the State rally in St. Petersburg listen
05/11/11 Nolan RuarkWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Jeff Brandes, Awake the State, Rick Scott, Tallahassee, St. Petersburg, 2011 Legislative session
This year there have been rallies in Florida by people upset at policies pushed by the Republican-dominated state Legislature. Twenty-three Awake the State rallies were held across the state yesterday, including one at the office of Representative Jeff Brandes in St. Petersburg.
About sixty people held signs and shouted slogans outside the office of Republican Jeff Brandes on North 4th street. They encouraged drivers to honk their horns as they drove by. This is F. Timothy Martin, one of t...
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05/11/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Raytheon, Azalea, St. Petersburg, pollution, contamination
Following a long battle from residents, Raytheon finally presented its solution to the groundwater contamination it is charged with leaving throughout St. Petersburg’s Azalea neighborhood. Raytheon officials presented their clean up plan, but some residents are still not satisfied with the response.
The contamination affecting Azalea residents was first discovered in 1991, before it was purchased by a company called E-Systems. But news of the contamination wasn’t made available to reside...
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 commentsWMNF reports from St Pete Right to Recall rally listen
04/15/11 Seán Kinane and Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rick Kriseman, HJR 785, recall, Rick Scott, St. Petersburg
Floridians have no way to recall from office a politician elected statewide. But there’s a movement growing to change that. This afternoon at Williams Park in downtown St. Petersburg, there’s a rally going on to support bills in the Florida Legislature to give Floridians the Right to Recall. WMNF’s Kate Bradshaw will bring you a full report on Monday. She’s there live on the scene. Kate, tell us what you’re hearing from the people there.
Be the first to comment"Actually, to be quite honest, it hasn't really got...
Pinellas FAST leaders call for action listen
04/12/11 Andrea LypkaRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: FAST, Dart Center, St. Petersburg, Largo, Pinellas County, Sheriff Coates, Julie Janssen, Pinellas County Schools
Budget cuts and the slow economic recovery are crippling Pinellas County’s public schools, affecting local jobs, affordable housing, and public programs. Organizers from a number of faith communities grilled public officials on these issues at the annual Nehemiah Action at the First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks on Monday, April 11. 3000 community members from 38 faith congregations came together as one group, called Faith and Action for Strength Together ([FAST](http://www.thedartcenter.org...
4 commentsPlastic flamingos, St. Pete officials unite to fight proposed pro-fertilizer industry law listen
04/07/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: fertilizer ordinance, Tallahassee, nutrients, waterway health, pollution, 2011 Legislative session, St. Pete City Council, St. Petersburg
In recent years, cities throughout Florida have been banning use of certain fertilizers with the hope of curbing water pollution. Now, the state legislature is pushing through a law that would limit local control over fertilizer use. Today St. Petersburg became the latest city to pass a resolution opposing that bill.
The front lawn at St. Petersburg City Hall went kitsch this morning ahead of the City Council meeting. Dozens of pink plastic flamingos covered the small rectangle of grass. I...
Be the first to commentFlorida Governor Rick Scott gets booed at Tampa Bay Rays home opener listen
04/04/11 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rick Scott, mental health, education, Rays, job creation, Tampa Bay Rays, St. Petersburg
The increasingly common public outcry against Governor Rick Scott continued on Friday. This time at a baseball game. Hundreds of protesters gathered both in and around Tropicana Field to protest Scott as he threw out the first pitch at the Tampa Bay Rays’ home opener.
Friday was April Fool’s Day, and several hundred Rick Scott opponents celebrated with a chorus of boos at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. As news of Rick Scott’s throwing of the first pitch at the season opener for the Ta...
19 commentsActivists cry foul over police handling search for shooting suspect listen
02/23/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: police shooting, St. Petersburg, poverty, police, law enforcement
Last night, police charged a 16-year-old St. Petersburg boy in the killing of a police officer. The Chief Assistant State Attorney said suspect Nicholas Lindsey will likely be charged as an adult, which could mean life in prison. As more details come out surrounding the death of the latest officer killed on duty in St. Petersburg, some activists are crying foul over the way police handled their search for the suspect.
In the last hour, Maj. Michael Kovacsev with the St. Petersburg Police ...
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