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Tavern owner says stricter club rules didn't work in New Orleans, won't work in Tampa
05/30/12 Seán KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Ybor City, Tampa, nightclubs, youth, Tampa City Council
Tampa City Council is proposing new rules for local bars and nightclubs. Among the changes would be excluding 18- to 20-year-olds from Tampa clubs and requiring bars to hire extra duty law enforcement officers based upon venue occupancy.
Joining us to talk about these proposed rules is someone who experienced similar regulations when he owned night clubs in New Orleans. Lux Devoid owns the Mermaid Tavern in Seminole Heights. He attended the city c...
Be the first to commentTampa considers whether to ban people under 21 from Ybor City clubs, gets resistance from clubs and patrons listen
05/24/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Ybor City, Tampa, Czar, nightclubs, youth, Tampa City Council
Tampa is considering excluding 18 to 20 year-olds from clubs in Ybor City. But at a City Council workshop today, owners and employees of those establishments warned that move would hurt or kill their businesses. More than a dozen members of the public spoke out against the proposal, including Czar bartender Jennifer Harvey. She says the city doesn’t need to worry about people over 21 buying drinks for underage patrons.
Sandra Hein runs the club Czar. She...
Be the first to commentTampa passes temporary "Event Zone" ordinance for Republican convention; protesters infuriated listen
05/17/12 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, 2012 RNC, Tampa, Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Clean Zone, Tampa City Council, Harry Cohen, Lisa Montelione, Event Zone, Mary Mulhern
Tampa City Council passed an ordinance Thursday that will prohibit certain items and actions in downtown Tampa during the Republican National Convention this August; protesters say it violates their free speech rights and city officials are still working on finding a way to skirt a Florida law that allows guns in the so-called Event Zone.
Among the provisions passed today, groups of 50 or more will have to get permits to march or assemble in certain areas. Even though Tampa City Council a...
1 commentsLast Call guest speaks out against Tampa's Republican convention Clean Zone ordinance
05/16/12 Seán KinaneLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, 2012 RNC, Tampa, Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Clean Zone, Tampa City Council, ResistRNC
Thursday Tampa City Council will hold a public hearing and final vote on the proposed temporary Clean Zone ordinance for the Republican National Convention. It has been altered and is now rebranded the Event Zone.
My guest this afternoon is Amos Miers, a critic of Tampa’s proposed Clean Zone or Event Zone ordinance for the Republican National Convention. He is with ResistRNC. We heard why he is opposed to the Clean Zone?
*note, the Event Zone ordinance [passed](http://www.wmnf.org/news_...
Be the first to commentTampa City Council to ask Florida Governor & Legislature for ability to regulate concealed weapons during Republican Convention listen
04/26/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, 2012 RNC, Tampa, Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street, Clean Zone, Tampa City Council, Harry Cohen, Lisa Montelione
Next Thursday, Tampa City Council will take its first vote on temporary rules for August’s Republican National Convention. Many types of weapons would be banned inside the proposed Event Zone, which was originally called a Clean Zone. But that restriction would not apply to people with concealed weapons permits because of a Florida law prohibiting local municipalities from placing such limits. Today City Council member Lisa Montelione proposed sending a letter to the Governor, Attorney Genera...
Be the first to commentAt Tampa conference, United Methodist Church may consider withdrawing investments supporting Israeli military listen
04/23/12 Mike MadisonWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Israel, Palestine, United Methodist Church, Tampa, BDS
Despite decades of conflict, there's still now settlement in the territorial conflict between Israel and Palestine. Some members of a major Christian denomination meeting in Tampa this week are trying to get the church to withdraw investments from major companies that profit from Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.
The United Methodist Church holds a conference every four years to determine policy for its 12 million members. Thousands of leaders will discuss the church’s stances on such ...
2 commentsCommunity Stepping Stones offers classes for at risk teens listen
04/16/12 Andrea LypkaWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Community Stepping Stones, Tampa, Art, youth, education, volunteering
Recent budget cuts have prompted some nonprofit organizations in Tampa Bay to scale back on their programs. But one organization in the Sulphur Springs neighborhood of Tampa instead offers more classes and extends their urban arts program to youth and adults.
Until the recent budget cuts at Hillsborough County public schools, for the past 15 years, artist Terry Klaaren has been transforming the walls of public schools into community mural projects.
"And the schools had better budgets a...
Be the first to commentParticipants in Tampa rally for Trayvon Martin talk about how they would change Florida's gun laws listen
03/26/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Trayvon Martin, Tampa, NRA, gun laws, Stand Your Ground law
An unarmed teenager was killed in Sanford a month ago today, but the shooter has not been arrested; it has set off a national debate about criminal justice and gun laws. On Saturday, about 1,000 people marched through Tampa’s Al Lopez Park to support justice in the case of Trayvon Martin.
Many in the crowd chanted, held signs and wore hooded sweatshirts similar to what Martin was wearing when he was shot. The alleged shooter, George Zimmerman, was not charged because he claimed self-defen...
3 commentsNew bicycle and pedestrian segment added to South Tampa Greenway listen
03/23/12 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: biking, pedestrians, pedestrian safety, Tampa, Friendship Trail bridge, South Tampa Greenway
Community activists hope Tampa can complete a 16-mile network of pedestrian trails spanning from Bayshore Boulevard to the Gandy Bridge and Picnic Island. The South Tampa Greenway have recently added a new segment on the east side of South Manhattan Avenue at Interbay Boulevard.
Created through the Friendship Trail project, the new one-mile trail offers safe transportation alternatives like biking and walking. Brad Suder, Superintendent for the City of Tampa’s Parks and Recreation Departme...
Be the first to commentHistorical Monument Trail to open on Tampa Riverwalk listen
03/06/12 Olivia KabatWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa, history, Culture, City of Tampa, Riverwalk
Today Tampa announced details of a new addition to the Tampa Riverwalk, a Historical Monument Trail. It will serve to educate the public and recognize Tampa’s history.
The Riverwalk Historical Monument Trail is being created as an initiative to bring more recognition and appreciation of people and events in Tampa’s history. The non-profit organization, Friends of the Riverwalk unveiled the first 6 historical monuments during an event today. Steve Anderson, chair of the Historical Monument ...
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