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USF marine scientists confirm underwater plumes are dispersed from BP well listen
07/23/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: BP, BP oil spill, Gulf Oil Spill, USF, St. Petersburg
Researchers from the University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science in St. Petersburg say they have the first proof that dispersed oil below the surface of the Gulf came from BP’s Deepwater Horizon Well.
The USF researchers say they have used a “chemical fingerprinting process” to identify the source of subsurface clouds of “degraded underwater oil”
Be the first to comment"Essentially we found two layers. The first layer was two miles long by six miles wide, by about 100 feet deep. The second layer ...
St. Pete council approves broader comp plan ahead of Amendment 4 listen
07/23/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Amendment 4, Hometown Democracy Amendment, St. Petersburg City Council, St. Petersburg, Jill Yelverton Nurse, Steve Kornell
In an attempt to thwart the Florida Hometown Democracy Amendment, the St. Petersburg City Council approved a new land use plan yesterday critics say would let developers continue to have their way. Supporters say the new plan simplifies land use issues, but local activists, like Jill Yelverton of Dade City, see it as a blow to democracy.
Be the first to comment"These kind of tricky maneuvers designed to circumvent the will of the people are exactly why Florida Hometown Democracy Amendment 4 is necessary in the...
St. Pete to enforce street sleeping ban listen
07/23/10 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Homelessness, Pinellas County Schools, St. Petersburg, Bill Foster, Bruce Wright, Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign
St. Petersburg is about to start enforcing an ordinance that makes it illegal to sleep in the streets if there are free beds in local homeless shelters. Not complying could mean a night in jail. Homeless advocates like Bruce Wright of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign are crying foul.
"I find it reprehensible and criminal that Mayor Foster, any of the counsel that would support him, and any law enforcement that would act upon it. To do such a thing."
Speaking at a rally ...
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07/12/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Chihuly, St. Petersburg, Arts, Morean Arts Center
Downtown St. Petersburg added another art destination over the weekend with the grand opening of the Chihuly Collection presented by the Morean Arts Center. It’s the first and only permanent collection of the prolific glass artist from Seattle.
"Isn't this an incredible room? I mean these pieces, and this is one of those great testimonies to Dale. He took tremendous risks when he was developing these chandeliers."
Before the grand opening on Sat...
Be the first to commentMeek supports Constitutional ban on offshore drilling in Florida waters listen
07/02/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Hands Across The Sand, BP, Kendrick Meek, St. Petersburg, BP oil spill, Gulf Oil Spill
In dozens of countries and all fifty states last Saturday, people came together to join Hands Across the Sand to oppose offshore oil drilling and to support renewable energy.
At one event in St. Petersburg, WMNF spoke with U.S. Representative Kendrick Meek who says he supports amending the Florida Constitution to forbid drilling in state waters.
Be the first to comment"Well I'm in support of standing with Floridians on this whole issue of offshore oil drilling. It's important that we don't expand it, especi...
Voices from Gandy Hands Across the Sand listen
06/28/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Hands Across The Sand, BP, BP oil spill, BP oil disaster, Gulf Oil Spill, St. Petersburg
In addition to St. Pete Beach, more than 160 Hands Across The Sand participants gathered on the beach on the St. Pete side of the Gandy bridge. These are the voices of just a few of those:
Michelle Cookson from Tampa who works in advertising and marketing:
Be the first to comment"I am here today as i was on February the 13th for the first Hands Across the Sand event, because I love the ocean. I love the natural environment. I love the state of Florida. But most importantly i...
Pride In Paradise listen
06/28/10 Tom BaurWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: LGBT, GLBT, gay pride festival, St. Petersburg, grand central, kenwood
Pride in Paradise
Thousands of LGBT and their supporters marched behind Grand Marshall St Petersburg city council member Steve Kornell Saturday morning for the 2010 St Pete Pride Street Festival.
"We're here to support gay pride, family, and just the love that everybody should feel no matter who you love. You don't choose that, you just are. Be proud of that."
Pride was on parade in [St Petersburg’s](http://w...
Be the first to commentSt Pete Mayor reacts to Rays threat to leave downtown listen
06/22/10 Kate Bradshaw & Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rays stadium, Rays, St. Petersburg, Tropicana Field, Bill Foster
Yesterday, the owner of the Tampa Bay Rays, Stuart Sternberg, warned St. Pete Mayor Bill Foster that the team planned to break its lease of Tropicana Field.
The Rays are seeking permission from the city to alter the contract that currently forbids the team from talking with other municipalities about a new stadium.
Today, WMNF asked Foster about the Rays' future in St. Pete.
previous WMNF coverage of Rays' stadium
Be the first to commentRays owner threatens to move team if new stadium isn't built outside downtown St. Pete listen
06/21/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rays, Rays stadium, Baseball, Tropicana Field, ABC Coalition, St. Petersburg, Rick Baker, Bill Foster
The Tampa Bay Rays are threatening to break their contract with the city of St. Petersburg and are looking to move out of Tropicana Field. Team owner Stuart Sternberg made that announcement this morning after he met with St. Pete Mayor Bill Foster.
The Rays signed a contract with the City of St. Petersburg that doesn’t expire until 2027. It says the Rays are not allowed to directly or indirectly negotiate for the use of any other facility besides the Trop. But Sternberg insists on moving i...
1 commentsAzalea neighbors irate about response from Raytheon, Crist, Foster, and DEP listen
06/07/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Raytheon, St. Petersburg, Rick Kriseman, Charlie Justice, Charlie Crist, DEP, BP, BP oil spill, Gulf Oil Spill
The BP oil blowout isn’t the only environmental catastrophe some Pinellas residents have to worry about. People in the Azalea neighborhood of northwest St. Petersburg have been dealing with an underground plume of toxins coming from a nearby Raytheon plant. On Saturday morning, about 60 residents gathered with state legislators such as state [Senator Charlie Justice](http://ww...
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