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Governor Scott vetoes $360 million from state budget listen
05/20/13 APWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Rick Scott, Florida Legislature, budget, veto, tuition, Clearwater
Florida Governor Rick Scott hit back at the state Legislature today by vetoing almost $400 million from the state's new budget.
Scott praised the budget, which now stands at roughly $74.1 billion. The governor vetoed a 3 percent tuition hike for college and university students that had been championed by House Speaker Will Weatherford. There are legal questions, however, about the move and it could prompt a lawsuit from the Legislature.
The governor also said no to a $50 million item to...
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04/25/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: St. Pete, budget, Bill Foster, the People's Budget Review
St. Pete officials are taking input from residents on how to manage the city’s money. During the first of three budget summits last night in Northeast St. Pete, residents weighed in on what services and projects they think officials should prioritize. Lou Brown III has worked on a project called the people’s budget review that surveyed more than 500 residents.
2 comments“Ten percent responded with ending racism, segregation and enhancing the southside. Nine percent of responses were Pier related...
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 commentNicole Woo analyzes the "fiscal cliff"
01/03/13 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: fiscal cliff, National Priorities Project, budget, CEPR
Nicole Woo, head of Domestic Policy for the Center for Economic Policy Research institute discussed the "resolution" of the "fiscal cliff" She pointed out the over-blown nature of the crisis and the failure to resolve some of the most important areas-namely the debt ceiling which is yet to come. She and others refer to the current economic problems as the "Triple Cliff" and is concerned about the effects to the economy and the average salaried citizen. She pointed out m...
Be the first to commentMattea Kramer with the National Prioriities Project talks about the "economic cliff"
11/15/12 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: fiscal cliff, National Priorities Project, budget
Mattea Kramer who is a senior research analyst at the National Priorities Project and lead author of A PEOPLE'S GUIDE TO THE FEDERAL BUDGET talks about the background and her "take" on the impending "economic cliff." She suggests the politicians will kick the decisions down the road but underscores the importance of the issues to every American and the need for a national rational discussion of debt-but down the line after the economy recovers better.
Be the first to commentRomney hits hard in first Presidential debate listen
10/04/12 Samuel JohnsonWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, presidential debate, Big Bird, Affordable Care Act, budget, education, PBS
Nearly 60 faculty members and students gathered Wednesday night at the Saint Petersburg College campus in Clearwater to observe and reflect on the Presidential debate. The debate focused on domestic issues. It was a numbers and figures laden discussion about the economy, debt and entitlement reform.
Although Obama and Romney agreed cuts in spending are necessary, they differed on which ones and by how much. For instance, Romney would eliminate federal funding for [public broadcasting](http...
Be the first to commentThe Former GOP Operative Who Says The Party Has Become A Cult (And the Democrats Have Become Ineffectual)
08/14/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Mike Logren, The Party Is Over, GOP, Tea Party, cult, budget, filibuster, Religious Right, WMNF Rob Lorei
Good morning welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll meet a former Congressional staffer who worked for Republicans on Capitol Hill. He resigned last year in frustration over the direction the Republican party was taking our country. We’ll speak with him in a moment. But first two listener comments about yesterday’s program. Yesterday our guest was Chris Hedges the Pulitzer Prize wining former war correspondent. We were talking about his new book on so called sacrifice zones ...
1 commentsTampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn proposes leaner budget without layoffs or millage increase listen
08/09/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: RNC, Republican National Convention, Tampa, Bob Buckhorn, budget
Thursday morning Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn unveiled his proposed fiscal year 2013 budget to City Council; he calls it “Changing Tampa’s Economic DNA.” It’s based on a small-government philosophy, avoiding a property tax increase, without laying off any current employees.
Be the first to comment“You should be proud of this staff behind me. They have done an amazing job in some very difficult times crafting this budget and putting this together on top of dealing with all of the other things that they deal with ev...
At budget summit St. Pete residents ask for higher taxes, fewer cuts to services listen
04/27/12 Samuel JohnsonWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: St. Petersburg, budget, library, Jim Kennedy, Wengay Newton, Bill Foster
The City of St. Petersburg is confronted with a budget deficit of nearly $13 million. Wednesday at the Cate Recreation Center the city hosted the first of three public budget summits. The packed house of 100 residents could only agree that the status quo of cuts without revenue hikes isn’t working.
A group called People’s Budget Review has collected over 2000 opinions from residents and submitted them to [city council and Mayor Bill Foster](http://www....
Be the first to commentPinellas to hold budget eTownHall tonight listen
04/10/12 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Pinellas County, budget
Like other local municipalities, Pinellas County is going through its budget process. Tonight County Commissioners are holding an open house and an eTownHall meeting online and in person at St. Petersburg College in Seminole. We spoke with Pinellas County’s communications director Tim Closterman.
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