July 14th, 2010 / No Comments » / by WSLR 96.5 LPFM
This week on Gray Matters, we revisit my very first show ‘Housing Matters” but with a twist. “Housing Matters” was a show about how finances affect the choices of housing for seniors. We talked with a Realtor about the many choices for those with financial security, then with the administrator of a government-assisted housing campus in Sarasota, then with a person with no home at all. We hear the light side of real estate from Renee Fisher, then. In “Housing Matters Redux,” we also talk with my friend Joanne Keir about what makes a house a home.
July 13th, 2010 / No Comments » / by WSLR 96.5 LPFM
The American cocktail is having resurgence and one of the most important ingredients is rum. Troy Roberts, owner of local Siesta Key Rum, will be my in-studio guest and we’ll be talking about creating a distillery from scratch. We will also have a live interview with the Modern Mixologist, Tony Abou-Ganim. He’ll be introducing his thoughts about rum history and telling us all the wonderful drinks we can create! We’d love your questions! Call 941.355.4540!
July 12th, 2010 / No Comments » / by WSLR 96.5 LPFM
U.S. – Cuban relations, frozen in time for five decades, are beginning to show some signs of returning to life.
In Havana, a government determined to tackle Cuba’s fundamental economic dysfunctions is talking to the Church, freeing political prisoners, and apparently searching for new ways to coexist with public dissidence. Meanwhile in Washington, there’s some movement, too. A bill that would lift the travel ban is the closest any substantial embargo-easing bill has ever come in Congress to pass. A behind-the-scenes battle is underway in the House of Representatives, and we will fill you in on that fight, and what’s going on in Cuba.
A usual, Florida-Caribe will also give you the latest from our little-known neighborhood. Elections in Mexico, a terrorist in Caracas, a drug lord in Kingston, the one-year performance check on El Salvador’s first leftist president in half a century, the soccer World Cup — you name it.
July 9th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by WSLR 96.5 LPFM
LOCAL MATTERS PODCAST of July 8 show
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On Thursday July 8, Newtown residents and community activists Valerie Buchand and Barbara Langston dropped by to share their thoughts on potential parking issues at the Janie’s Garden public housing/mixed-use housing complex on Central Avenue, in the Newtown community. This show also featured a pre-recorded interview with Sarasota Housing Authority Executive Director Bill Russell.
This show was a follow up to Valerie and Barbara’s appearance the previous weekend on WSLR’s “Newtown & Beyond” show.
