Government
City of Ithaca ‘Botched’ Ithaca Falls Clean-Up Effort, Walter Hang says – September 18, 2015
Lori Sonken talks with Walter Hang about the lead and arsenic contamination at Ithaca falls gorge. This interview aired on September 18, 2015.
Read MoreKnowing Nate Shinagawa – July 27th, 2015
Samuel Whitehead speaks with Tompkins County’s 4th District Legislator Nate Shinagawa about putting body cameras on members of the Tompkins County Sheriff’s Department, the Hornbrook Road standoff, and the future of the former Tompkins County Public Library site. This interview originally aired on the July 27th, 2015 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MoreKnowing Carol Chock – July 6th, 2015
Samuel Whitehead speaks with Tompkins County 3rd District Legislator Carol Chock about how she got involved with public service, stormwater infrastructure in the county, and the fate of the old Tompkins County Library. This interview originally aired on the July 6th, 2015 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MoreKnowing Mike Sigler – June 22nd, 2015
Samuel Whitehead speaks with Tompkins County 6th District Legislator Mike Sigler about the fate of the Cayuga Power Plant and the future of the former Tompkins County Public Library site. This interview originally aired on the June 22nd, 2015 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MoreKnowing Dan Klein – June 15th, 2015
Samuel Whitehead and Aryeal Jackson speak with Tompkins County 7th District Legislator Dan Klein about banning fracking waste, the New Year’s standoff in Danby, and the state of the West Danby vanpool. This interview originally aired on the June 15th,2015 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MoreKeeping Ithaca development local – June 8th, 2015
Aryeal Jackson and Dan Apfel speak with Stacey Black, the business development coordinator for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 241, about the issue of contracting construction crews from outside of Ithaca and keeping the city’s development jobs local. This interview originally aired on the June 8th, 2015 edition of WRFI Community Radio News.
Read MoreKnowing Jim Dennis – May 25th, 2015
Samuel Whitehead speaks with Tompkins County 5th District Legislator Jim Dennis about how he got into public service, revisiting CIITAP, and the fallout of the New Years Eve standoff in Danby. This interview originally aired on the May 25th edition of WRFI Community Radio News;
Read MoreConversation with Izzy Award winner David Sirota – April 22nd, 2015
Dan Apfel speaks with David Sirota, writer for the International Business Times and winner of a 2014 Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media — journalism crated outside traditional corporate structures. In the interview we discuss David’s work exposing the corruption in our country’s $3 trillion public pension system and the importance of independent…
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