Tag: Citizens United

WERU News Report 1/21/15

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Engineer/Reporter: John Greenman

Interactive news report covering issues with a local connection and taking calls. Today: Marking the 5th anniversary of “Citizens United” by talking with Jan Carpenter of “We The People Maine” and State Representative Ralph Chapman, about the progress of efforts to overturn that Supreme Court decision —which equated money with free speech and corporations with people. And the latest potential threat to Searsport Harbor may come from a company that’s run into a lot of trouble with their operations in New Hampshire. We’ve got Searsport resident Peter Taber with us to talk about that. John Greenman has news from last night’s wind power moratorium vote in Orland. Also a call Oamshri Amarasingham of the ACLU Maine, about the Coalition for Maine Women the Maine Choice Coalition announcement of their legislative priorities at a State House press conference today. AND we’re going to be opening the phone lines for your calls because this is INTERACTIVE news.

WERU News Report 1/8/14

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Part 2 of 2

Individuals/groups that were in the news on WERU in 2013, look ahead to 2014. Today: Karen Marysdaughter of 350 Maine, Phil Caper of Maine AllCare, Diane Messer & Lynne Williams of Move to Amend and We The People, Lindsay Newland Bowker of Bowker Associates, Rachel Healy of ACLU of Maine

WERU News Report 5/15/13

Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Audio recorded by John Greenman

Segment 1: David Cobb, spokesperson for the Move to Amend Coalition, speaking in Rockland in April. More information is available at movetoamend.org.

Segment 2: In our Peacetime segment this week, we have another voice from the HOPE festival, where the theme this year was “Do One Thing”

WERU News Report 5/16/12

Producer/Host: Amy Browne

Program Topics: Bar Harbor Signs Resolution Opposing Corporate Personhood; Massive LPG Tank Proposal Is Now in Planning Board’s Hands

Key Discussion Points:
a) Last night Bar Harbor joined other cities across the country in adopting resolutions opposing the Citizens United decision (FMI: www.resolutionsweek.org www.movetoamend.org )
b) Specifics re: the resolution
c) Monday night at the Searsport Planning Board meeting, the board discussed the LNG proposal and how they plan to proceed
d) Tom Gocze talks about that plan and his on-going concerns.

Guests:
A) Gary Friedmann of Concerned Citizens of Bar Harbor, one of the organizers of the resolution put before the town council last night
B) Tom Gocze, Searsport home owner and business owner whose property abuts the site of the proposed LNG facility

Call In Program: No

WERU Community SoapBox 5/15/12

Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: Matt Murphy

Key Discussion Points: Upcoming community events, money in politics, Citizens United, Move to Amend, corporate personhood, E/W Highway, Old Town Dump, LPG, public safety, “Gasland” film, mining in Maine

Guests by name and affiliation: n/a

Call In Program: Yes

WERU Community SoapBox 5/8/12

Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: Joel Mann
Issue: Open-mic style call-in show
Key Discussion Points: LPG tank, Searsport, Emergency Management Meeting, Climate Change, E-W Highway, E-W Corridor, Fukushima Reactor 4, Obama, Romney, 3rd party candidates, Citizens United, Move to Amend, Thanks But No Tank
Guests by name and affiliation: n/a
Call In Program: yes

WERU Community SoapBox 2/21/12

Issue: Open Mic Style Call-In Show
Broadcast Time: 4pm
Program Topic: Various

Key Discussion Points:
Corporate personhood
Citizens United
LPG
East-West Expressway
Upcoming Events
CSAs
GOP Caucus Controversy
Defending Water for Life in Maine
Resource Extraction

Guests by name and affiliation: n/a
Call In Program: yes
Political Broadcast: no

Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: Joel Mann

Democracy Forum 2/13/12

Issue: Participatory Democracy
Broadcast Time: 10-11:00 a.m.
Program Topic: Free speech, corporate money, and democracy

Key Discussion Points:
a) The constitutional background of granting personhood to corporations and equating political spending with free speech.
b) The practical outcomes for democracy.
c) What can citizens do?

Guests:
A) Jeff Clements, co-founder of Free Speech for People and author of the book Corporations Are Not People. www.freespeechforpeople.org
B) Sheila Krumholz, Executive Director of the Center for Responsive Politics. www.opensecrets.org

Call In Program: Yes
Political Broadcast: Yes
Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters www.lwvme.org
Engineer: Joel Mann