Beyond the News WFLA Interviews

Bronson Oudshoff, candidate for Pinellas School Board District 2. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lisa Cane is the incumbent in Pinellas School Board District 2, seeking a second term. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Army veteran and mom Alysha "Aly Marie" Legge is running for the Hillsborough County School Board in District 6. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Roshaun Gendrett, who worked as a teacher in Los Angeles for two decades, is a candidate for Hillsborough School Board District 6. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karen Perez is an incumbent on the Hillsborough School Board running for another four year term in District 6. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Monday night (15) into Tuesday morning (16), one side of the Howard Frankland Bridge is closed for construction work. We speak with Kris Carson of the Florida Department of Transportation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patricia "Patti" Rendon, a parent of three current and former HCSD students, a former school advisory committee and PTA member and an advocate for children with disabilities, is running for the Hillsborough School Board in District 4 seat to succeed Melissa Snively. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danielle Smalley, a career teacher, charter school principal, born and raised in east Hillsborough, is running for the District 4 seat to succeed Melissa Snively. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hunter Gambrell, an employee with the Polk School District and fifth-generation resident of east Hillsborough, is running for the Hillsborough School Board District 4 seat to succeed Melissa Snively. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Caprice Edmond was first elected to the school boar in 2020 to fill out an unexpired term. She's running for a full four years this time. Edmond started as a foster care advocate and guardian ad litem. She then worked as a teacher. She's concerned about improving low-performing schools in District 7. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Maria Solanki is a candidate for the Pinellas County School Board District 7 seat currently held by Caprice Edmond. Her experience with education began dealing with vision difficulties in the classroom. Now she's a mom. She's concerned about low-performing schools in the district and health and nutrition for students. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interview with Stephanie Meyer, mother and school volunteer, running in Pinellas School Board District 6 to succeed the retiring Bill Dudley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brian Martin is a father of four who's running for the Pinellas County School Board in District 6 to succeed the retiring Bill Dudley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kimberly Works is a candidate for Pinellas County School Board District 6 to replace the retiring Bill Dudley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interview with Dr. Keesha Benson, career educator and mom, running for the Pinellas County School Board district 3. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interview with Dawn Peters, mother, business person and school volunteer, running for Pinellas School Board District 3. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Interview with Carl Zimmerman, teacher, former state lawmaker and candidate for Pinellas County School Board District 3. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Florida Policy Survey found out what 600 Floridians think of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, future abortion laws in Florida, the new federal gun law, which issues are important to Floridians and what they think of Gov. DeSantis and President Biden. We speak with the pollsters. Professor Stephen Neely of USF and graduate student Bethany Bowra of Florida International Univer...

New voter cards are going out in the mail for the primary and general elections across Florida. The primary is August 23rd. We speak with Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A wide-ranging conversation with Tiffany Justice, Florida-based co-founder of Moms for Liberty, about the Biden administration vs Governor DeSantis on LGBTQ issues, involvement in school board races, and their upcoming conference in Tampa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A charity called Beyond the Call of Duty is traveling around the country with a motorcycle ride and moving "wall" representing the hundreds of police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty in 2021. The End of Watch Ride is visiting Florida agencies that lost officers or deputies, starting with the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office on Friday (1st). We speak with ride organizer J.C. Shah,...

A Tampa attorney is filing a constitutional challenge to part of Florida's eviction law. It requires renteds to put up back rent and keep paying rent if they wish to file a challenge to their evictions in court. Attorney Ryan Torrens says that denies renters access to courts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of many Juneteenth events taking place in the Tampa Bay area this weekend is a business expo showcasing black businesses in St. Petersburg, Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm. We speak with spokesperson Malynda Washington about the expo. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new survey shows homelessness increased four percent in Hillsborough County from 2020 to 2022. But the survey was taken in February, and experts are certain that rising rents and general inflation have worsened the problem. We speak with Tampa Hillsborough Homeless Initiative CEO Antoinette Hayes Triplett . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A rare prime time hearing for the House committee investigating the Capitol riot and events of January 6th. We speak with WMU-Cooley Law School Constitutional Law professor Michael McDaniel, a retired Army general, about what to expect. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.