Issues - A Production of WPBT2

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Friday, March 26 @ 7:30 PM and Sunday, March 28 @ 12:30 PM

ISSUE ONE: Health Insurance Reform Law: What Does it Mean?
ISSUE TWO: Constitutionality of Healthcare Law

This Week on Issues - 3/26 & 3/28

Friday, March 26 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 28 @ 12:30 PM

ISSUE ONE: Health Insurance Reform Law: What Does it Mean?
The new healthcare legislation makes coverage available to every U.S. citizen.  In exchange, everyone would be required to carry health insurance.  What changes with this reform and does it make healthcare more accessible and affordable?

Guests:
William Donelan, University of Miami
Casey Klofstad, Ph.D., University of Miami
Linda Quick, South Florida Hospital & Healthcare Association

ISSUE TWO: Constitutionality of Healthcare Law
Soon after President Barack Obama signed the legislation on healthcare reform, thirteen attorney generals, led by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, filed a suit saying the new law was unconstitutional.  Two legal experts join us to share their thoughts on the merits of this legal challenge.

Guests:
Doug Donoho, J.D., LL.M., Nova Southeastern University
Elizabeth Price Foley, J.D., LL.M., Florida International University

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Friday, March 19 @ 7:30 PM and Sunday, March 21 @ 12:30 PM

ISSUE ONE: Interview with Broward School Superintendent James Notter
ISSUE TWO: Florida Legislative Review Panel
ISSUE THREE: Political Protests in Cuba

This Week on Issues - 3/19 & 3/21

Friday, March 19 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 21 @ 12:30 PM

 

ISSUE ONE: Interview with Broward School Superintendent James Notter
This week, the Broward School system made unfortunate headlines with stories such as former board member Beverly Gallagher pleading guilty to bribery, violence at one area school, and an audit of the school district's construction department.  Broward School Superintendent James Notter joins us to discuss these and other Broward education stories.

Guest:
James Notter, Broward County Public Schools

 

ISSUE TWO: Florida Legislative Review Panel
The Florida legislature is in session--the House is focusing on Medicaid while the Senate is tackling education.  Both are important goals, but how does the state fill a $3.2 billion dollar deficit?

Guests:
Sean Foreman, Ph.D., Barry University
Joy Reid, The Miami Herald

 

ISSUE THREE: Political Protests in Cuba
This week, the "Ladies in White," a group of women in Cuba consisting of wives, mothers and daughters of political prisoners, were beaten and detained as they marched in Havana.  Is this protest and consequent violence par for the course or can it be viewed as the beginning of an uprising?

Guest:
Andy Gomez, University of Miami

 

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Friday, March 5 @ 7:30 PM and Sunday, March 7 @ 12:30 PM

ISSUE ONE: New Oversight Board for Jackson?
ISSUE TWO: Education Reform through Community Service Organizations
ISSUE THREE: Bottom of Foreclosure Crisis?

This Week on Issues - 3/12 & 3/14

Friday, March 12 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 14 @ 12:30 PM

ISSUE ONE: New Oversight Board for Jackson?
The area's largest public health provider, Jackson Memorial Hospital, is still drowning in debt. On Thursday, Florida legislators denied a request for a $100 million dollar advance of the approximately $77 million Jackson receives from the state on a monthly basis.  How should we approach Jackson’s financial mess, and how much can the state and county do when they, too, are in debt?

Guest:
Carlos Gimenez, Miami-Dade County Commission, District 7

 

ISSUE TWO: Education Reform through Community Service Organizations
President Barack Obama has proposed a five-tier plan to reform our country's educational system.  The proposal begins with early childhood initiatives and ends with higher education measures.  Obama is also an advocate for community service groups, but do these groups really enhance education and influence much-needed reform?

Guest:
Brad Meltzer, City Year Miami

 

ISSUE THREE: Bottom of Foreclosure Crisis?
RealtyTrac released their figures from February with Florida placing third in the country for foreclosures.  What, if anything, can be said for Broward and Palm Beach County's record foreclosures last month?  Is this is bottom of the real estate market?

Guest:
Jack McCabe, McCabe Research and Consulting

 

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Friday, March 5 @ 7:30 PM and Sunday, March 7 @ 12:30 PM

ISSUE ONE: 1 of 2 Interview with Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez
                     2 of 2 Interview with Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez
ISSUE TWO: Interview with City of Miami Manager Carlos Migoya

This Week on Issues - 3/05 & 3/07

Friday, March 5 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 7 @ 12:30 PM

ISSUE ONE: Interview with Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez
Last week, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez gave his annual State of the County speech where he highlighted past and future public works projects.  We invited him on the program to discuss the state of the County today and other topics such as the police salary increase and Jackson Health System’s financial troubles.

Guest:
Mayor Carlos Alvarez, Miami-Dade County

ISSUE TWO: Interview with City of Miami Manager Carlos Migoya
Last week, Carlos Migoya was sworn in as the City of Miami’s new manager after former manager Pete Hernandez resigned the week prior.  We discuss the City of Miami’s current fiscal health and the challenges ahead.

Guest:
Carlos A. Migoya, City of Miami

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Friday, February 26 @ 7:30 PM and Sunday, February 28 @ 12:30 PM

ISSUE ONE: 2010 Legislative Session Preview
ISSUE TWO: Obama’s Healthcare Summit