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Mitch Perry Report 6.13.14 - The LGBT establishment goes all in with Charlie...
Yesterday Equality Florida and the Washington-based Human Rights Campaign formally endorsed Charlie Crist for governor. In a statement announcing their endorsement, Stratton Politzer, chair of...
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GOP Pollster says "intense minority" of GOP legislators are blocking...
As it became apparent that Barack Obama was going to defeat Mitt Romney on election night in November of 2012, immediately political commentators said that the Republican Party had to make amends with...
View ArticleLindsey Graham says U.S. should work with Iran to stifle ISIS in Iraq
On CNN's State of the Union on Sunday morning, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham appeared to shock his interlocutors when he said that "we need to coordinate with the Iranians" on Iraq. He made the...
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Mitch Perry Report 6.16.14 - No Heat Three-peat
The Miami Heat couldn't do it - they couldn't become the first professional basketball team since Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls to win three straight NBA championships, losing last night to the San...
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Jolly on Iraq: the military should be used only for protecting U.S. lives there
Pinellas County Congressman David Jolly says he doesn't think there's any appetite to send U.S. ground troops to Iraq despite the escalating crisis there, but does believe that air strikes or some...
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Jamie Grant says Hillsborough PTC should have been forward thinking on Uber
It's not exactly a secret that Tampa Bay area state legislator Jamie Grant isn't a big fan of the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission. In that respect he joins Mayor Bob Buckhorn and...
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Mitch Perry Report 6.17.14: Rick Scott and the power of incumbency
Much has been made about how millions of dollars of campaign ads have helped boost Rick Scott's standings in his race against Charlie Crist for governor this year. If you're scoring at home, it's been...
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Some Hillsborough Democrats unhappy with perception that FDP took sides in...
The most interesting and competitive race among Hillsborough County Democrats this summer is the District 7 County Commission primary race between Seminole Heights activist Pat Kemp and Mark Nash, who...
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Immigration activists crash Hillsborough County Democratic Party meeting
Latino activists angry with President Obama for failing to halt the deportation of undocumented immigrants clashed with Hillsborough County Democratic Executive Committee Chairman Michael van Hoek...
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David Jolly supports more funding for background checks on ex-felons and...
Although he says he's taken some heat for it, most non-NRA members in Pinellas County probably weren't even aware that late last month, Congressman David Jolly supported an amendment sponsored by...
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Mitch Perry Report 6.18.14: Obama's very rough foreign policy spring
There's a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll out this morning regarding President Obama's handling of foreign affairs, and the returns aren't very favorable. Just 37 percent approve of his handling...
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Yolie Capin's big night out at Ulele
Although she hadn't planned to inaugurate her reelection campaign so soon, Tampa City Councilwoman Yolie Capin wasn't about to turn down Richard Gonzmart's offer to open up his much-hyped Ulele...
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On the 2-year anniversary of embassy asylum, Julian Assange calls on U.S. to...
Thursday marks two years that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and to mark that dubious anniversary Assange and his attorneys hosted a conference...
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A kinder, gentler Hillsborough BOCC takes on Rick Homans
Two weeks ago, members of the Hillsborough County Commission took turns eviscerating Rick Homans, the head of the Tampa/Hillsborough County Economic Development Corporation. Criticisms included...
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Majority of local vets tells Jolly they're satisfied with the care they've...
On Tuesday Pinellas Congressman David Jolly held what his office called a "VA Intake" day, where more than 300 local veterans turned up to tell his staffers and himself the level of care they've...
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Punishment by neglect
Anthony Carvajal says the pain was so bad, the only thing he had to look forward to some mornings was guessing which bone he might break. While serving three to five years for grand theft and...
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Green dreams
Finally, our community is making the critical connections between kids, gardens, health, jobs and green spaces. The Edible Peace Patch Project in St Pete has come up with a brilliant template for...
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Mitch Perry Report 6.19.14: St. Pete's next police chief goes before the people
The greater St. Petersburg citizenry will get the chance to scrutinize the four finalists to become their new police chief tonight, as the candidates will field questions from the public at an event...
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Democratic polling firm says Dennis Ross is vulnerable in CD15 race
Although a poll recently conducted by a Democratic Party firm shows Polk County area Congressman Dennis Ross leading Democratic challenger Alan Cohn by a 42-35 percent margin, those pollsters say that...
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Open forum in St. Pete allows residents to interview police chief candidates
Residents of St. Petersburg were invited to join Mayor Rick Kriseman on Thursday evening at the Coliseum as he opened the doors for a public forum to hear from the final candidates for the next St....
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