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April Griffin offers no apologies, runs for 3rd term on the Hillsborough...
Compared to some of her opponents, April Griffin hasn't raised a whole lot of money in her race for re-election to the District 6 Hillsborough County School Board seat that she's held for the past 7.5...
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Tampa to study creating "Quiet Zone" regarding CSX trains
Tampa officials said today that they intend to contract with an engineering firm to develop a study about how to create a Train "quiet zone" along CSX tracks that run through Ybor City, downtown Tampa...
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Charlie Crist announces his "Fair Shot Florida" plan for the middle-class
Today in Fort Lauderdale, Democratic gubernatorial would -be nominee Charlie Crist unveiled what advisers are calling the first part of his middle-class jobs and opportunity plan called "Fair Shot...
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Mitch Perry Report 8.6.14: How soon before gay marriage ban reaches the...
Yesterday Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Diana Lewis became the fourth judge in Florida in the past few weeks to overturn the state's ban on same-sex marriage in a single county. All four have found...
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Norm Roche tells voters to ignore the media in evaluating his race against Ed...
It was Ed Hooper's 67th birthday on Tuesday, so who better to lead a rendition of "Happy Birthday" to the Clearwater House Republican than Norm Roche? With his rich baritone voice leading the way, the...
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Kent Curtis says he can be a vital part of revitalizing the Pinellas public...
There are five Pinellas County School Board seats up for election this year, four of them to be on the ballot later this month. On Tuesday night at a candidate forum hosted by the Historic Kenwood...
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Crist raises record amount of money in July, but Rick Scott & RPOF raise more
The Survey USA poll released on Wednesday shows Rick Scott with a narrow 45-43 percentage lead over Charlie Crist, with 8 percent of the vote going to "other." An educated guess would be that the 8...
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NRDC Action Fund goes after Marco Rubio as one of its "Daily Dirty Denier$"
An environmental activist group is naming Marco Rubio one of its "Daily Dirty Denier$" based on his evolving stance on climate change. The NRDC Action Fund, which is affiliated with but is a separate...
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The Gulfport Neighborhood Guide: Small city, big profile
It’s shortly after 10:30 a.m. on a recent Friday morning when Sam Henderson bounds into the modest offices of Gulfport’s City Hall, maximizing a casual Friday in checkered shorts, a blue short-sleeved...
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Mitch Perry Report 8.7.14: The GOP's love affair with Uber gets bigger
It's not exactly a news flash to state that the ridesharing service Uber has been embraced by lots of free-market Republicans who say that the innovative service is exactly what Florida (and America)...
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St Pete City Council to put charter amendment on ballot to allow them more...
Frustrated by their lack of influence in the recent hiring of new police chief Tony Holloway, the St. Petersburg City Council this morning voted unanimously to place a measure on the ballot this...
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Exploring the Case for African-American Reparations in St. Pete
On my way back from grabbing some smoked mullet at the Saturday market, in Williams Park, I looked down at the yellow flyer and thin newspaper I was handed by an older white lady who wanted more time...
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Pinellas County School board candidates debate at Tiger Bay Club
In what several of the candidates said was their biggest public event so far in this campaign, the men and women running to serve on the Pinellas County School Board later this year gathered this...
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Mitch Perry Report 8.8.14: What will the limit be for new U.S. action in Iraq?
Last night President Obama announced from the White House that he has authorized "limited airstrikes" against Islamic militants in Iraq, essentially to stem the fall of the Kurdish capital of Erbil,...
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Rick Scott to meet with scientists to discuss climate change on August 19
Rick Scott will meet with climate scientists on August 19, when they hope to make him understand that climate change is very real. "I would like to hear from the Governor that he recognizes that...
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Democrats, LGBT groups blast Pam Bondi's decision to kick gay marriage issue...
Pam Bondi's announcement late Thursday that Florida should stop fighting the gay-marriage battle at the state level and wait until the U.S. Supreme Court ultimately contends with the issue isn't going...
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Hillsborough School Board candidate Dipa Shah attacked by negative mailer
Last week, Brandon-based attorney Dipa Shah announced that she had become the first candidate running for a seat on the Hillsborough County School Board this year to raise over $100,000 in advance of...
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GOP Senators say Iraq militants could attack U.S.
U.S. air attacks continued in northern Iraq on Sunday, where militants have surrounded and threatened to kill as many as 40,000 members of the minority Yazidi sect. President Obama announced on...
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Mitch Perry Report 8.11.14: The most unpopular woman at Hillsborough County...
With early voting officially beginning later this week in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, some of the most interesting contests on your local ballot involve the school board. The candidates are...
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Crist & Scott spend more money on new ads bashing each other
We're 85 days away from the general election, plenty of time for Rick Scott and Charlie Crist to alienate more voters with their incessantly negative TV ad war campaign. Crist's new ad is called...
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