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Tampa cabbies lash out at Uber and the govt. officials who they say enable them
David Bean is pissed. It's never been easy being a cabdriver, but for seven years he's toiled for Yellow Cab in Tampa, and he doesn't dig the fact that drivers for ride-sharing companies like Uber and...
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Tampa’s surf soul tiki artist gone rogue
Today at what he considers one of Tampa’s Cuban cultural and historical epicenters, Tampa native and local Surf Soul Tiki artist Jeff Choinard told the story of how he fell in love with carving tikis...
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Conspiracy theories: Why we love ’em
In the upcoming film Kill The Messenger, journalist Gary Webb (played by Jeremy Renner) is asked if he believes in conspiracy theories.“I don’t believe in conspiracy theories,” Webb replies....
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Mitch Perry Report 9.25.14: Are Jeb Bush's view discordant with the GOP base?
According to a report in the Washington Examiner, Mitt Romney is a lot closer to considering another run for the White House than you might think. But it depends about what another Republican — Jeb...
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Adrian Wyllie hires Luke Lirot to help get him into gubernatorial debates
First Amendment attorney Luke Lirot is perhaps best known for being Joe Redner's defense counsel when he fought local government's attempts to crack down on his nude dancing establishments. Now Lirot...
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Scott Orsini says he won't be a "lockstep Democrat" if elected in HD 69 in...
St. Petersburg-based attorney Scott Orsini says he's used to people asking him why he wants to be a member of the Florida House of Representatives, since Democrats are vastly outnumbered by...
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Mitch Perry Report: Times reporter Joe Childs's work will live on
The announcement last week by Tampa Bay Times CEO and Chairman Paul Tash that because of a "crisis situation" employees who opted to leave the paper by October 1 would receive their full severance...
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Local deportation attempt brings protest to ICE's Tampa headquarters
Representatives from a number of activist groups like Raíces en Tampa, Young American Dreamers, Florida Immigrant Coalition, Students for a Democratic Society and United We Dream Tampa Bay had planned...
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Judithanne McLauchlan explains why she filed for bankruptcy in the late 1990's
Earlier this week, the Republican Party of Florida went for the jugular in a new television ad that mentioned that Senate District 22 Democratic candidate Judithanne McLauchlan had a) filed for...
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15 Now lays down their goals in St. Petersburg
Last week 15 Now, a grassroots organization originally rooted in Seattle, launched their statewide movement in Orlando. Saturday in St. Petersburg, 15 Now Tampa Bay held their own press conference in...
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Some Democrats AND Republicans say Obama should bring back Congress for vote...
On Friday, British Prime Minister David Cameron secured parliamentary support for the U.K. to join the U.S.-led airstrikes against ISIS, though the Brits are only conducting such airstrikes in Iraq,...
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Mitch Perry Report 9.29.14: Tampa Bay Rays' (& MLB's) really long and not so...
Congratulations this morning to the Tampa Bay Bucs and their fans, who finally have something to feel good about this season after the Mike Glennon-led Bucs stunned the Steelers in Pittsburgh...
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D.C. based pro-choice group target Rick Scott as being "obsessed with...
NARAL Pro-Choice America announced today that it is targeting Rick Scott and two other GOP Governors this election season with mail, online ads and phone calls questioning what they call their...
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Mailers urge voters to return absentee ballots that haven't been sent out yet
Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer has a message for those of you who've received a mailer saying that you're absentee ballot should have already been mailed to you. No, it...
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California D.A.'s say Uber & Lyft represent a "continuing threat" to the public
Kyle Cockream, the executive director of the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission, appeared a bit perturbed last week after the Tampa Bay Partnership neglected to contact him while...
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Mitch Perry Report 9.30.14: Buckhorn gets a challenger
Five months before he runs for what is expected to be a relatively stress-free re-election bid, Bob Buckhorn has a challenger in acupuncturist and activist Becky Rubright. Based on her initial...
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D.C. Transit official makes the case for Greenlight
As part of maintaining the focus on passing Greenlight Pinellas, the Yes on Greenlight campaign on Monday had American Public Transportation Association Vice President for Policy Art Guzetti making...
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Activists group say ALEC's power is fading
Last week Google CEO Eric Schmidt said said his company made a mistake in funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), now that he realizes that they oppose U.S. action on climate...
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Pinellas Republican state lawmakers say the gloves are off regarding Duke...
Paraphrasing the Howard Beale character from 1976's Network, Clearwater area state Senator Jack Latvala said today that he's "mad as heck and I'm not going to take it anymore" when it comes to the...
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Castor calls for DOJ to review Florida's ban on civil rights restoration for...
A signature issue that bothers most Democrats (and very few, if any Republicans) in Florida is the ban on automatic restoration of the civil and voting rights of ex-felons who have paid their debt to...
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