Mitch Perry

Mitch PerryFebruary 17, 2018
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Republican state Sen. Dennis Baxley recently withdrew a bill to allow designated people to carry concealed firearms on school grounds. Nevertheless, it didn’t slow down a Democratic congressman from California from tearing into the idea Saturday during a national radio program. Baxley sponsored SB 1236, a proposal to allow school principals or superintendents to designate individuals who could carry […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 16, 2018
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For Sarasota-area Democrats, hope springs eternal. Tuesday night, Margaret Good won a decisive seven-point victory over Republican James Buchanan in the House District 72 special election. Now Democrats are eyeing much bigger prey — Florida’s 16th Congressional District held by Vern Buchanan, who made millions owning car dealership before turning to politics in 2006, winning a hugely controversial victory over Democrat Christine Jennings. […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 16, 2018
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For months, it was well-known that President Donald Trump‘s much-hyped infrastructure proposal was only going to include minimal federal funding. In the face of that, a group of Democratic mayors expressed profound disappointment Thursday with the details of the plan. The proposed $1.5 trillion to upgrade the country’s highways, airports and railroads will contain “only” […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 16, 2018
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Two weeks ago, Jacksonville Republican John Rutherford and Boca Raton Democrat Ted Deutch teamed up with two other members of Congress on legislation to improve local early intervention programs, an effort that will hopefully prevent school violence. One day after 17 people were slaughtered in his Congressional District — one of the worst acts of gun violence in […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 15, 2018
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Wednesday’s shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School hit home for Jeremy Ring — literally. The former state senator and Democratic chief financial officer candidate lives less than a mile from where America’s latest gun massacre took place. Ring became angry that in all the statements and news releases from Republicans over the previous 24 […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 15, 2018
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Florida law pre-empts local governments from passing any ordinances which regulate guns, a reality that Tampa residents became acutely aware ofwhen Mayor Bob Buckhorn attempted to keep his downtown safe ahead of the 2012 Republican National Convention. That 2011 law was mentioned briefly at the beginning of Thursday’s Tampa City Council meeting following the mass shooting Wednesday at a high […]


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