Tag: Bob Buckhorn
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Mitch PerryFebruary 11, 2016
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Tampa Bay area Democratic Congresswoman Kathy Castor will be leading a congressional delegation to Cuba this weekend. Castor will be departing from Tampa International Airport on Saturday with Minnesota Republican Representative Tom Emmer. Last year the two members filed legislation to lift the Cuban embargo and allow for businesses and the private sector to trade freely with Cuba. […]

Jim RosicaFebruary 11, 2016
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Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, former CFO Alex Sink, and others are throwing a fundraiser in Tampa for fellow Democrat Loranne Ausley, who’s seeking a Tallahassee-area Florida House seat. Former state Insurance Consumer Advocate Sean Shaw, who worked for Sink, on Thursday tweeted a photo of the invite to the event, to be held next Tuesday at […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 1, 2016
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Bob Buckhorn is heading to New Hampshire to campaign for Hillary Clinton this weekend. The Tampa mayor has been a stalwart in the Clinton Army going back to the 1990s, when he chaired Bill’s 1996 re-election campaign in Hillsborough County. Buckhorn was also was a charter member of the Democratic Leadership Conference (DLC), the centrist-oriented Democratic […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 28, 2016
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While the political world focuses on Thursday night’s seventh Republican presidential debate in Des Moines (or the candidate hosting an event at nearby Drake University), it’s still to be decided whether a Democratic presidential debate in New Hampshire will be held in a week. Hillary Clinton — in a must-win situation against Bernie Sanders for […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 27, 2016
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Immigration activists concerned about state legislation that they believe targets them held events throughout Florida on Wednesday, including in Tampa. There are several bills that the groups, going under the name “We Are Florida” are criticizing that are percolating in Tallahassee this current session — none more so than a measure (HB 675) sponsored by Yamaha Republican Larry Metz that could […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 27, 2016
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Observers of the state Legislature in Tallahassee will recall the backlash that ensued after the Florida House passed a measure last year that effectively codified existing law that same-sex couples could adopt. The bill, sponsored by Miami Beach Democrat Dave Richardson, ultimately made it through the Senate, but not before there was another measure sponsored […]


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