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Jim RosicaAugust 30, 2016

Sydney Ridley, former House Republican leader Dana Young’s right-hand woman, is leaving to head government and regulatory affairs for Frontier Communications’ Florida operations. Ridley, who will be based in Tampa, “will represent Frontier’s Florida interests, involving extensive interaction and advocacy with public officials to include state and federal legislators (and) state agency representatives,” according […]

Mitch PerryAugust 29, 2016

Tampa Bay Democratic U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor expressed disappointment Monday that only 13 percent of eligible voters in Hillsborough County have voted by mail or at the polls heading into Election Day on Tuesday, the last day to vote in this year’s primary election. “We can do a lot better,” said Castor, who will face Republican Christine Quinn when she runs for her seat […]

Mitch PerryAugust 25, 2016

Donald Trump was in Tampa yesterday, in case you didn’t hear about it — and he continued to “reach out” to minority communities in his speech. Of course, saying, “I say to the African-American parent, you have a right to walk down the street in the inner city, without having your child or yourself shot” may not […]

Mitch PerryAugust 24, 2016

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(Update – see below) Hours before Donald Trump will speak to thousands of followers in Tampa, an activist group is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate one of his biggest local supporters, Attorney General Pam Bondi. Trump is scheduled to speak at 1 p.m. at the Florida State Fairgrounds Wednesday, and if it’s like his […]

Mitch PerryAugust 23, 2016

Donald Trump calls himself “the law and order candidate,” so one shouldn’t be surprised about his reaction to Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe‘s announcement yesterday that he had signed papers restoring the voting rights of nearly 13,000 ex-felons. Tump accused McAuliffe of “getting thousands of violent felons to the voting booth in an effort to cancel out the votes of both law […]

Martin DyckmanAugust 19, 2016

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Some Republicans to whom Donald Trump is the skunk at their garden party would have you elect him president nevertheless. Mark Sanford is one. When last heard of, he was the governor of South Carolina, canoodling with a mistress in Argentina while his office pretended that he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. Now he’s a […]

Mitch PerryAugust 15, 2016

Although both have a primary election to get through in two weeks, Patrick Murphy and Marco Rubio are acting like the general election for U.S. Senate is already on. That was evident in Tampa Monday morning, when the Jupiter Democrat denied he was overlooking Alan Grayson and the Aug. 30 primary, but then immediately lit into […]

Jim RosicaAugust 8, 2016

It’s the kind of crime that’s enough to make you spit up: A Florida couple was convicted of charges that they systematically ripped off about $2 million worth of baby formula. Attorney General Pam Bondi‘s office announced the convictions Monday. It was all part of a “multi-state, multimillion dollar scheme that involved selling stolen formula […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 3, 2016

Wednesday evening, GOP Presidential nominee Donald Trump made his first post-nomination visit to Jacksonville, where there were some changes from his previous visit. Unlike in October, when support from the establishment wing of the party was light, three rows of VIPS were assembled behind him. And also unlike in October, the sauna conditions of the Jacksonville Landing […]

Scott PowersAugust 3, 2016

In Donald Trump’s return to Central Florida after officially winning the Republican presidential nomination, his message and thunderous appeal are still all about the wall. They’re still about America’s diplomatic and trade deals destroying America, and “crooked Hillary,” and incompetent Washington leaders, and lying media, and his promises to fix everything. And they’re still about Megyn Kelly’s blood. In […]

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Personnel note: Sydney Ridley joins Frontier Communications

On eve of primary election, Kathy Castor laments low turnout so far in Hillsborough County

Mitch Perry Report for 8.25.16 — Is Donald Trump reversing himself on his signature issue of immigration?

As Donald Trump returns to Tampa, Progress Florida calls again for DOJ to investigate Pam Bondi

Mitch Perry Report for 8.23.16 — Terry McAuliffe fulfills his promise

Martin Dyckman: Supreme Court nominees no reason to elect Donald Trump

In Tampa, Patrick Murphy says Marco Rubio is running to be President, not a full-time Senator

Florida authorities bust baby formula theft ring

Donald Trump hits Duval County, contradicts local establishment job messaging

Donald Trump blasts Iran money deal, defends comments on Megyn Kelly’s blood