Florida man goes off in legislative meeting

Florida Capitol - Backside

We’ve heard a lot over the past year about the angry voter: hence the popularity of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump.

Those attending a desultory Senate committee meeting in the Florida Legislature got to see an angry voter up close and personal, when a man who identified himself as Antonio Davis began testifying about Tampa Democrat Arthenia Joyner‘s quixotic proposal to raise the salaries of Florida legislators.

Davis began speaking on the bill, then went off topic, going off on Florida nonprofits who he said he had ruined his life. When Committee Chairman Jeremy Ring told him he had to go, things got a bit intense.

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Mitch Perry

Mitch Perry has been a reporter with Extensive Enterprises since November of 2014. Previously, he served five years as political editor of the alternative newsweekly Creative Loafing. Mitch also was assistant news director with WMNF 88.5 FM in Tampa from 2000-2009, and currently hosts MidPoint, a weekly talk show, on WMNF on Thursday afternoons. He began his reporting career at KPFA radio in Berkeley and is a San Francisco native who has lived in Tampa since 2000. Mitch can be reached at [email protected].



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