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Mitch PerryNovember 23, 2016

Florida’s new legislative class of 2017 is presumably back home for the holidays today after spending the first part of this week in Tallahassee. House Speaker Richard Corcoran and Senate President Joe Negron welcomed their troops by discussing their respective goals for the 2017 session. In the case of Corcoran, his proposals for lobbying reform have been well publicized […]

Mitch PerryNovember 22, 2016

At their first event since being devastated by the results of the presidential election, there was literally not enough room to contain the number of Democrats who showed up at the Hillsborough County Democratic Executive Committee meeting in Ybor City Monday night. A second room adjoining the main boardroom at the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County facility was opened […]

Mitch PerryNovember 22, 2016

Following the new rules adopted by the Florida House of Representatives to make state government more transparent and accountable, introduced by newly elected House Speaker Richard Corcoran, the libertarian-oriented Americans for Prosperity-Florida expressed its support on Tuesday. “We are especially eager to see Speaker Corcoran’s new House rules in action,” said state director Chris Hudson. “These […]

Mitch PerryNovember 22, 2016

A plurality of voters in Tampa’s City Council District 7 continue to show support for emergency room physician Jim Davison, a new survey shows. Davison leads attorney Luis Viera by 42-35 percent, according to a new poll released Tuesday by St. Pete Polls. Twenty-three percent of voters say they are unsure. Davison, the only registered Republican in the original […]

Mitch PerryNovember 22, 2016

There’s no doubt Rudy Giuliani will get some meaty position in the upcoming Donald Trump administration, because the dude was loyal as hell to the president-elect throughout the past year. Chris Christie, on the other hand, may be looking at bupkes. The New Jersey governor was one of the first mainstream Republicans to endorse Trump, […]

Mitch PerryNovember 21, 2016

Kathy Castor says the voters in Florida’s 14th Congressional District re-elected her to get things done in Washington and, when she can, she’ll work with the Donald Trump administration and GOP Congress. But she’ll also resist them, depending on what policies they propose. “People elected me to solve problems and if there’s any opportunity to do […]

Mitch PerryNovember 21, 2016

Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg traveled to Guantanamo Bay last week to attend a hearing for accused terrorist Abdul al Hadi al Iraqi. “It was fascinating because most people have not seen this, they’ve only heard about it; and if you expect to see prisoners in dark hoods in shackles, that’s far from it.” […]

Mitch PerryNovember 21, 2016

At Tuesday’s Organization Session in Tallahassee, all forty state Senators elected earlier this month will take their oath in office. Both senators representing Hillsborough County, Darryl Rouson and Dana Young, are new to the job, though not to the Legislature. Young returns to Tallahassee having fulfilled her goal of advancing into the Senate after six years in the Florida […]

Mitch PerryNovember 21, 2016

In New York City today, Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to give a “major speech” on the presidential election’s impact on the city. De Blasio wants help from the feds to pay for the additional security costs in dealing with the fact that the president-elect’s home is literally in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. […]

Mitch PerryNovember 18, 2016

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Eckerd College President Donald Eastman has joined 109 other college and university presidents around the country urging Donald Trump to condemn acts of violence that have sporadically erupted since his stunning Electoral College victory for president 10 days ago. The Southern Poverty Law Center has counted more than 400 cases of hateful harassment or intimidation in the U.S. since Election Day. And in a video statement […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 11.23.16 – Real reform in Tallahassee

In wake of loss to Donald Trump, Hillsborough County Democrats get surge of requests to join their party

Americans for Prosperity gives thumbs up to new House rules

Jim Davison leading Luis Viera, 42-35%, in Tampa City Council special election

Mitch Perry Report for 11.22.16 — The sad story of Chris Christie

Kathy Castor says she’ll work with Donald Trump and GOP majority in Congress ‘if there’s an opportunity’

Dave Aronberg on observing Gitmo hearing

Darryl Rouson and Dana Young set to start new careers in Florida Senate

Mitch Perry Report for 11.20.16 — Bill de Blasio’s big moment?

Eckerd President joins other university leaders in calling on Donald Trump to speak out against violence