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Mitch PerrySeptember 29, 2016

Dr. Jill Stein, the 66-year-old Green Party presidential candidate, brought her campaign to Tampa Wednesday night, where she spoke to a packed house in the second floor ballroom of the Cuban Club in Ybor City. Stein is currently averaging around 2.5 percent in the national polls, not that dissimilar to the 2.7 percent Ralph Nader ultimately earned in […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 29, 2016

First of all, congratulations to the uber-hip readers at Creative Loafing who, in their Best of the Bay voting for Best Reporter in 2016, selected a columnist who retired two years ago. Congratulations also to our U.S. Congress who, by voting for a budget bill last to avoid a government shutdown, now gets to skip town for […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 28, 2016

Although the state and local Democratic parties aren’t putting too much effort into it, Largo schoolteacher Loretta Grizzle does truly believe she has a shot at knocking off Seminole Republican incumbent Larry Ahern in the Florida House District 66 race this November. The district encompasses parts of Largo, Clearwater, Seminole, and the north Gulf Beaches and her campaign says […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 28, 2016

It’s been a long time coming, but President Obama signed off Wednesday on declaring a major disaster exists in Florida, ordering federal aid to areas affected by Hurricane Hermine earlier this month. Obama’s actions now make federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties of Hillsborough, Pinellas, Citrus, Dixie, Hernando, Leon, Levy, and Pasco. Assistance can include grants […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 28, 2016

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The Hillary Clinton campaign is airing a new television commercial featuring Michelle Obama making the case for election this November. In the 30-second ad, the first lady makes the case that Clinton would be a good role model for children. “Our children watch everything we do, and the person we elect as president as the power […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 28, 2016

During the first half-hour or so of Monday night’s presidential debate, there was plenty of chatter on Twitter on what appeared to be a case of the sniffles being suffered by Donald J. Trump. Former Vermont governor and NBC News commentator Howard Dean speculated it might have to do with cocaine use. “Notice Trump sniffing all the time. Coke […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 27, 2016

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Whatever one wants to say about Monday night’s presidential debate, nobody can dispute that Hillary Clinton wasn’t prepared to go on the attack against Donald Trump. And that included referring to people who she claimed said Trump didn’t fully compensate them for the work they did for him. “Your campaign manager said that you built […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 27, 2016

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David Jolly’s campaign in Florida’s 13th Congressional District race placed a new digital ad Tuesday featuring a speechless Charlie Crist. The only voice in the 30-second ad appears to come from a member of the Palm Beach Post’s editorial board in 2014, when Crist was running for governor. The unseen board member recites a number of position changes Crist […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 27, 2016

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A new ad produced by the House Majority PAC features several Pinellas County women describing Congressman David Jolly as “dangerous,” “backwards,” and “out of touch” when it comes to a woman’s right to choose. But the Jolly camp responded by finding a 10-year-old newspaper story where Charlie Crist is quoted as saying that he would support a harsh anti-abortion […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 27, 2016

Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark’s push to register new voters at nine Chick-Fil-A restaurants located throughout Pinellas is not sitting well with the Pinellas County Stonewall Democrats, who say the decision is highly partisan and is “completely disrespectful” to the LGBT community. Susan McGrath, the head of the Stonewall Democrats of Pinellas County, blasted Clark’s decision to […]

Mitch Perry

Jill Stein tells Tampa: ‘This is the perfect storm for a voter revolt’

Mitch Perry Report for 9.29.16 — Congress is free to go home. Again.

HD 66 candidates Larry Ahern and Lorena Grizzle battle it out at Suncoast Tiger Bay

President Obama signs Florida disaster declaration

Michelle Obama makes the case for Hillary Clinton in new ad

Mitch Perry Report for 9.28.16 — Our bodies, our politicians

A look at two Floridians who claim they were ‘stiffed’ by Donald Trump

New David Jolly digital ad questions Charlie Crist’s credibility

David Jolly campaign reacts to ad that depicts him as ‘out of touch’ on a woman’s right to choose

Stonewall Democrats blast elections supervisor for registering voters at Chick-Fil-A locations