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Mitch PerryJune 7, 2016

Happy Tuesday, everybody. To paraphrase Bob Dylan, you won’t need a weatherman to tell you how many streets will be inoperative in Tampa today, after an onslaught of rain touched down in the area overnight. We’ll have to wait and see how bad the flooding is, but one has to wonder how long it’ll be […]

Mitch PerryJune 2, 2016

The group U.S. Term Limits, which bills itself as the leader of the grassroots movement to install term limits in Congress, is bashing Florida Senate candidates Todd Wilcox and Carlos Beruff for their specific plans on how long a member of Congress can serve in Washington before being term-limited out. U.S. Term Limits says the two Republicans term-limit proposals are a “sham designed to […]

Mitch PerryJune 2, 2016

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn is weighing on a race dividing Democrats in Pinellas County, backing St. Petersburg attorney Ben Diamond in the House District 68 contest. “Ben Diamond is an asset to Tampa Bay,” Buckhorn said in a statement released Thursday. “His commitment to fairness and his experience in Tallahassee make him the best candidate to help move […]

Mitch PerryJune 2, 2016

When people say Bernie Sanders has pushed Hillary Clinton to the left, there is no greater issue to prove that point than her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP is a huge deal between the U.S., Canada and 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region that’s been under negotiation for over a decade. Its aim is […]

Mitch PerryJune 1, 2016

Given that Hillary Clinton needs just 73 delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination for president, there is speculation she could become the de facto nominee even before Californians finish voting next Tuesday night. There is a total of six states where Democrats go to the polls next week, with the big one being the Golden […]

Mitch PerryJune 1, 2016

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Here’s a warning to those who have just purchased (or about a purchase) a new Toyota, Mitsubishi, Fiat Chrysler, or Volkswagon vehicle: You could very well have your new car recalled within the next two years because it contains a defective — and potentially very dangerous — airbag. That’s the conclusion of a new report issued Wednesday by […]

Mitch PerryJune 1, 2016

Tampa attorney Sean Shaw, running for the House District 61 seat based in Tampa, has received the endorsement of Tampa Firefighters Local 754. “Our first responders put their lives on the line every day,” Shaw said in a statement released on Wednesday. “To have the support of our Tampa Firefighters is truly humbling. I’m honored to […]

Mitch PerryJune 1, 2016

Americans for Prosperity-Florida is calling on lawmakers from both sides of Tampa Bay not to use public taxpayer dollars in the financing of any potential new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays. “As the Rays search for a potential new sandlot to call home, their focus should steer clear of calling on taxpayers to sacrifice […]

Mitch PerryJune 1, 2016

My colleague Jim Rosica has a piece up this morning entitled, “Did Adam Putnam just launch the first ad of the 2018 gubernatorial campaign?” Check it out and decide for yourself whether indeed that’s the case. What’s truly not in dispute is that the 41-year-old Agriculture commissioner has been THE guy referred to by seemingly everyone […]

Mitch PerryMay 31, 2016

Although Florida’s 14th Congressional District isn’t nearly as solidly a Democratic seat as it was a year ago, nobody expects incumbent Kathy Castor to have any trouble holding onto it this November. Redistricting ordered by the Florida Supreme Court last year led the Florida Legislature to draw up the seat that now makes it a Democratic […]

Mitch Perry

Mitch Perry Report for 6.7.16 — Hillary now officially the candidate? Yes, according to AP

Term limits group slams Todd Wilcox and Carlos Beruff for their stance on the issue

Bob Buckhorn endorses Ben Diamond in the HD 68 race

Mitch Perry Report for 6.2.16 — What’s happening with the TPP?

Bill Nelson again calls on Bernie Sanders to drop out of presidential race

Bill Nelson’s Commerce Committee report says that automakers are still selling defective airbags in new cars

Tampa Firefighters union backs Sean Shaw in HD 61 race

AFP-Florida warns Tampa Bay lawmakers to not use taxpayers $ for potential Rays stadium

Mitch Perry Report for 6.1.16 — Let the 2018 GOP gubernatorial chatter begin

Eddie Adams Jr. and Christine Quinn battle it out in GOP CD 14 contest