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Mitch PerryMay 25, 2016

While members of Congress continue to demand answers to exceedingly long lines at some of the nation’s airports, Tampa-area Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor is calling the long lines forming at the Tampa International Airport’s post office recently to get passports “unacceptable.” “It is not unusual for individuals and families to wait all day at that location […]

Mitch PerryMay 25, 2016

In an embarrassing admission, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is acknowledging in a letter to Pinellas County Congressman David Jolly that it falsely declared 4,201 people dead between 2011 and 2015, disrupting the distribution of benefits to those veterans and their dependents. Last year alone, the VA says it erroneously terminated benefits to 1,025 individuals. […]

Mitch PerryMay 25, 2016

An advocacy group pushing for strong regulations on predatory payday loans is once again applying pressure on members of Florida’s congressional delegation, shortly before the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is expected to announce new national rules for payday lending next week. Allied Progress has been conducted an aggressive campaign against Florida lawmakers who support legislation sponsored by […]

Mitch PerryMay 25, 2016

Tampa Bay area sports fans were hit with a double whammy of negativity on Tuesday. I also had a poor night watching people play games for profit. First of all, the Tampa Bay Lightning blew their opportunity to close out their Eastern Conference Finals series with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and face elimination tomorrow night in […]

Mitch PerryMay 24, 2016

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Commenting on the same day that the Pinellas County Commission was poised to vote on a fracking ban, House District 69 Democratic candidate Jennifer Webb announced that she not only supports such a ban, but took the opportunity to take a swipe at her GOP opponent, incumbent Kathleen Peters. Noting that there were bills presented in the Legislature banning fracking […]

Mitch PerryMay 24, 2016

Citing reports about Donald Trump rooting for the housing market to collapse a decade ago, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn called such sentiments “shameful” and “disqualifying” during a short conference call organized by the Hillary Clinton campaign on Tuesday. “I don’t know about you, but I’m not sure how you make America great again by rooting for it to fail so that you […]

Mitch PerryMay 24, 2016

When it comes to pushing for Congress to allocate the $1.9 billion request to handle the Zika crisis, Barack Obama has no greater advocate in Congress than Sarasota Representative Vern Buchanan. The GOP lawmaker penned a letter to congressional leaders on Tuesday, urging them to listen to the medical experts and appoint a conference committee […]

Mitch PerryMay 24, 2016

Last night in Santa Monica, Bernie Sanders called Hillary Clinton‘s decision not to debate him in California “insulting” to the voters in the Golden State. “A number of months ago our campaign and her campaign reached an agreement on a number of debates, including one here in California,” Sanders told the crowd, according to a […]

Mitch PerryMay 23, 2016

It was 13 months ago when Jeff Atwater stunned the Florida political world by announcing he would not run for the U.S. Senate in 2016. A Quinnipiac Poll taken just a week earlier showed him leading the two major Democratic candidates in the race, Congressmen Alan Grayson and Patrick Murphy, and he was considered to have by far the […]

Mitch PerryMay 23, 2016

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Carlos-Lopez Cantera is taking direct aim at David Jolly in a new digital ad released on Monday. The ad targets the Pinellas County Representative for refusing to support another congressional investigation into the allegations that Planned Parenthood harvested and trafficked in fetal body parts. “David Jolly refused to hold the largest abortion provider in the country accountable last week […]

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Kathy Castor tells John Kerry lines to get passports at TPA post office are ‘unacceptable’

VA admits to David Jolly they’ve mistakenly labeled over 4,200 people dead in last 5 years

Advocacy group again attacks “Florida model” of payday lending in new video

Mitch Perry Report for 5.25.16 — The agony and the agony

Kathleen Peters responds to Jennifer Webb’s comments on her support of fracking bill

Bob Buckhorn blasts Donald Trump’s decade-old comments on exploiting the housing market collapse

Vern Buchanan wants Congress to quickly fund President Obama $1.9 billion request for Zika

Mitch Perry Report for 5.24.16 — Hillary nixes a last Dem debate in California

Jeff Atwater has no regrets about not entering run for U.S. Senate

Carlos Lopez-Cantera attacks David Jolly on Planned Parenthood vote