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Mitch PerryJanuary 18, 2016
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Ron DeSantis has one. Carlos Lopez-Cantera has two. Now David Jolly has one as well. A super PAC, that is. It’s called FloridAmerican Conservatives.  “The United States Senate seat in Florida will be open in 2016, and the national liberal Democrats – Obama, Clinton, Reid – will spend whatever it takes to put Florida in their […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 18, 2016
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Florida political consultant Rick Wilson is leaving the Carlos Lopez-Cantera Senate campaign, but he’ll still be working on getting CLC elected this fall. The veteran GOP strategist is transitioning from serving as an adviser to Lopez-Cantera in his bid for the U.S. Senate to working at Reform Washington, a super PAC backing the Lieutenant Governor’s candidacy. “We are […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 15, 2016
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A leading environmental activist says the solar amendment being backed by Florida’s investor-owned utilities is doomed to rejection by the Florida Supreme Court. Susan Glickman, Florida director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, asserted that Friday during the Tampa Tiger Bay Club meeting. She blasted the Consumers for Smart Solar group, which she said had spent […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 15, 2016
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(UPDATED) Jeb Bush has received a much-needed boost in his flagging campaign for president on Friday after South Carolina Senator and former presidential candidate Lindsey Graham endorsed him. “It is not enough to criticize Barack Obama, you need to have an alternative to lead from behind, and Jeb Bush has the alternative,” said Graham at a […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 14, 2016
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Since Uber began operating in the Tampa Bay area 21 months ago, it’s been essentially a love affair among drivers, passengers, and most lawmakers, who have battled with the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission and the taxi industry to promote the “disruptive” and innovative form of transportation. That love affair is ending on the part of […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 14, 2016
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Congressional District 11 GOP candidate Justin Grabelle said Thursday he has raised $111,664 since entering the contest in November. “It’s really encouraging,” Grabelle said in a prepared statement. “Given that we announced a full month into the quarter and lost a few crucial weeks with the holidays, I was trying to manage my own expectations […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 14, 2016
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A bill that would that would reform the driver’s license and revocation process in Florida passed unanimously Thursday in the Senate Transportation Commission. The legislation (SB 7046) sponsored by St. Petersburg Republican Jeff Brandes would revise requirements relating to the payment of court-related fines or other monetary penalties, fees, charges, and costs. It would also require traffic […]


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