Mitch Perry

Mitch PerryJanuary 8, 2016
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Hillsborough County Commissioner Sandy Murman, currently running for re-election to her District 1 seat this fall, acknowledged Friday she’s considering a run at the newly created state Senate District 18 seat. “I am looking at it,” the Davis Island Republican told Florida Politics late Friday afternoon. “I’m very happy on the County Commission. I love […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 7, 2016
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Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera announced Thursday morning endorsements from nine state House Republicans in his race for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate. The list includes Dennis Baxley from Ocala, Halsey Besmears from Monticello, Matt Caldwell from Monticello, Brad Drake from DeFuniak Springs, Clay Ingram from Pensacola, MaryLynn Magar from Hobe Sound, Keith Perry from Gainesville, Elizabeth Porter from Lake City, and Jimmie T. Smith from Lecanto are all now backing Lopez-Cantera. “I […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 7, 2016
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Is this the week the dam breaks between Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and the base of the Democratic Party? This week a progressive organization called Roots Action said it had collected more than 23,000 signatures calling for the Democratic National Committee to remove Wasserman Schultz as its party chairwoman. Now in the […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 7, 2016
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James Tracy was fired last month, though the Florida Atlantic University communications professor still can file a grievance to maintain his job. Although he would certainly dispute being labeled a conspiracy theorist, that’s essentially how I learned about him when I wrote a story about conspiracy theories in Creative Loafing. Tracy claimed the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre […]


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