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Mitch PerryDecember 17, 2015

A dispute with a signature-gathering firm makes it likely that the group attempting to expand solar power choice in Florida will fall short of acquiring the necessary signatures to qualify for the ballot next year. Floridians for Solar Choice (FSC) needs to get 683,149 signatures turned in to state Division of Elections by February 1. Currently, the state […]

Mitch PerryDecember 17, 2015

There are several gun bills that will be before the Florida Legislature when they convene next month in Tallahassee, including a guns-on-college-campuses bill. The legislation failed in the 2015 session, but GOP lawmakers are pushing for it again next year. On Wednesday, Florida’s Congressional Democrats sent a letter to Senate President Andy Gardiner and House Speaker […]

Mitch PerryDecember 17, 2015

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Former Florida Senate Democratic Leader and 2014 Gubernatorial candidate Nan Rich is endorsing Jupiter Representative Patrick Murphy in the race for U.S. Senate. “Patrick is a leader with intelligence and integrity who I know will always defend a woman’s right to choose, protect Social Security and Medicare from cuts, and fight to preserve Florida’s environment. In […]

Mitch PerryDecember 17, 2015

I’m going to guess that conservatives in Congress aren’t going to turn on new House Speaker Paul D. Ryan so soon, since he’s still undergoing a honeymoon less than two months after replacing the very unpopular John Boehner. But there’s definitely unease among the far right part of the party on this omnibus spending bill […]

Mitch PerryDecember 16, 2015

Pinellas County Congressman David Jolly has a three-point lead over Ponte Vedra Beach Representative Ron DeSantis in a new St. Pete Polls survey released Wednesday, but over 43 percent of Republicans polled said they’re unsure or would prefer another candidate. Jolly gets 21 percent of the vote, with DeSantis next at 18 percent. Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera is […]

Mitch PerryDecember 16, 2015

Donald Trump continues to lead in the Republican presidential race in Florida according to a St. Pete Polls survey released on Wednesday. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is ascending in the Sunshine State and has moved up to second place. Trump leads with 36 percent in the poll of Florida Republican voters. Cruz is now second with 22 percent. Marco Rubio […]

Mitch PerryDecember 16, 2015

Debbie Dooley, president of one of the groups that spearheaded the movement to open up the solar power movement in Florida through a proposed constitutional amendment earlier this year, is blasting the report by the James Madison Institute released earlier on Wednesday. That report said that passage of the amendment sponsored by Floridians for Solar […]

Mitch PerryDecember 16, 2015

The ballot initiative that would increase access to solar power in Florida next year has faced intense opposition from the public utilities and big business all year long. One of those opponents is The James Madison Institute (JMI), a conservative think-tank based in Tallahassee. The group released a report on Wednesday claiming that if the […]

Mitch PerryDecember 16, 2015

They’re not using general revenue tax dollars! That was the message that six of the seven members of the Hillsborough County Commission emphasized on Wednesday in voting to approve a deal that will send $29 million in taxpayer money to the Tampa Sports Authority to make improvements on an estimated $87 million plan for Raymond […]

Mitch PerryDecember 16, 2015

Florida Congressman Alan Grayson wants Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia off an affirmative action case that the Court will rule on next year – and has penned a letter to Chief Justice John Roberts telling him that. Scalia has come under fire for a comment he made last week during oral arguments in a case about […]

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Dispute with signature gathering firm to doom Florida solar power amendment from getting on 2016 ballot?

Florida Congressional Democrats weigh in against guns on campus bill in Legislature

Nan Rich endorses Patrick Murphy in Florida Democratic Senate race

Mitch Perry Report for 12.17.15 – As Congress votes on spending bill, will far right turn on Paul Ryan now?

Poll: Florida’s GOP U.S. Senate race shaping up as two man race, with David Jolly leading

Latest poll of Florida voters shows Donald Trump leading Ted Cruz, 36% -22%

Debbie Dooley calls JMI report that solar amendment would cost over $1 billion to ratepayers “bogus”

Solar power amendment opponent says its passage would cost ratepayers $1.1 billion

Hillsborough BOCC approves stadium improvement deal with Tampa Bay Bucs

Alan Grayson calls for Antonin Scalia to recuse himself from affirmative action case