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Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

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Last week, a number of Democrats in the Florida Legislature took the “Minimum Wage Challenge,” a weeklong attempt to live on what a minimum wage worker earns and endures to show empathy and solidarity with the Fight for 15 movement. That’s the effort led by the Service Employees International Union in Florida to have fast-food workers, […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

Donald Trump may or may not have already peaked in the Republican presidential contest, but no other candidate gets close to him in yet another national poll of GOP candidates, this one released Tuesday. The Public Policy Polling survey has Trump up with 27 percent support. Ben Carson is in second place with 17 percent, and […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

Floridians for Solar Choice, one of two groups fighting to put a constitutional amendment proposal regarding solar power on the 2016 ballot, received an endorsement Tuesday from the Florida Wildlife Federation, the statewide organization working to protect the Sunshine State’s wildlife for nearly 80 years. “The Florida Wildlife Federation Board of Directors recently voted to support […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

Unlike some of her contemporaries, Tampa House Republican Dana Young isn’t looking to eliminate the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission. But she’s less than pleased with the agency upon learning that they recently purchased space in the Tampa Bay Business Journal for an advertorial spread explaining how the agency works. “WHY is the Hillsborough PTC advertising in […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

It was billed as “The Great Debate” with two of the most prominent Tampa residents on the issue of Cuba, Al Fox and Ralph Fernandez, duking it out on whether the United States should end the 54-year-old economic embargo against the Castro-led government. Hundreds jammed into the historic Centro Asturiano building in Ybor City for a 90-minute forum hosted by the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

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For those who were hoping that the Republican Party of Florida’s Sunshine Summit next month might be a flop, time to move along now. The RPOF on Tuesday announced that Ohio Gov. John Kasich and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum are the latest GOP candidates who will participate in the party’s Sunshine Summit, to be […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

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Although the conservative website The Federalist convincingly shows that the full context of Jeb Bush‘s “stuff happens” remark indicates that he was not shrugging off the latest example of gun violence run amok in America, that’s not how it played around the country as his comments bounced around the Web Friday afternoon. The comment got heavy coverage […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

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In a new 90-second video called, “Why I’m Running, “Jeb Bush displays fire in his belly during clips from a town hall meeting where he touts his success in Florida’s governor, and blasts Washington D.C. and Barack Obama directly. “The source of optimism I have is because I know the American people and its ability […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

After nearly six years of discussions, negotiators announced finalized terms for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on Monday. Although it will take months before it can wind its way through Congress, the question is whether it will pass and become a feather in the cap for President Barack Obama’s legacy. Note that I didn’t ask whether […]

Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2015

Marco Rubio‘s second book, “American Dream: Restoring Economic Opportunity for Everyone,“ it being published in paperback Tuesday. To mark the occasion, the rising GOP presidential candidate will give a speech at Civic Hall in New York City and will engage in a short Q&A with members of the New York tech community. The appearance is being promoted […]

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Florida Democrats talk about living on the minimum wage for a week

New PPP national survey has Donald Trump up by 10 points

Florida Wildlife Federation endorses Floridians for Solar Choice constitutional amendment

Dana Young not happy about PTC advertorial in Tampa Bay Business Journal

Al Fox and Ralph Fernandez debate U.S. Cuba relations in Ybor City

John Kasich, Rick Santorum latest candidates coming to RPOF’s Sunshine Summit

American Bridge announces #JebNoFilter

Jeb Bush calls Washington culture “incompetent,” “corrupt” in new ad

Mitch Perry Report for 10.6.15 – Who’s down with the TPP?

Marco Rubio sets sharing economy speech in NYC