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Mitch PerryOctober 5, 2015

David Jolly says he believes he has the antidote for what ills Washington, but believes that at least in his particular case, the Florida Fair Districts amendments and the Florida Supreme Court helped derail that remedy. Speaking at the Suncoast Tiger Bay luncheon in Clearwater on Monday, the Pinellas County Representative said that more lawmakers need to reside […]

Mitch PerryOctober 5, 2015

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Jeb Bush says that under his tax reform plan, the average American will save nearly $2,000 in after-tax income. In an op-ed in USA Today last week, Bush wrote that that translate, “Two thousand dollars is four mortgage payments for the median American household; or eight months of gas; or six months of utilities; or about three months of groceries. Better […]

Mitch PerryOctober 5, 2015

Blaise Ingoglia and the Republican Party of Florida’s big Sunshine Summit is looking a lot better than it was a couple of weeks ago. That’s when only native sons Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio had committed to the mid-November fundraising event for the RPOF, creating the possible scenario of the majority of Republican presidential candidates […]

Mitch PerryOctober 5, 2015

After John Boehner became Speaker following the GOP’s takeover of the House of Representatives back in 2011, Republican leaders decided Congress should meet less in Washington. So they announced a loose goal of two weeks on, one week off in the nation’s Capitol – giving members the chance to spend extended time back in their districts every third week. […]

Mitch PerryOctober 5, 2015

Welcome to the first Monday in October, where in Tampa the temperatures began this morning in the upper 60’s… Lots going on in pop culture and sports this past weekend, but let’s stick with hard news and talk about the issue of gun violence in America in the wake of the latest mass shooting in […]

Mitch PerryOctober 4, 2015

Florida’s two presidential candidates – Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio- remain in the middle of the pack in two new polls taken in Iowa and New Hampshire and released on Sunday. Donald Trump continues to lead the Republican field in both states, according to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist surveys. In New Hampshire, Trump now holds a […]

Mitch PerryOctober 2, 2015

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Jeb Bush received a torrent of criticism Friday afternoon after he said “stuff happens” in reference to calls for legislative action after the mass shooting that took place in Oregon on Thursday. “I had this challenge as governor because we had — look, stuff happens,” he said at a forum in South Carolina. “There’s always […]

Mitch PerryOctober 2, 2015

The Florida Democratic Party announced that Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill will keynote the FDP’s Saturday night dinner at the 2015 State Convention. “Today we are thrilled to announce the Senator Claire McCaskill will keynote our 2015 State Convention dinner on October 31st.” said FDP Chair Allison Tant. “We couldn’t be more excited to have Senator McCaskill on our team as we […]

Mitch PerryOctober 2, 2015

Last month Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alan Grayson bashed his chief rival for the Democratic nomination for Senate, Patrick Murphy, for being one of just seven U.S. House Democrats who voted to create the Benghazi Select Committee. But after Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy admitted on Fox News this week that the committee’s work had done its job in weakening Hillary Clinton‘s […]

Mitch PerryOctober 2, 2015

On Thursday, Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission Chairman Victor Crist announced that his agency will temporarily postpone any work on the litigation involving the PTC and Uber until after the Florida Legislative session concludes next March. All eyes are on Tallahassee next winter to finally come up with a statewide list of rules and regulations regarding […]

Mitch Perry

David Jolly says competitive districts can fix Washington dysfunction

Jeb Bush ad asks: What will you do with that extra $2,000 my tax cut will bring you?

Chris Christie and Rand Paul added to RPOF Sunshine Summit

David Jolly introduces bill mandating Congress work a 40-hour work week

Mitch Perry Report for 10.5.15 – O’Malley and Clinton unveil plans to address gun violence

Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio still in middle of the pack in new Iowa, NH polls

Jeb Bush gets blasted for ‘stuff happens’ remark about Oregon mass shooting

Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill to keynote FDP State Convention on Halloween

Alan Grayson again blasts Patrick Murphy for supporting Benghazi investigation

Victor Crist and Jeff Brandes are NOT on the same page regarding the PTC’s future