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Mitch PerryMay 13, 2015

Perhaps it was inadvertent, but Jeb Bush admitted what everyone has known for months: He’s going to be an official candidate for the 2016 Republican Party nomination. “I’m running for president in 2016, and the focus is going to be on about we run, how do you create high sustained economic growth,” Bush said in an […]

Mitch PerryMay 13, 2015

The Florida leader of Americans for Prosperity sent a letter to Gov. Rick Scott Wednesday urging him to ignore calls to consider a tax incentive package for film and television production during next month’s Special Session. It came two days after Film Florida penned a letter to legislative leaders saying the opposite. AFP also has […]

Mitch PerryMay 13, 2015

Florida’s presidential primary election doesn’t take place until March, but as the nation’s largest swing state, it’s never too early to begin handicapping the candidates. That’s the attitude apparently at John Stemberger‘s Florida Family Action group. It announced Wednesday that it will host an analysis/straw poll of the GOP candidates next week in Maitland. Among […]

Mitch PerryMay 13, 2015

The Hillsborough County Public Transportation held a two-and-a-half hour public hearing on Wednesday on proposed regulations that would put ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft into compliance with the agency’s rules. But at the end of the morning, they opted to punt on the issue once again, mandating that a subcommittee come back with recommendations next month. Ever since […]

Mitch PerryMay 13, 2015

President Obama’s hopes for the passage of a trade measure that would give his administration greater authority to negotiate more freely with other countries was blocked in the Senate on Tuesday, when only one Democratic senator voted to support his efforts. Obama’s goal of getting a new Asia-Pacific trade bill known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) […]

Mitch PerryMay 13, 2015

In the Hillsborough County fundraising totals this week for the 2016 election, the contrast was stark between Democrats Pat Kemp and Brian Willis for the District 6 county commission race. Willis announced raising $45,357 in April, which his camp said is the third-largest opening month of fundraising for a county commission candidate in the past […]

Mitch PerryMay 13, 2015

In Washington Tuesday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled his progressive “contract with America,” a 13-point liberal platform in which every child has free kindergarten, wages start at $15 an hour, there would be national paid sick leave and family leave, higher taxes on the wealthy, opposition to unfair trade laws (such as the Trans […]

Mitch PerryMay 12, 2015

Jeb Bush confirmed Tuesday afternoon that he won’t participate in the Iowa Straw Poll in August. The news dominated the U.S. political scene Tuesday, obscuring to a degree the controversy accompanying Bush’s response to a question asked Sunday by Fox News commentator Megyn Kelly regarding the invasion of Iraq. Bush told Kelly that even knowing […]

Mitch PerryMay 12, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott‘s Let’s Get to Work political committee raised $687, 691 in April, including a $100,000 contribution from Tampa Bay Lightning owner and Channelside developer Jeff Vinik. That brings his totals in 2015 to more than $2.3 million ($2,368,000). Other major contributions in April came from the AIF PAC, the political action committee formed by […]

Mitch PerryMay 12, 2015

Florida progressives have been slamming Patrick Murphy ever since the Jupiter-based congressman entered the race for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination in March, slamming him as a “Wall Street Democrat.” Their hope is that Orlando-area U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson enters the contest, giving them a classic choice between a perceived centrist and a tried-and-true liberal. We’re […]

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Jeb Bush tells Reno TV station he’s running for president

AFP urges Rick Scott to not include film incentives in Special Session

Florida Family Action holds GOP presidential straw poll next week

Hillsborough PTC discusses Uber & Lyft regulations, but again fails to come to a resolution

David Jolly says lack of trust in President Obama is causing him to oppose TPA

Pat Kemp not concerned about Brian Willis’ quick start in Hillsborough District 6 race

Mitch Perry Report 5.13.15 – Bill de Blasio unveils a progressive contract with America

Jeb Bush to skip Iowa Straw Poll; says he “misinterpreted” question on Iraq

Rick Scott’s Let’s Get to Work PAC has raised more than $2.3 million this year

American Conservative Union: Alan Grayson has more conservative voting record than Patrick Murphy