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Mitch PerryMay 6, 2015

They batted it around for more than two hours Tuesday night, but in the end, the members of the Hillsborough County Charter Review Board were no closer to recommending any changes regarding the current configuration of the Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners than they were when they began. For more than 30 years, the board has consisted […]

Mitch PerryMay 6, 2015

According to a story by Waveney Ann Moore in Wednesday’s Tampa Bay Times, it’s looking good for advocates of Pier Park to be the chosen design to finally replace the aging iconic inverted Pier in downtown St. Petersburg. “I’ve had more calls in support of Pier Park than anything,” City Councilman Darden Rice says. “It […]

Mitch PerryMay 5, 2015

Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio continue to hover around the top of the GOP presidential field according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released Tuesday evening, with Rubio continuing to ascend. Forty-eight percent of Republicans say they would support Rubio. Forty-seven percent say they would support former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who just officially entered the […]

Mitch PerryMay 5, 2015

The Florida Democratic Party said Tuesday it will feature Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner and Hawaii U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as keynote speakers at its Leadership Blue Dinner next month. The party’s biggest fundraising night of the year is scheduled to take place in Hollywood. Warner was re-elected to the Senate in November, narrowly surviving a […]

Mitch PerryMay 5, 2015

Monday night in Miami, Alan Gross, an American citizen held in Cuba by the Castro-led government for five years, spoke at the inaugural fundraiser for New Cuba PAC, a political action committee created to push for the end of the 53-year U.S. economic embargo against the communist island nation. “It was a magical night,” said […]

Mitch PerryMay 5, 2015

Don’t tell Laura Ingraham, Steve King, or some other Republican immigration hardliners, but Jeb Bush is commemorating Cinco de Mayo. Bush recorded a video message Tuesday to the entire U.S. Hispanic community, “and especially to our fellow Americans of Mexican origin,” as he says in the video. “Cinco de Mayo is an honorable date when Mexico, […]

Mitch PerryMay 5, 2015

As he rolls out his candidacy for president, Marco Rubio has been positioning himself as somewhat of an expert on foreign policy. “Governors can certainly read about foreign policy in briefings, and meet with experts, but there is no way they’ll be ready on Day One to manage U.S. foreign policy because the learning curve […]

Mitch PerryMay 5, 2015

Hillary Clinton is in Las Vegas Tuesday, where she will reportedly call for a path to citizenship for the about 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. That would revive the 2013 legislation co-sponsored by Marco Rubio in the Senate — before he walked away from it. She will say that the standard for a true […]

Mitch PerryMay 4, 2015

According to a 1997 GAO report, civil marriage brings with it at least 1,138 legal protections and responsibilities from the federal government, including the right to take leave from work to care for a family member, the right to sponsor a spouse for immigration purposes, and Social Security survivor benefits. According to GLAD (Gay & Lesbian […]

Mitch PerryMay 4, 2015

For nearly two decades, Eric Seidel helped Tampa Bay area residents as WTVT-FOX 13’s consumer reporter. Now he wants to work for the people as a public servant — specifically as the next circuit court clerk in Hillsborough County. “From collecting on a legal judgment or filing a small claim in a dispute, to attempting […]

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Hillsborough Charter Review Board defers on county commission makeup

Mitch Perry Report for 5.6.15 — St. Pete Pier politics, part 23

Marco Rubio gains support in latest CBS-NY Times Poll

Mark Warner, Tulsi Gabbard to headline Florida Democratic Party Leadership Blue Dinner

Engage Cuba group starts effort to end U.S. sanctions

Jeb Bush sends out Happy Cinco de Mayo message en Español

Marco Rubio foreign policy moves receive greater scrutiny

Mitch Perry Report for 5.5.15 — Hillary Clinton takes on Jeb and the GOP on immigration

Carly FIorina says protections alike with same-sex marriages, civil unions

Former FOX 13 reporter Eric Seidel running for Hillsborough court clerk