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Mitch PerryMarch 25, 2015

A new survey from St.Leo University shows that a plurality of Floridians believe Rick Scott’s controversial sacking of FDLE head Gerald Bailey was political in nature. 37 percent of those asked in the poll say that the Governor acted to punish Bailey for Bailey’s reluctance to aid in Scott’s re-election campaign and the change was mainly politically motivated. 47 percent […]

Mitch PerryMarch 25, 2015

Florida teens may not have been aware of it, but “sexting” by minors in the Sunshine State has essentially been legal for the past few years, thanks to a quirk in a law passed in the Legislature a few years ago. This morning the House Justice Appropriations committee began the process of remedying that situation by […]

Mitch PerryMarch 25, 2015

With virtually no debate, the Florida House Insurance and Banking Committee passed the so-called Right to Try Act on Wednesday. The legislation would allow terminally ill patients to access experimental drugs. Similiar legislation has spread like wildfire across the country. Ten states in the nation recently have approved such laws, and another 29 (including Florida) […]

Mitch PerryMarch 25, 2015

With virtually no debate, the Florida House Insurance and Banking Committee passed the so-called Right to Try Act on Wednesday. The legislation would allow terminally ill patients to access experimental drugs. Similiar legislation has spread like wildfire across the country. Ten states in the nation recently have approved such laws, and another 29 (including Florida) […]

Mitch PerryMarch 25, 2015

Nine days after he acknowledged that he wouldn’t be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in 2016, former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist on Wednesday announced his support for Patrick Murphy for the same seat. “Patrick Murphy has the energy, integrity, and work ethic we need in the United States Senate,” he wrote […]

Mitch PerryMarch 25, 2015

Polls, schmolls, right? I mean, it’s not even the beginning of the 2015 Major League Baseball season, so we’ve got a lifetime — a year and a half, anyway — before the 2016 presidential election. But it’s not just the fantasy of political reporters hoping for a knock-down, drag-out affair to suggest that despite his […]

Mitch PerryMarch 25, 2015

Polls, schmolls, right? I mean, it’s not even the beginning of the 2015 Major League Baseball season, so we’ve got a lifetime — a year and a half, anyway — before the 2016 presidential election. But it’s not just the fantasy of political reporters hoping for a knock-down, drag-out affair to suggest that despite his […]

Mitch PerryMarch 24, 2015

Tuesday night’s election finale between Jackie Toledo and Guido Maniscalco took a stunning turn at about 7:20 p.m. After the first results from early and absentee balloting showed Toledo holding on to an 8 percentage point lead over Maniscalco, the ballots cast on Election Day itself showed Maniscalco making a major turnaround. By 8 p.m. […]

Mitch PerryMarch 24, 2015

A few hours after the state Senate nearly unanimously approved a resolution denouncing the Obama Administration’s recent diplomatic breakthrough with Cuba, Tampa U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor‘s office announced a forum next week in Tampa to look at the new policies and what they will mean for local travel and trade. The event, called the Cuba […]

Mitch PerryMarch 24, 2015

President Barack Obama‘s diplomatic breakthrough with Cuba in December has been met mostly with approval in the Tampa Bay area from political and business leaders. A Pinellas County delegation visited the communist island for the first time in January, while the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce is planning another visit in May. Tampa area U.S. […]

Mitch Perry

New poll says plurality of Floridians think Rick Scott acted politically in "Baileygate" controversy

Committee begins putting teeth in Florida teen sexting law

“Right to Try” bill advances in House committee

"Right to Try" bill advances in House committee

Charlie Crist endorses Patrick Murphy for U.S. Senate in 2016

Mitch Perry Report for 3.25.15 — Maybe Jeb Bush isn’t so inevitable?

Mitch Perry Report for 3.25.15 — Maybe Jeb Bush isn't so inevitable?

Jackie Toledo says not only did she lose, but Tampa did as well

U.S. Secretary of Commerce to attend Cuba forum in Tampa

Senate denounces Obama overture to Cuba