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Mitch PerryJune 8, 2017

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Charlie Crist took to the floor of the U.S. House on Thursday to blast the Financial CHOICE Act, a Republican-sponsored bill that would undo significant parts of the Dodd-Frank financial reforms implemented the wake of the Great Recession.. “Unrestrained greed on Wall Street caused a preventable disaster because at no point did anyone say: This is simply […]

Mitch PerryJune 7, 2017

David Jolly fully intends to appear on “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday night, as do previously scheduled guests Ice Cube and Symone Sanders, the former national press secretary for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. This despite the controversy circling around the comedian, who used the N-word during his show last Friday night, prompting widespread condemnation and calls for HBO to oust […]

Mitch PerryJune 7, 2017

Among the bills Governor Rick Scott signed into law on Tuesday is HB 647, which eliminates of the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission by December 31 of this year. The agency, originally created by a special act of the Florida Legislature in the 1970’s and the only one of its kind in the state, has been […]

Mitch PerryJune 6, 2017

Miami Beach House Democrat David Richardson will run for the Congressional District 27 seat being vacated next year by Republican Illeana Ros-Lehtinen. Richardson has served in the Florida House since 2012, when he became the first openly-gay lawmaker elected in Florida. He had been considering entering the race after Ros-Lehtinen announced in late April that she would step […]

Mitch PerryJune 6, 2017

Democrat Charlie Crist is teaming up with Naples Republican Tom Rooney for legislation to provide immediate tax relief to small businesses, which Crist says would enable them to invest in growth and provide higher wages to employees. “The lingering impact of the Great Recession continues to make it difficult for many small businesses to obtain bank loans in order to […]

Mitch PerryJune 6, 2017

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Democrat Linda Jack, a veterinarian from New Port Richey, has filed to run for the Florida House District 36 seat currently held by Republican Amber Mariano. Dr.Jack is a Florida native who spent many years traveling, performing and teaching as a professional musician, based in New York, Boston and Nashville. She then switched careers after […]

Mitch PerryJune 6, 2017

South Miami Democrat Scott Fuhrman now says he will not be running for the congressional seat being vacated next year by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Fuhrman lost to Ros-Lehtinen last fall by 10 percentage points, 55 to 45 percent, and announced two months ago that he would again challenge the 28-year GOP incumbent in 2018. Ros-Lehtinen surprised the […]

Mitch PerryJune 6, 2017

Former state Senator Jeremy Ring, the only official candidate in the 2018 race to be Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, has just completed a book about his experiences working as a founding member of Yahoo. Ring said Monday he plans to publish his book this fall. “We Were Yahoo” will describe how the Silicon Valley-based company […]

Mitch PerryJune 5, 2017

In 2016, Democrats targeted a handful of Florida House districts they believed they could flip from red to blue. One of them was Hillsborough County’s House District 63, where the Florida Democratic Party put some money behind Lisa Montelione in her bid to oust Republican incumbent Shawn Harrison. After a close race, Harrison ultimately prevailed, 51 to 49 […]

Mitch PerryJune 4, 2017

After the bloody assault at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando nearly a year ago resulted in the deaths of 49 people, 13 members of the Florida Legislature — 12 Democrats and Miami GOP state Sen. Anitere Flores — were on the losing side of a request to hold a special session on gun regulations. Despite that attitude at the Capitol, Michelle Gajda, the […]

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio/ Image via AP.

Charlie Crist blasts bill that Democrats say will rollback Dodd-Frank Act

David Jolly still appearing on Bill Maher’s show Friday; says Al Franken should too

Rick Scott signs death warrant for Hillsborough Public Transportation Commission

David Richardson seeks to bring his brand of reform politics to D.C.

Charlie Crist files bill to provide small business tax relief

New Port Richey Democrat Linda Jack to challenge Amber Mariano in state House Distirct 36

Scott Furhman will not seek rematch against Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in CD 27

Now a CFO candidate, Jeremy Ring to publish book on Yahoo experience

Bob Buckhorn crosses party lines to help Shawn Harrison’s bid for re-election

In Tampa, public officials call for common sense solutions to end gun violence epidemic