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Mitch PerryMarch 4, 2017

In the weeks since Donald Trump and the Republican Party have taken complete control control of Washington D.C., congressional town hall meetings around the nation have been marked by vitriol, confrontation and anger. Those elements were decidedly not present at Charlie Crist’s town hall meeting held on Saturday at the University of South Florida’s St. Petersburg campus. Instead, it was a veritable […]

Mitch PerryMarch 3, 2017

Although it may be difficult to believe now that same-sex marriage is the law of the land, the fact is that it’s still legal in most states to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in employment, housing and public accommodations. It’s legal to discriminate against the LGBT community in Florida, which is why […]

Mitch PerryMarch 2, 2017

Following the dumping of millions of gallons of raw and partially treated sewage into Tampa Bay, Clam Bayou and other waterways by local governments in 2016, two state lawmakers filed legislation Thursday to incentivize local governments and private utilities to dedicate more resources to improving their sewage infrastructure. St. Petersburg state Senator Jeff Brandes and Pasadena Representative Kathleen Peters‘ […]

Mitch PerryMarch 2, 2017

Acts of anti-Semitism are up radically this year. Since January 1, there has been an estimated 100 bomb threats against Jewish Community Centers around the nation, and last week 170 headstones were tipped at a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis and 100 more vandalized at a cemetery in Philadelphia. On Thursday, the co-chairs of the congressional Bipartisan […]

Mitch PerryMarch 2, 2017

Tampa Democrat Kathy Castor joins the chorus of Democrats who are calling for the resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions following published reports surfacing that he met twice with the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. during the presidential campaign last year. The former Alabama senator had said as recently as last month that he had not done so. “Lying to a […]

Mitch PerryMarch 2, 2017

St. Petersburg Democratic Representative Charlie Crist is calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign, a day after published reports surfaced that Sessions met twice with the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. during the president campaign last year, and yet said last month that he had not done so. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that one of […]

Mitch PerryMarch 2, 2017

Marco Rubio wants to know more about why Attorney General Jeff Sessions failed to disclose that he met twice with the Russia’s U.S. Ambassador during the presidential campaign. Despite that, the Florida senator isn’t willing to say that he should recuse himself from investigating ties between Donald Trump‘s surrogates and intermediaries for the Russian government. Not yet anyway, despite the fact […]

Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2017

Tom Lee announced Wednesday he filed the “Protecting Florida Seniors from Financial Fraud Act,” seeking to safeguard Floridians in Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs). “Unfortunately, the conduct of a few bad actors, specifically the management of one CCRC in my community, has highlighted the need to increase oversight of these organizations,” the eastern Hillsborough County state senator said […]

Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2017

Nick DiCeglie confirmed Wednesday he is running for House District 66 in 2018. The Pinellas County Republican Party Chairman will make a formal announcement sometime this spring. When asked if he would run for office, DiCeglie told FloridaPolitics.com: “I’m really focused right now on my duties as chairman.” But with nearly a year and a half before […]

Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2017

Former Pinellas County Assistant State Attorney Berny Jacques announced today that he is running for the Florida House District 66. The seat is currently occupied by Republican Larry Ahern, who is term-limited from running again. “I’ve had the great privilege of serving this area as a prosecutor, in community service groups, and as a grassroots conservative leader. As a proud first […]

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Charlie Crist fields questions for nearly four hours at his first town hall meeting

Florida Competitive Workforce Act now has 36 co-sponsors

Jeff Brandes and Kathleen Peters file legislation to limit the release of sewage discharges

Ted Deutch and Ileanna Ros-Lehtinen urge President Trump to create a strategy to combat anti-Semitism acts

Kathy Castor says Jeff Sessions should resign

Charlie Crist calls for Jeff Sessions to resign after reports of meeting with Russian ambassador surface

Marco Rubio not ready to say Jeff Sessions should recuse himself regarding Russian meetings

Tom Lee files bill to protect Florida seniors in retirement communities

Pinellas GOP chief Nick DiCeglie confirms he will run for Florida House

Berny Jacques announces his candidacy for HD 66 seat in Pinellas County