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Guest AuthorDecember 11, 2015

True story. When we got through security at LaGuardia airport on the way home from a Thanksgiving in New York City, my kids were treated to the profane-laced diatribe of a woman who had been pulled aside for a random TSA check. She was berating the TSA officer who was politely asking her to extend […]

Mitch PerryDecember 11, 2015

Since he began campaigning for president this year, one part of Donald Trump’s stump speech that has remained intact is when he attacks Bowe Bergdahl, calling him a traitor and saying he should be executed for deserting. “We’re tired of Sgt. Bergdahl, who’s a traitor, a no-good traitor, who should have been executed,’ Trump said in […]

Bob SparksDecember 10, 2015

On Nov.13, Islamic radical terrorists killed 130 innocent people in Paris. The world mourned with the French and offered thoughts and prayers. Some of us added the French flag overlay to our social media pages. The perpetrators were bent on killing as many “infidels” (or Muslims if they happened to be in the vicinity) as […]

Dan GelberDecember 10, 2015

True story. When we got through security at LaGuardia airport on the way home from a Thanksgiving in New York City, my kids were treated to the profane-laced diatribe of a woman who had been pulled aside for a random TSA check. She was berating the TSA officer who was politely asking her to extend […]

A.G. GancarskiDecember 10, 2015

Reading the tea leaves in the House District 12 fundraising race between Don Redman, Richard Clark, and Clay Yarborough has been interesting. Redman, though he’s raising money consistently each month, isn’t raising enough to be taken seriously; with $1,200 in November, his total sits just above $9,000. Clark, though he’s raised $50,500, has not raised money in November, […]

Mitch PerryDecember 10, 2015

Let’s Get to Work, Florida Gov. Rick Scott‘s political action committee that may be a vehicle for a potential run for the Senate in 2018, added $116,300 to its coffers in November. All told now, the PAC has raised close to $50 million since its creation in April 2014. Panama City rail management executive Michael Durden […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 10, 2015

Bob Buckhorn blocked me on Twitter. Or one of his staffers with access to his social media did. Or he told them to. In any case, I can’t view any of Buckhorn’s tweets. A while back I wrote some fairly antagonistic stories about Tampa’s commander-in-chief. In early June when a 14-year old was gunned down […]

Guest AuthorDecember 10, 2015

It’s computer science education week. We are anticipating the largest learning event in history through the Hour of Code this week. While I’m writing this column, 147,908,891 learners have received a cost-free introduction to coding and computer science around the globe and across 40 different languages. Google, Facebook, SalesForce, Disney Infinity, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, College […]

Mitch PerryDecember 10, 2015

Wednesday night, organizers with the group Regulate Florida told supporters in a conference call that they’re ending their attempt to put a pro-legalization of marijuana on the ballot next year in Florida. FloridaPolitics.com was on that call, and posted the story soon after. In a statement sent shortly after that call was completed, Regulate Florida […]

Guest AuthorDecember 10, 2015

When state lawmakers approved the original 2010 gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe, they promised Florida residents it would serve as a firewall against the further expansion of gambling. The proposed renewal of the compact is a complete violation of that trust. In fact, the renegotiated compact will lead to the largest gambling expansion in […]

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Dan Gelber: Do you really want be a member of a club that has Donald Trump as its front-runner?

Mitch Perry Report for 12.11.15 – Bowe Bergdahl speaks

Bob Sparks: Praying for victims and for solutions going forward

Dan Gelber: Do you really want be a member of a club that has Donald Trump as its front-runner?

HD 12 fundraising sending mixed messages

Rick Scott’s PAC grows by $116,300 in November

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn blocked me on Twitter

Teresa Barber: Coding to catch up the literacy we’ve ignored

Mitch Perry Report for 12.10.15 – Recreational pot measure supporters back off 2016 ballot bid

John Sowinski: Compact is a #BadDealforFlorida