Fresh Take FloridaSeptember 14, 2022
7min0
'My hope after the election, when you are seen in public by the residents of Gainesville, they pull you out of whatever establishment you attend, and they beat your a** over your in-favor vote.'
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Fresh Take FloridaSeptember 14, 2022
Drew WilsonOctober 8, 2018
8min386
The race for SD 8 has already taken to the airwaves, but both candidates for the Alachua County-based seat have been sending out mailer after mailer pitching themselves as the best candidate for the job. As he’s done throughout the election cycle, Gainesville Republican Sen. Keith Perry put out another mailer this week tying his […]
Drew WilsonSeptember 18, 2018
8min499
Gainesville voters will decide in November whether to change the governance of their municipal utility and Sen. Keith Perry, a Gainesville Republican, has been using advertising – some say deceptively – in a push to get the measure passed. The utility, Gainesville Regional Utilities, is currently under the control of the Gainesville City Commission, but the referendum […]
Drew WilsonMay 1, 2018
6min557
Gigi Simmons won Tuesday’s election for the District 1 seat on the Gainesville City Commission, knocking out Charles Goston after one term. The race was decided shortly after polls closed at 7 pm, when the unofficial count made available by the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections showed Simmons with a 59-41 lead with five of […]
Staff ReportsApril 3, 2017
3min405
Add a dozen more local government officials to the list of Floridians backing Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum for governor. Gillum’s campaign announced 12 new local endorsements, bringing the total number of endorsements to nearly 20 in the month since he announced his 2018 gubernatorial bid. In a joint statement released by the Gillum campaign, elected […]
Mitch PerryMarch 29, 2017
3min576
Anne Gannon, the tax collector for Palm Beach County and a delegate for Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention last summer, has endorsed Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum for governor in 2018. “As a local elected official, I know firsthand the challenges facing Floridians, from an economy that has disproportionately led to low-wage jobs, an […]