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Mitch PerrySeptember 23, 2015

Welcome to the the autumn equinox, Yom Kippur, Pope Francis’ first full day in the U.S., and……the unveiling of Creative Loafing’s annual Best-of-the-Bay issue. Tonight, the folks associated with the local alternative weekly will publish their BOTB issue, literally and figuratively the biggest paper that the company will produce this year. As some of you may know, […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 22, 2015

Nine days after Patrick Murphy spoke before hundreds of Hillsborough County Democrats at the party’s annual fundraising dinner, Alan Grayson got his shot Monday night. Speaking to about 70 members of the party’s executive committee members, the Orlando congressman and top Senate challenger to Murphy for the Democratic nomination for Senate spoke and took questions […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 22, 2015

Orange County Republican Comptroller Martha Haynie is endorsing Democrat Susannah Randolph in the CD 9 race taking place next year. “We need elected officials who will listen to people, and help citizens have faith that they will do what they say they will do, ” said Haynie in a press release. “Susannah is in this race […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 22, 2015

Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill is calling on Sheriff David Gee to investigate the contract awarded to Parsons Brinckerhoff for the public outreach effort for a proposed transportation sales tax. He’s also calling on PB to stop all work on the Go Hillsborough campaign, until Gee’s inquiry is complete. That second action sounds more dramatic than it […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2015

Fourteen-year-old Andrew Joseph III was killed Feb. 7, 2014, as he tried to cross Interstate 4 in Tampa on foot just west of U.S. 301. He had been kicked out of the Florida State Fair for alleged disorderly conduct. He was among the more than 100 young people ejected that night after a stampede of teenagers had […]

Frank TorresSeptember 21, 2015

Orlando State Senator and candidate for Florida’s 9th Congressional District, Darren Soto, sent out a fundraising email using GOP Presidential front runner Donald Trump’s stance on immigration as a call to action. Titled “Can you believe what they’re saying?” the email, in part, says “Did you catch the debate last week? There was plenty of […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2015

Democratic U.S. Rep and U.S. Senate candidate Alan Grayson acknowledged this summer that he manages three hedge funds in his own name, but denied violating congressional ethics rules that prohibit sitting legislators from managing self-named investment entities. However, documents filed with the Florida Secretary of State’s office Division of Corporations this month show he has filed paperwork to […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 16, 2015

Alan Grayson seems to have a knack for alienating many of his colleagues on Capitol Hill. Of course, the brash Orlando liberal – who is now running for the Senate – has no one else to blame but himself, something he would never admit. So he does the next best thing: accuse them all of […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 16, 2015

The race for Florida’s open U.S. Senate seat remains pretty much undefined with the candidates largely unknown and “undecided” voters leading the polling on the Democratic and Republican sides, according to Public Policy Polling’s new poll. A 39 percent plurality of voters are undecided, with Alan Grayson polling at 33 percent to Patrick Murphy‘s 27 percent, […]

Ryan RaySeptember 15, 2015

Twenty members of Congress signed a letter to the nation’s top agricultural official on Tuesday calling for federal assistance in the Florida’s fight against an infestation of Oriental Fruit Flies that threatens the nation’s wintertime supply of fruits, vegetables and nuts. U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, the Florida delegation’s sole freshman Democrat, joined 12 Republicans and […]

Tag: Alan Grayson

Mitch Perry Report for 9.23.15 – The Best of Tampa Bay, mostly

Alan Grayson woos Tampa Democrats in his bid for U.S. Senate

Martha Haynie endorses Susannah Randolph in CD 9 contest

Mitch Perry Report for 9.22.15 – Hillsborough County transportation tax now DOA?

Teen’s death after 2014 Florida State Fair incident draws Alan Grayson’s attention

Email insights: Darren Soto fundraising off Donald Trump immigration message

Alan Grayson changes names of 2 of his hedge funds

Sour grapes: Alan Grayson calls Syria intel “faked” because House didn’t trust him enough to see it

Alan Grayson 33%, Patrick Murphy 27%, new poll of U.S. Senate race finds

U.S. House members from Florida implore USDA to help battle fruit fly infestation