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Mitch PerryMarch 19, 2015

Several dozen people in the Tampa progressive community gathered Wednesday night in Ybor City to say goodbye (for now) to Mary Mulhern, the Tampa City councilwoman leaving the board because of term limits next week. “Mary has always stood up for everybody in this community,” said Tampa lawyer and prominent Democrat Gary Gibbons, who introduced […]

Mitch PerryMarch 19, 2015

Several dozen people in the Tampa progressive community gathered Wednesday night in Ybor City to say goodbye (for now) to Mary Mulhern, the Tampa City councilwoman leaving the board because of term limits next week. “Mary has always stood up for everybody in this community,” said Tampa lawyer and prominent Democrat Gary Gibbons, who introduced […]

Mitch PerryMarch 6, 2015

Spurred on by organized labor, a campaign to drive up the wages for fast-food workers spread locally and across the country last year. That campaign is now encompassing other low-income industries. Last week a group of adjunct professors held a protest on the USF campus in Tampa calling for higher wages, and now the movement is spreading to […]

Mitch PerryMarch 3, 2015

Yesterday was quite a day news wise. But before we talk City Council races, how about that Hillsborough County School District Board? They did it again yesterday – going against the sentiments of the editorial writers and newspaper columnists who demanded they take on a national search to succeed MaryEllen Elia as the district’s superintendent. Instead, on […]

Mitch PerryMarch 3, 2015

Yesterday was quite a day news wise. But before we talk City Council races, how about that Hillsborough County School District Board? They did it again yesterday – going against the sentiments of the editorial writers and newspaper columnists who demanded they take on a national search to succeed MaryEllen Elia as the district’s superintendent. Instead, on […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 5, 2015

This morning we’ll learn how serious Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam believe in being independent agents, and not just handmaidens to the leader of their party, Gov. Rick Scott. Today’s Cabinet meeting at the Florida State Fairgrounds in east Tampa could be interesting, or maybe […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 5, 2015

This morning we’ll learn how serious Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam believe in being independent agents, and not just handmaidens to the leader of their party, Gov. Rick Scott. Today’s Cabinet meeting at the Florida State Fairgrounds in east Tampa could be interesting, or maybe […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 28, 2015

(UPDATE: New information regarding the source of the push poll call below). Supporters of Tampa City Council candidates Guido Maniscalco and Tommy Castellano say that they and other residents residing in City Council District 6 have been receiving phone calls in the past week purporting to be from an independent pollster, surveying them about all three […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 23, 2015

The Hillsborough County School Board’s unceremonious dumping of Superintendent MaryEllen Elia reverberates three days after the fact. In today’s Times, Ernest Hooper bemoans the fact that Sally Harris, the swing vote that went against Elia on Tuesday night leading to her ouster, beat big-time establishment pick Michelle Shimberg in the District 2 race last November, and […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 23, 2015

The Hillsborough County School Board’s unceremonious dumping of Superintendent MaryEllen Elia reverberates three days after the fact. In today’s Times, Ernest Hooper bemoans the fact that Sally Harris, the swing vote that went against Elia on Tuesday night leading to her ouster, beat big-time establishment pick Michelle Shimberg in the District 2 race last November, and […]

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Mary Mulhern says “thank you” as she nears exiting Tampa City Council

Mary Mulhern says "thank you" as she nears exiting Tampa City Council

Health care workers heat up Fight for $15 campaign in Tampa

Mitch Perry Report for 3.4.15- Hillsborough School board defies the critics (again) & goes with Eakins

Mitch Perry Report for 3.4.15- Hillsborough School board defies the critics (again) & goes with Eakins

Mitch Perry Report for 2.5.15 – Pressure’s on Jeff Atwater, Pam Bondi and Adam Putnam in Tampa today

Mitch Perry Report for 2.5.15 – Pressure's on Jeff Atwater, Pam Bondi and Adam Putnam in Tampa today

Push poll roils Tampa City Council race

Mitch Perry Report for 1.23.15 — Popular (if not elite) opinion on MaryEllen Elia's ouster isn't monolithic

Mitch Perry Report for 1.23.15 — Popular (if not elite) opinion on MaryEllen Elia’s ouster isn’t monolithic