Guest AuthorJanuary 18, 2022
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Tag: Bill Young
Guest AuthorJanuary 18, 2022
Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 11, 2021
6min1588
Young served CD 13 for more than 40 years.
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 30, 2019
5min574
Young's name is on countless local buildings.
Mitch PerryJanuary 12, 2018
9min329
As the Florida House was approving a proposal championed by House Speaker Richard Corcoran to ban so-called sanctuary cities, Bob Buckhorn was ridiculing the notion in front of an audience approximately 300 miles to the south. At the St. Petersburg Marriott Clearwater Friday, Tampa’s mayor argued that there are no such entities in the state of […]
Mitch PerryOctober 13, 2017
9min346
One could reasonably approach the David Jolly-Patrick Murphy roadshow hitting Tampa Thursday night with a healthy dose of cynicism. Here are two former politicians decrying problems of Washington D.C. when, if things had turned the way they hoped they would, both would have been ensconced in the belly of the beast they were now criticizing. Nevertheless, […]
Mitch PerryJune 9, 2017
10min567
Unless you’ve been boycotting cable news, former Pinellas County GOP Congressman David Jolly has been a ubiquitous presence, thanks to his unflinching takedowns on Donald Trump, the titular head of the Republican Party. “Donald Trump is done,” Jolly opined on “11th Hour with Brian Williams” last month after the Justice Department named Robert Mueller as the special counsel to oversee the investigation into ties between […]
Mitch PerryOctober 12, 2016
8min512
The David Jolly campaign is crying foul over a new ad produced by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) that links the Pinellas County Republican with Donald Trump. The Jolly camp calls it a “fake and deceptive television ad,” because it uses photoshopped photos of Jolly posed next to Trump. The Jolly camp says there are no actual photos between […]
Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2016
4min450
Beverly Young announced Thursday she’s voting for Charlie Crist over David Jolly in Florida’s 13th Congressional District. Young made the announcement by placing a photo of her ballot on her Facebook page showing she had scribbled the bubble next to Crist’s name. Young is the widow of Bill Young, who represented Pinellas County in Congress for more than 42 years before he died three […]
Mitch PerrySeptember 8, 2016
4min407
Harry Truman once said if you wanted a friend in Washington, “get a dog.” In a creative twist on that famous phrase, David Jolly is emphasizing his political independence in his first television ad in his bid for re-election to Florida’s 13th Congressional District. Jolly has been derided by officials from the National Republican Congressional Campaign after he […]
Joe HendersonAugust 10, 2016
5min243
In a typical election year, Republican Mark Bircher would have a real point of attack against primary opponent U.S. Rep. David Jolly in the race for Florida’s 13th Congressional District. Bircher supports GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. Jolly gives every indication that he does not. “We cannot accept divided loyalties when so much is at […]