Andrew MeachamJune 27, 2024
13min0
'If things weren’t moving in a positive direction, she was not afraid to take a more determined stance.'
Tag: C.W. Bill Young
Andrew MeachamJune 27, 2024
Peter SchorschDecember 9, 2021
6min789
Anyone who remembers when Bill Young chaired House Appropriations knows this is a big deal.
Peter SchorschJuly 29, 2020
8min541
This was not an easy edition to put together.
Scott PowersJanuary 10, 2019
2min820
Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist has won an appointment to powerful House Committee on Appropriations. Crist, of St. Petersburg, will be taking a seat on the A-list committee responsible for funding for most of the functions of the federal government, his office announced Thursday morning. He takes a lead in the Democratically controlled 116th Congress […]
Peter SchorschMarch 16, 2018
18min611
Once the hanky dropped on the 2013 Legislative Session, my family headed to St. Augustine Beach to recuperate from the 60 days of working in that pressure cooker. Michelle and I had been married for just over a year and our daughter, Ella Joyce, was only months old. Our business was just starting to take […]
Staff ReportsJanuary 8, 2018
2min368
An incident at an Indian Rock Beach restaurant led to the arrest of both the son and wife of the late Pinellas County Congressman C.W. “Bill” Young. Beverly Young, 62, and her 30-year-old son, Patrick, were arrested Friday evening. As first reported by WFLA, Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputies were called to JD’s Restaurant & Lounge […]
Mitch PerryMarch 4, 2017
8min350
In the weeks since Donald Trump and the Republican Party have taken complete control control of Washington D.C., congressional town hall meetings around the nation have been marked by vitriol, confrontation and anger. Those elements were decidedly not present at Charlie Crist’s town hall meeting held on Saturday at the University of South Florida’s St. Petersburg campus. Instead, it was a veritable […]
Joe HendersonOctober 8, 2016
4min165
Many Republicans have distanced themselves from Donald Trump after crude sexual remarks about women he made surfaced on tape Friday, but stopped short of saying they won’t vote for him in November. David Jolly is not one of those. His anti-Trump chops can no longer be debated. He is all-in on being all-out on Trump. […]
Peter SchorschMay 9, 2016
11min288
For an entire eight days — EIGHT DAYS — local Democrats had their sh*t together. On April 25, state Rep. Dwight Dudley announces he will not seek re-election. Hours later, the well-liked Ben Diamond announces his candidacy for Dudley’s seat along with the endorsements of almost all of Pinellas’ Democratic elected officials. The seamless transition […]
Mitch PerryMarch 12, 2016
7min477
Nikki Haley says she’s seen what Donald Trump rallies have become of late, and surmised that accepting him as the GOP presidential nominee goes against what the party of Lincoln is all about. “I’m watching a presidential candidate who at his rally is saying, ‘punch him. He should be taken out on a stretcher. Do […]