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Mitch PerryNovember 15, 2017

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A likeness of educator and civil-rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune is one step closer to replacing a statue of a Confederate general as one of Florida’s two representatives in the U.S. Capitol. On Wednesday, the Senate Appropriations Committee cleared a bill (SB 472) to replace the statue of Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith with Bethune, who lived 1875-1955. Only Sen. Dennis Baxley, an Ocala […]

Mitch PerryOctober 31, 2017

Two months after the group Save Southern Heritage Florida filed a defamation suit against two Hillsborough County Democratic Party activists, the activist group dropped the case, citing a recent court ruling that they contend made their case impossible to win. Save Southern Heritage Florida spearheaded a campaign earlier this summer to persuade Hillsborough county commissioners […]

Mitch PerryAugust 23, 2017

Two years ago, Adam Putnam was the lone vote in the four-member Cabinet to support adding three members of the Confederacy into the Florida Veterans’ Hall of Fame, but he’s not saying now if he would vote that way again. Gov. Rick Scott, Attorney General Pam Bondi and CFO Jeff Atwater all opposed placing former governor Edward Perry; […]

Mitch PerryAugust 17, 2017

Led by two huge contributions, the private sector has raised well in excess of the $140,000 required by the Hillsborough County Commission to move a controversial Confederate monument in Tampa. Bob Gries, the founder and managing partner of Gries Investment Funds in Tampa was watching CNN Wednesday night when he learned the Board of County Commissioners […]

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Mary McLeod Bethune statue may replace Confederate general in Capitol

Save Southern Heritage dumps lawsuit against activists

Does Adam Putnam still support Confederates in Veterans’ Hall of Fame?

Hillsborough Confederate monument to move after donations reach threshold in 24 hours