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Mitch PerryAugust 15, 2016

Time for sport, as they say on the BBC. Well, so much for those stories about how those dire predictions about how the Rio Olympics have been proven wrong: Yesterday in Rio, U.S. gold medalist Ryan Lochte said robbers posing as police pointed a gun at his head and took his money, while three other U.S. swimmers with […]

Mitch PerryAugust 14, 2016

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For what will probably be the only time before the Aug. 30 primary election, Debbie Wasserman Schultz debated her opponent in Florida’s 23rd Congressional District, Tim Canova. The setting was an hourlong debate broadcast live on “Facing South Florida with Jim DeFede” on CBS4 Miami at 8 a.m. Sunday. Canova, an international law professor at Nova Southeastern University, has been calling on the six-term incumbent […]

Mitch PerryAugust 12, 2016

Advocates for both medical marijuana and the outright legalization of the herb were dealt a blow yesterday when the Drug Enforcement Administration rejected a bid to reconsider how it treats marijuana under federal drug control laws. Along with much more serious drugs such as heroin and acid, pot is considered a Schedule I drug under the […]

Mitch PerryAugust 11, 2016

(UPDATED 6:51 p.m.) It’s official — Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Tim Canova will debate for a full hour this Sunday morning on “Facing South Florida with Jim DeFede” from 8 to 9 a.m. on CBS4 Miami. It will also be streamed live on CBSMiami.com and facebook.com/CBSMiami. “After four months of dodging debates and running scared, Wasserman Schultz has finally […]

Mitch PerryAugust 11, 2016

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz is up with the first television campaign ad of her primary campaign against challenger Tim Canova. “People who don’t even live in Florida, including Republicans, are spending outrageous amounts of money on personal attacks directed at me. And the attacks are just garbage,” she says to the camera in the 30-second ad. Though […]

Mitch PerryAugust 11, 2016

Before we dig into the new poll on the Florida Senate race, can I reference the lead story in this morning’s Tampa Bay Times? Two men get into a road-rage argument on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Plant City. One guy pulls out a gun and shoots the other dead. He then “cooperates” with the Hillsborough […]

Mitch PerryAugust 10, 2016

Debbie Wasserman Schultz has finally agreed to debate her Democratic party challenger, Tim Canova. Canova, however, hasn’t said if he will participate, in part because it would only last fifteen minutes. “The voters of my district deserve better than a mere 15 minutes of discussion on the issues,” Canova told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “Does […]

Mitch PerryAugust 10, 2016

(UPDATED) Lutz business consultant Jim Lange is learning the hard way why incumbent members of the House of Representatives get elected on average more than 96 percent of the time. The first-time Democratic candidate is challenging three-term incumbent Republican Dennis Ross in Florida’s 15th Congressional District, and he’s not doing all that great right now. “Overwhelmed,” “frustrating,” and “humbling” are some […]

Mitch PerryAugust 10, 2016

I’m sure that after you got yourself up this morning, you might have reached for a cup of coffee, juice or water. It’s something that we don’t have to think too hard about, usually. Now let’s go across the globe — to Aleppo, Syria. The United Nations on Tuesday called for a “humanitarian pause” in […]

Martin DyckmanAugust 10, 2016

The adage that knowledge is power proves itself nowhere more forcefully than in politics. One significant reason why the lobbyists have so much power — apart from their campaign money — is that they claim to know so much more than legislators and other policymakers do. That accounts for the explosive growth and predatory practices […]

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Family members appear behind a pile of debris outside their home in Steinhatchee, Fla., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, after Hurricane Helene slammed Florida's Big Bend as a Category 4 storm Thursday night. (Ashleigh Lucas/WUFT News)

Mitch Perry Report for 8.15.16 —Team USA Basketball team continues to barely get by in XXXI Olympiad

Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Tim Canova clash over Iranian nuclear deal in first debate

Mitch Perry Report for 8.12.16 — DEA just says no to loosening pot restrictions

It’s official: Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Tim Canova to debate for 60 minutes on Sunday

Debbie Wasserman Schultz says attacks against her are ‘garbage’ in first TV ad of primary campaign

Mitch Perry Report for 8.11.16 — Marco Rubio isn’t dominating Patrick Murphy or Alan Grayson in latest Q Senate poll

Debbie Wasserman Schultz agrees to debate Tim Canova this Sunday morning – for 15 minutes, anyway

CD 15 Democratic candidate Jim Lange finds it rough going in trying to defeat an entrenched incumbent

Mitch Perry Report for 8.10.16 — Aleppo needs water

Martin Dyckman: When investigating payday lending, knowledge is power