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Mitch PerryOctober 6, 2016

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 PerryOctober 4, 2016

Since his selection to be Donald Trump’s running mate back in July, it’s been downright amusing at times to watch Mike Pence have to answer for his new boss while being asked about his latest outrageous comment. “Torturous” might be the best term to explain some of the responses he’s had to come up with to defend […]

Blake DowlingOctober 3, 2016

Who remembers the short-lived site, Friendster? Six years ago I was asked to sit on a panel at a conference to give “expert advice” on social media use at work. I wish someone had shot some video footage; in the lifetime of social media, six years is an eternity. Just think … in 2008, Myspace […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 1, 2016

Matt Gaetz may have enjoyed an easy victory in Florida’s 1st Congressional District, beating State Sen. Greg Evers and others in the crowded Republican primary Tuesday night. But in reality, the double-digit win — 37-21 percent over second-place Evers — was far from simple. Much of Gaetz’s triumph came by way of an aggressive digital media effort, spearheaded […]

Peter SchorschJuly 29, 2016

An old proverb goes: “You are the company you keep.” Another saying, not quite as old, is “stop saying dumb things on social media.” That last one is a bit of wisdom Marco Rubio might have imparted on Republican activist Sam Rashid during Thursday’s $500-a-plate “Day One Marco” fundraiser in Tampa. Florida’s junior senator has […]

Mitch PerryJuly 28, 2016

Donald Trump gets more play on Facebook in Florida than Hillary Clinton. But Monica Lee, a data scientist with Facebook, emphasizes that, “we are not breaking this down into negative or positive comments.” That’s just something I learned while dropping on the Facebook Lounge Thursday afternoon., which was set up at both national conventions this month […]

Scott PowersJuly 13, 2016

A couple of recent, small and methodologically insignificant polls may be suggesting Democrat Valleri Crabtree‘s shoe-leather campaign for the nomination in the Kissimmee-based Florida’s 9th Congressional District could have an impact against her much-higher-profile and much-better-funded rivals. First, a straw poll at an Osceola Hispanic Democratic Caucus candidates’ event on Sunday had Crabtree finishing a […]

Scott PowersJuly 11, 2016

The Sweet Meteor of Death is not going to upstage this election season. That’s according to the NASA Near Earth Object Program that tracks roughly 15,000 asteroids, comets and gigantic pieces of space rock that pose any kind of threat to the Earth. That may be bad news for 13 percent of American registered voters, who told […]

Associated PressJune 22, 2016

State Sen. Greg Evers‘ contest to give away a semi-automatic rifle is still on despite the original post being taken down by Facebook. The Baker Republican, who’s running in the GOP primary for the open seat in Florida’s 1st Congressional District, announced Monday he’s giving away a “Homeland Defender” AR-15 rifle on July 4. But Monday night, […]

Associated PressJune 20, 2016

Orlando gunman Omar Mateen spoke in Arabic to a 911 dispatcher, identified himself an Islamic soldier and demanded to a crisis negotiator that the U.S. “stop bombing Syria and Iraq,” according to transcripts released by the FBI on Monday. The partial, printed transcripts were of three conversations Mateen had with the police during the worst […]

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Beverly Young says she’s voting for Charlie Crist in CD 13 race

The Mitch Perry Report for 10.4.16 — And now for something completely different

Blake Dowling: Expert advice on navigating the social media universe

Aggressive digital strategy made Matt Gaetz’s CD 1 primary victory look deceptively easy

The company you keep: Sam Rashid turns up at Marco Rubio Tampa fundraiser

Fun facts in the Facebook Lounge at the DNC

Osceola Politics Facebook poll shows Valleri Crabtree may not be so unknown in CD 9 race

Sweet Meteor of Death campaign rolling on empty promises

Greg Evers’ AR-15 giveaway is still a go

911 transcript: Orlando gunman said he was Islamic soldier