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Guest AuthorSeptember 29, 2017

Over the last 12 years, I’ve worked intimately on various legislative campaigns throughout Florida. Democrats have seen our share of wins and losses and often, many attribute those to different factors. This week’s victory by state Senator-elect Annette Taddeo has many asking — what propelled her, and Florida Democrats to victory? It comes down to […]

Mitch PerryNovember 21, 2016

At Tuesday’s Organization Session in Tallahassee, all forty state Senators elected earlier this month will take their oath in office. Both senators representing Hillsborough County, Darryl Rouson and Dana Young, are new to the job, though not to the Legislature. Young returns to Tallahassee having fulfilled her goal of advancing into the Senate after six years in the Florida […]

Mitch PerryNovember 2, 2016

Debating for the first time in the state Senate District 18 race, South Tampa Republican Dana Young had her voting record pummeled by her three more-liberal male opponents at the Reeves Theatre on the University of Tampa campus Wednesday. Young has maintained a fairly conservative record in her six years representing House District 60, a record her Democratic first-time […]

Mitch PerryMay 11, 2016

Last week, a grand jury indicted a for-profit school management company runs four Pinellas County charter schools, and the advocacy group Florida Strong is demanding that state Senator Jeff Brandes answer for it. The Tampa Bay Times reported that Newpoint Education Partners had been indicted on charges of grand theft, money laundering and aggravated white crime. The company has, according to […]

Mitch PerryApril 14, 2016

Florida Strong, the independent advocacy organization, is going after South Tampa House Republican Dana Young, alleging that she is more aligned with her campaign contributors than her constituents. “Dana Young has shown she works for her campaign contributors, not the people of Florida,” reads the front page of a mailer being sent residents who live in […]

Mitch PerryMarch 30, 2016

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An activist group is running a radio ad in the Tampa Bay area questioning St. Petersburg-based state Sen. Jeff Brandes’ ethics. The 60-second spot from Florida Strong is called “Let’s Make a (corrupt) Deal.” It attacks the Pinellas Republican for receiving campaign contributions from companies such as Duke Energy and insurance lobbyists, and then claims that he […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 9, 2016

Nashua, NH — After a frenzied week of campaigning, New Hampshire voters are going to the polls today, and the good news is that it appears that if any snow does descend upon the state, it will be rather innocuous in its intensity. To say the least, that’s a big deal. You can hear the […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 8, 2016

Florida Strong, an independent advocacy organization, has produced a new web that calls the Legislature a bastion for special interests to get their way in Tallahassee. Called “Agenda,” the ad begins with the statement that “Lobbyists control Florida’s agenda” followed by one that reads: “The Decisions made will impact you.” The ad says more than $28 million in […]

Mitch PerryAugust 10, 2015

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As Florida lawmakers began discussing redistricting on the first day of a two-week Special Session in Tallahassee, a new Web ad is reminding Floridians why the Legislature is convening in the first place. The ad, called “Cannot be Trusted,” comes from the group Florida Strong. It features local television news clips that aired the night that […]

Christine Jordan SextonJune 4, 2015

The Florida House of Representatives is expected on Friday to kill a bill that would provide access to health care for uninsured Floridians. The legislation would tap into Medicaid funding available under Obamacare. However, that isn’t stopping a group calling itself Florida Strong from trying to ferret out what it calls misleading information bring spread […]

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Darryl Rouson and Dana Young set to start new careers in Florida Senate

Dana Young’s voting record blasted by her SD 18 opponents in debate

Florida Strong goes after Jeff Brandes again, this time over for profit charter schools

Florida Strong now going after Dana Young in new mailer

Radio ad blasts Jeff Brandes on ethics

Mitch Perry Report for 2.09.16 — New Hampshire happens

Florida Strong cuts new web ad blasting Legislature

Florida Strong’s new Web ad condemns Legislature for faulty congressional map

Florida Strong group calls out Richard Corcoran on “false” claims in FHIX fight