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Mitch PerryNovember 10, 2015

The Marco Rubio campaign is making the most out of the blockbuster story in Tuesday’s New York Times about the Jeb Bush campaign about to go nuclear on Rubio. Specifically, Right to Rise, Bush’s super PAC, is apparently ready to spend $20 million in attacking Rubio. “Part of running for president is you have to put your big […]

Mitch PerryNovember 9, 2015

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Daily fantasy sports have exploded into a multibillion-dollar industry in recent years. Advertisements for both FanDuel and DraftKings are inescapable during broadcasts of football games and on ESPN. But is the party going to end soon? In September, New Jersey Democratic U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone requested that the Energy and Commerce Commission hold advanced hearings to determine the […]

Mitch PerryNovember 9, 2015

St. Joseph’s Hospitals, part of the BayCare Health System and a Pediatric and Level II Trauma hospital, is the only hospital campus in the Tampa Bay area with a co-generator plant. That plant consists of a natural gas-fired combustion engine that powers a 1.7 megawatt generator to produce electricity throughout the hospital campus. And for […]

Mitch PerryNovember 9, 2015

Many political analysts say the reason that Donald Trump and Ben Carson have been the most popular Republicans in presidential polls this year is the fact that they’re outsiders. It’s certainly not because of their policy positions, since, with the exception of Trump’s well known attitude on illegal immigration, the two-front runners aren’t talking that […]

Mitch PerryNovember 9, 2015

The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) said today that they will be launching a national campaign aimed at educating Latinos on the importance of voting in Florida, Colorado, and Texas. “The Latino community is growing rapidly in the U.S., both in population and in our contribution to the economic and social life of this nation,” […]

Mitch PerryNovember 9, 2015

The state of Florida is getting a failing grade in a new report ranking and assessing state government accountability and transparency. The Center for Public Integrity and Global Integrity has just reviewed every state in the country in these categories, and gives Florida a score of 61, a D-. That ties the Sunshine State for […]

Mitch PerryNovember 9, 2015

It was an interesting weekend as the Donald Trump skits flopped on Saturday Night Live and Ben Carson media scrutiny reached a new intensity, but can I talk about football? Actually, how about people who watch football? I was at a tavern yesterday afternoon which was unusually crowded, due to the fact that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers […]

Mitch PerryNovember 6, 2015

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is applauding President Barack Obama‘s rejection of the request from a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL pipeline. “It was all politics,” the Florida Democrat said at a press conference in his Tampa district office on Friday regarding the years-long battle between environmentalists and those who thought the pipeline would be a […]

Mitch PerryNovember 6, 2015

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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is financing his super PAC about $10 million in television ads targeting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and three other attorneys general for their opposition to the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. “Despite the overwhelming evidence of the clean power plants progress and the lives we’ve saved, the […]

Mitch PerryNovember 6, 2015

In February of 2014, 14-year-old Andrew Joseph III from Riverview was killed as he tired to cross Interstate 4 on foot after he was ejected from the Florida State Fair in Tampa. The teen was one of more than 100 young people kicked out of the event after deputies said a stampede of teenagers rushed through […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 11.10.15 – Right to Rise ready to go nuclear on Rubio?

NJ Democrat Frank Pallone still wants hearings on fantasy sports

In Tampa, Democratic U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor and Frank Pallone extol St. Joseph’s Hospital energy efficiencies

Marco Rubio wants to cut gas taxes by 80 percent

Latino labor organization to begin voter education campaign in Florida

Florida gets a D- in new ranking of state govt. accountability and transparency assessment

Mitch Perry Report for 11.9.15 – Peyton Manning in autumn

Bill Nelson applauds Obama’s rejection of the Keystone Pipeline: “It was all politics”

Bloomberg group to air ads targeted Pam Bondi for challenging Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Alan Grayson calls on AG Loretta Lynch to investigate Andrew Joseph III’s death