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Mitch PerryDecember 12, 2015

Joe Negron, the Stuart-based state Senator who recently survived a marathon battle with Jack Latvala to become Senate President in 2017, has signed on as a co-sponsor Jeff Brandes civil asset forfeiture bill (SB 1044) in the Legislature’s upper chamber. The legislation would stipulate assets or property may only be seized under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act after a criminal defendant […]

Mitch PerryDecember 11, 2015

Earlier this week, Pinellas County Congressman David Jolly made national news by calling on Donald Trump to leave the Republican presidential race, after the real estate mogul’s controversial comments about temporarily banning Muslims from the U.S. “I rise today to call on Donald trump to withdraw his candidacy for the White House,” Jolly said on the House floor […]

Mitch PerryDecember 11, 2015

Floridians for Solar Choice said Friday that its efforts to gather enough signatures to get on the 2016 are still going strong. The group’s prepared statement came in response to reports that its progress has been slowing of late. “Despite manipulation and millions of dollars spent by Florida’s monopoly utilities, the Solar Choice coalition has […]

Mitch PerryDecember 11, 2015

Since he began campaigning for president this year, one part of Donald Trump’s stump speech that has remained intact is when he attacks Bowe Bergdahl, calling him a traitor and saying he should be executed for deserting. “We’re tired of Sgt. Bergdahl, who’s a traitor, a no-good traitor, who should have been executed,’ Trump said in […]

Mitch PerryDecember 10, 2015

Last week Hillary Clinton spent two days fundraising up and down Florida. For her first and only appearance in the Tampa Bay area, she held a fundraiser at the Thonotassa home of Alex Sink, where an estimated 250 to 300 people came to see and hear the Democratic presidential candidate up close. “I think the big […]

Mitch PerryDecember 10, 2015

Wednesday night, organizers with the group Regulate Florida told supporters in a conference call that they’re ending their attempt to put a pro-legalization of marijuana on the ballot next year in Florida. FloridaPolitics.com was on that call, and posted the story soon after. In a statement sent shortly after that call was completed, Regulate Florida […]

Mitch PerryDecember 9, 2015

Regulate Florida, the group aiming to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot in Florida in 2016 that would legalize recreational pot, is ending its campaign. Members acknowledge they will not be able to obtain the more than 683,000 signatures needed to qualify for the ballot by February. Supporters were told Wednesday night via a conference […]

Mitch PerryDecember 9, 2015

Speculation still has it that there could be more candidates to enter the Florida U.S. Senate race, and a new survey of that race out on Wednesday from St. Leo University Polling Institute shows why that scenario persists. A majority of voters surveyed – 56.5 percent – say they are unsure who they prefer in […]

Mitch PerryDecember 9, 2015

Donald Trump continues to lead in the GOP presidential race in Florida, according to a new poll released Wednesday by St. Leo University Polling Institute. The NYC businessman is at 30.6 percent, up nearly 5 percent points from a similar survey conducted in October. Marco Rubio is in second place with 15 percent, a drop of […]

Mitch PerryDecember 9, 2015

Florida Governor Rick Scott has been targeting the Florida public hospital industry for much of this year, after the Florida Hospital Association made a strong pitch for the Legislature to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, a push that failed for the third straight year in Tallahassee, and after the federal government announced deep cuts in hospital funding […]

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Joe Negron signs on to Jeff Brandes civil asset forfeiture reform bill

David Jolly Senate campaign now boasting of Donald Trump backing his legislation

Floridians for Solar Choice organizers say they’re still going strong

Mitch Perry Report for 12.11.15 – Bowe Bergdahl speaks

If asked, Alex Sink says she would gladly join a Hillary Clinton administration

Mitch Perry Report for 12.10.15 – Recreational pot measure supporters back off 2016 ballot bid

Bid to legalize recreational marijuana will not make it on 2016 ballot in Florida

“Unsure” leads new GOP Florida Senate poll with David Jolly next at 11.9%

St. Leo University Florida Presidential Poll out shows Donald Trump with 30.5 % — Marco Rubio 15% — Jeb Bush 14%

Tampa house Democrats blast Scott administration’s investigation into public hospitals