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Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2015

Fourteen-year-old Andrew Joseph III was killed Feb. 7, 2014, as he tried to cross Interstate 4 in Tampa on foot just west of U.S. 301. He had been kicked out of the Florida State Fair for alleged disorderly conduct. He was among the more than 100 young people ejected that night after a stampede of teenagers had […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2015

It was one of the lighter moments of last week’s 3-hour long GOP presidential debate from the Reagan Library. We’re referring to when Jeb Bush confessed that he indulged in smoking cannabis. “Forty years ago I smoked marijuana, and I admit it,” Bush told the audience, responding to Rand Paul’s criticism that Republicans want to criminalize recreational marijuana […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2015

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, once considered among the front-runners for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, will announce he’s quitting the race at 6 p.m. Eastern time, according to an initial report from The New York Times confirmed by the other sources. “The short answer is money,” an anonymous supporter of Walker tells the Times. “He’s made […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2015

Democratic U.S. Rep and U.S. Senate candidate Alan Grayson acknowledged this summer that he manages three hedge funds in his own name, but denied violating congressional ethics rules that prohibit sitting legislators from managing self-named investment entities. However, documents filed with the Florida Secretary of State’s office Division of Corporations this month show he has filed paperwork to […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2015

Last month Governor Rick Scott agreed to pay a Tallahassee lawyer $700,000 in taxpayer funds to settle lawsuits alleging he and members of his staff violated state law when they created email accounts to hide their communications from state public records laws and then withheld the documents. As reported by the Miami Herald, the settlement with attorney Steven […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2015

Has Hillary Clinton stemmed any erosion of support for her due to the ongoing saga regarding her emails? Though she trails Vermont independent Senator Bernie Sanders in state polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, she has never trailed in a national poll of Democratic presidential candidates this year, and a new CNN/ORC poll released Monday […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2015

Happy Monday to ‘y’all, the last Monday of summer (of Trump), and with the change of seasons, will we see a change in the running narrative of the GOP presidential race? Well, Donald Trump remains the front-runner in the CNN/ORC poll released yesterday, the first major survey taken from last week’s debate. But The Donald […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 20, 2015

After Carly Fiorina earned nearly universal praise as the big winner of last week’s Republican Presidential debate from the Reagan Library, the big question was whether that praise would translate into a bump in her poll ratings, which have languished in the lower tier this year. The answer to that is a definitive yes. According to a […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 20, 2015

On Friday, St. Petersburg Democratic Representative Dwight Dudley filed his bill (HJR 201) that would establish a bipartisan redistricting commission in Florida, which would be responsible for drawing political boundaries for Congress and the state legislature. It’s an issue that’s been discussed for years in Florida, but has come to the forefront in the aftermath of the […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 19, 2015

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It was an odd moment during last week’s GOP Presidential debate – in a clash between front-running Donald Trump and Jeb Bush, Bush defended his brother George W. Bush’s time in office, saying that he “kept us safe.” It seemed like an obvious rejoinder for Trump to follow up, but he didn’t, nor did any […]

Teen’s death after 2014 Florida State Fair incident draws Alan Grayson’s attention

New Donald Trump video suggests Jeb Bush still indulging in pot

Scott Walker to bow out of GOP presidential race

Alan Grayson changes names of 2 of his hedge funds

70% of Floridians say taxpayers shouldn’t cover Rick Scott’s legal bills

Hillary Clinton increases lead nationally in new CNN Democratic poll

Mitch Perry Report for 9.21.15 – Time for last rites for Scott Walker’s campaign?

Carly Fiorina jumps into 2nd place in new CNN GOP presidential poll

Dwight Dudley files bill that would lead to independent redistricting commission

Jeb Bush whacked in new ad for saying his brother kept America safe