Tag: headline

Mitch PerrySeptember 9, 2015
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Aiming for a different course after battling two rideshare companies for nearly a year and a half, the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission voted Wednesday to propose new regulations it hopes a local legislator can push through Tallahassee next year. As a “good faith effort” showing it’s trying to work with the industry, the board also […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 9, 2015
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Rumor du jour is that there will be another candidate getting into the wide open countywide Hillsborough County District 6 seat, but it’s not a Republican taking on Jim Norman. The rumor that percolated over the Labor Day weekend is John Dicks, the 62-year-old former Plant City Mayor and Commissioner, is contemplating entering the Democratic […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 8, 2015
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In a clear rebuke to Donald Trump, Jeb Bush says that,”anybody can talk, I’ve delivered,” as his campaign begins airing his first television ad of the presidential campaign in New Hampshire. Called “I’ve Delivered,” the 30-second ad highlights his record as governor of Florida, touting how he cut taxes and spending and led Florida to […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 7, 2015
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If Republican primary politics are all about reaching out to the conservative base, then on paper, Jacksonville-area Congressman Ron DeSantis should be a strong contender as the GOP Senate nominee in 2016. The Sunshine State native (who grew up in the quaint Pinellas County town of Dunedin) has only been in elected office for three years, […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 4, 2015
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As expected, Tampa-based Democratic Congresswoman Kathy Castor officially came out on Friday morning as a supporter of the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran. And like virtually every other Democrat who has announced their support, she says the decision didn’t come lightly, and she knows that it’s not perfect. “I’ve spoken with sanctions experts and military […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 4, 2015
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Struggling in the polls and now forced to engage aggressively against front-runner Donald Trump, the Jeb Bush campaign team announced that he’s got a lotta love in his home Miami-Dade County community. The Jeb!2016 Miami-Dade County Campaign Leadership group was announced on Thursday. The group is being touted as helping promote the former Florida governor’s […]


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