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Mitch PerryAugust 27, 2015

Jeb Bush‘s not-so-great week got worse Thursday. The former Florida governor began it by defending his use of the controversial term, “anchor babies.” Then he said it was more of an Asian issue than one involving Latino immigrants. Later it was reported that there have been money issues with his campaign, with some staff members’ paychecks that […]

Mitch PerryAugust 27, 2015

Forget the talking heads. Joe Biden says at this moment he’s still not sure whether he’ll enter the 2016 presidential campaign. “We’re dealing at home with … whether or not there is the emotional fuel at this time to run,” Biden told DNC members Wednesday night on a conference call as reported by CNN. “If […]

Mitch PerryAugust 26, 2015

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Congressional District 13 Democratic candidate Eric Lynn remains the only live human being who has announced his candidacy for the congressional seat being vacated by Republican David Jolly next year. Attempting to exploit that reality, as well as to continue to introduce himself to Pinellas County voters who may not be familiar with the first-time […]

Mitch PerryAugust 26, 2015

The 18-month feud between representatives of Uber and the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission has been reignited over the past few weeks, after the PTC lost a battle in Hillsborough Circuit Court that could have put the San Francisco based ride-sharing company out of business in the county. After the PTC said it would continue […]

Mitch PerryAugust 26, 2015

A Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday shows that none of the Democratic or Republicans running for the U.S. Senate next year in Florida are well known enough to ask voters who they would vote for next year. That seems hard to believe when one of those candidates is Alan Grayson, but so be it. With more than […]

Mitch PerryAugust 25, 2015

A new report on Florida’s campaign finance laws says they seem to be designed to encourage money to flow into the more secretive and less transparent parts of the system. “Florida’s political parties were exempted from the increased frequency of reporting requirements included in the 2013 campaign finance reform law so the unlimited contributions and expenditures […]

Mitch PerryAugust 25, 2015

A bill that would place a renewable energy tax exemption amendment on the ballot in 2016 has been introduced in the Florida Senate by St. Petersburg Republican Jeff Brandes. The legislation, SB 170, would create an abatement on tangible personal property tax assessed against renewable energy devices. As Brandes explains, many owners of large-scale corporate locations won’t […]

Mitch PerryAugust 25, 2015

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A new Quinnipiac survey says two-thirds of Floridians don’t know enough about Alan Grayson to form an opinion. However, the Florida congressman surely knows his main Democratic opponent in the 2016 Senate race, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, is even less well known. The Q-poll says 81 percent don’t know enough about Murphy to form an […]

Mitch PerryAugust 25, 2015

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On the campaign trail this year, Hillary Clinton has gone all in on backing the Latino community when it comes to immigration policy. She’s pledged to uphold President Obama‘s executive action shielding up to five million undocumented immigrants and she’s come out in full support of providing the 11-13 million undocumented a full path to […]

Mitch PerryAugust 25, 2015

Rick Scott has been governor of Florida for over 5 1/2 years now, but other than his two election-day victories, he’s been more down than up when it comes to his personal approval ratings throughout his controversial tenure. That’s why the governor and his supporters have to be giddy this morning, after a Quinnipiac poll […]

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Jeb Bush trails Donald Trump by 21 percentage points in new Quinnipiac national poll

Mitch Perry Report for 8.27.15 — Is the “Joementum” there?

Eric Lynn comes out for Planned Parenthood and pro-women platform in first web ad

Jeff Brandes optimistic about ridesharing bill passing in Florida in 2016

Mitch Perry Report for 8.26.15 — Alan Grayson thriving with small-dollar donations

New report says Florida’s campaign finance system can be described as “porous”

Jeff Brandes files bill to give property owners tax break on leased renewable energy devices

Alan Grayson goes after Patrick Murphy’s voting record in web ad

In new web video, Hillary Clinton slams Jeb Bush on immigration comments

Rick Scott right side up in new Q poll, 45-44 percent