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Mitch PerryMay 26, 2015

Strange as it may sound, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has been overshadowed in the media during the past month, despite continuing to lead everyone in Iowa and coming in second in most New Hampshire polls and nationwide. He certainly made news Tuesday, though, when he suggested on Laura Ingraham‘s nationally syndicated radio program that if he gets into […]

Mitch PerryMay 26, 2015

According to the American Lung Association’s State of the Air 2015 report, more than 138.5 million people — nearly 44 percent of the country — live where pollution levels are often too dangerous to breathe. Last fall the Environmental Protection Agency proposed tightening the 75-parts-per-billion smog standard set in 2008 to a standard between 65 […]

Mitch PerryMay 26, 2015

For decades it’s been labeled simply as “The L-word,” but it appears left-leaning Americans are less reluctant to call themselves liberals in 2015. A new Gallup poll shows that 31 percent of Americans now describe their views on social issues as generally liberal, matching the percentage who identify as social conservatives for the first time in […]

Mitch PerryMay 26, 2015

It looks like MaryEllen Elia is going to land on her feet after all. The recently ousted Hillsborough County School superintendent is about to be named New York’s next education commissioner, according to the Buffalo News. The website reports that the State Board of Regents in New York are preparing to appoint Elia, who hails from nearby Lewiston, […]

Mitch PerryMay 26, 2015

The left-leaning senior advocacy group Alliance of Retired Americans has released its congressional voting record for every member of Congress for 2014, and Marco Rubio gets a zero rating for his votes that the group highlighted in the past year. That’s the same grade the organization has given the junior Florida Republican Senator in past […]

Mitch PerryMay 26, 2015

Blaise Ingoglia has been a man on a mission since he upset the GOP establishment by becoming the surprise new head of the Republican Party of Florida in January. At the party’s spring quarterly meeting in Orlando this month, the native New Yorker and state House member introduced what he said will be a key to […]

Mitch PerryMay 26, 2015

Good morning to the unofficial beginning of summer, which actually began in the Tampa Bay area several weeks ago, if you gauge it by the regularity of temperatures in the 90s. Between now and our next federal holiday weekend, the U.S. Supreme Court is going to come down with several major decisions. None will have […]

Mitch PerryMay 22, 2015

Members of two important Tampa Bay area agencies got huge news this week. Among the more than three dozen bills that Gov. Rick Scott signed into law on Thursday included a child welfare bill that lifts a cloud from over the Hillsborough County Children’s Board and the Pinellas County Juvenile Welfare Board. They faced a local referendum next […]

Mitch PerryMay 22, 2015

Tampa Bay area state legislators Tom Lee and Daryl Rouson took center court at todays’ Tampa Tiger Bay Club meeting, where again the Legislature’s divide on health care drove the debate. Lee, a Senate Republican, represents Brandon in Tallahassee, while Rouson’s House District is comprises good chunk of South Pinellas County, but bizarrely also includes portions […]

Mitch PerryMay 22, 2015

Happy Memorial Day Weekend to you all, which by the way, is the earliest we can ever have such a holiday, with this Monday only being May 25. Incidentally, Labor Day will take place as late as it can this year (Sept. 7), which will actually be a factor in delaying the NFL season by […]

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Scott Walker says he may skip Florida in 2016

Proposed EPA changes on ozone standards to be decided this fall

New Gallup poll shows more Americans getting comfortable calling themselves liberal

MaryEllen Elia about to become New York state’s new education chancellor

Liberal-leaning Alliance for Retired Americans gives Marco Rubio 0 rating on 2014 votes

Blaise Ingoglia says Lenny Curry victory a “proxy” for RPOF strategy to win in 2016

Mitch Perry Report for 5.26.15 — That other health care decision affecting Floridians

Rick Scott signs bill that could help Hillsborough County with transit tax

Stage legislators defend their own health care coverage at Tiger Bay forum in Tampa

Mitch Perry Report for 5.22.15 — On Donald Trump, James Harden & what local taxpayers should pay for