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Mitch PerryMay 28, 2015

I couldn’t be happier this morning, after staying up until midnight last night to see my lifelong basketball team, the Golden State Warriors, defeat the Houston Rockets, and advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1975. Of course, there’s a guy by the name of LeBron James who stands in their way […]

Mitch PerryMay 27, 2015

The consensus amongst political pundits in Florida is that state Republicans won’t be hurt by the budget impasse that led the Legislature to break three days early last month. Those observers, though, acknowledge it could make a difference on the margins, in those few swing legislative districts across the state. One is House District 63, occupied […]

Mitch PerryMay 27, 2015

Among those heavily disappointed by the recently aborted Legislative Session are environmental advocates, frustrated by lawmakers who failed to allocate enough money for Florida Forever, the state’s land acquisition program. That failure came despite more than 75 percent of voters in November approving Amendment 1, which calls for setting aside part of real estate document […]

Mitch PerryMay 27, 2015

If you’ve paid close attention to the content of much of the GOP presidential candidates’ (and soon-to-be candidates’) rhetoric this year, you hear a lot of Barack Obama bashing, mostly about his foreign policy moves, which they all say have made the world a more dangerous place. On immigration, they all read from the same […]

Mitch PerryMay 26, 2015

More thsn two dozen anti-GMO activists crowded into Tampa Bay area U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor‘s West Tampa District office Tuesday, asking her to oppose legislation that would prevent states from imposing their own laws requiring mandatory GMO labeling laws. “We want those members of Congress, especially those on the committees, that we want labeling,” Dessa […]

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 […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 5.28.15 — Are you ready for a George Pataki candidacy?

Mike Reedy says Shawn Harrison showed no leadership in 2015 Legislative Session

Statewide rallies to push for Special Session action on Amendment 1

Mitch Perry Report for 5.27.15 — Immigration and the GOP

Activists go to Kathy Castor’s office calling on her to reject food labeling law

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