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Mitch PerryApril 28, 2015

“Banning the Box” on job applications for companies who contract with the city of Tampa was a bridge too far for the City Council to consider back in February, but it’s good enough for the Koch Brothers and other major corporations. In February, the Council declined to pass a law that would have “banned the box” […]

Mitch PerryApril 28, 2015

The Democratic National Committee’s oppo research team enjoyed poking fun at Jeb Bush Monday, sending out an email after he was quoted in one setting over the weekend as saying, “I don’t think you need to spend $1 billion to be elected president of the United States.” Another quote attributed to him Sunday night while […]

Mitch PerryApril 27, 2015

Ben Carson has become somewhat of a phenomenon amongst the Tea Party Right in the Republican Party, though whether there’s enough room for him in the crowded GOP presidential contest will soon be tested. A 63-year old retired pediatric neurosurgeon who now resides in West Palm Beach, Carson’s super PAC has raised well north of […]

Mitch PerryApril 27, 2015

Marco Rubio can’t escape the Tom Steyer-funded NextGen Climate activist group. Two weeks ago, Rubio announced his candidacy for president at the Freedom Tower Hotel in downtown Miami. Across Biscayne Boulevard greeting those attending as they left the speech were a group of NextGen activists, denouncing Rubio for his stance on climate change. Weekend before last […]

Mitch PerryApril 27, 2015

In a series of tweets on Sunday, Florida Houses Budget Chairman Richard Corcoran reinforced fact that he and his GOP House colleagues are not going accept the Senate’s plan to propose a version of Medicaid expansion. Such a plan could allow up to 800,000 Floridians with an income of up to 138 percent of the federal […]

Mitch PerryApril 27, 2015

Despite a tough week of news coverage for Hillary Clinton, the former New York U.S. senator and Secretary of State remains the lone Democrat to declare for the presidential nomination next year, and her forces are now seriously beginning to get to work. On May 7, at an undisclosed location in Miami, all current and […]

Mitch PerryApril 27, 2015

There have been too many election cycles where Hillsborough Democrats appeared to be missing in action, with the party frantic to recruit candidates to at least provide a semblance of a challenge to a Republican. But 2016 doesn’t appear to be one of those years. The fact is that in the Obama-era at least, Democrats […]

Mitch PerryApril 27, 2015

A really unusual thing happened this weekend — ABC’s much-hyped interview with Bruce Jenner wasn’t terrible. If fact, it was riveting, as the former Olympic hero acknowledged what has hardly been a secret during the past year or so – he’s transitioning to becoming a woman. “My whole life has prepared me for this moment,” Jenner […]

Mitch PerryApril 26, 2015

By any measure, Tampa has flourished since its citizens elected Bob Buckhorn as mayor in 2011. Saddled with budget deficits in his first couple of years in office, he put the city’s economy back on solid footing post-recession. There’s been a plethora of new parks and swimming pools built throughout the city, and an expanded Riverwalk has […]

Mitch PerryApril 24, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign will be kicking off a major grassroots organizing effort starting next week, sending staffers to all 50 states in the country to begin building up a network of volunteers to start getting selling the message on a Clinton candidacy. It’s being called the “Ramp up Grassroots Organizing Program,” and will be led […]

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Koch Brothers latest to seize on “ban the box” movement; is Tampa next?

Mitch Perry Report for 4.28.15 — Jeb Bush. And his money.

Ben Carson teases Sarasota a week before he officially becomes a presidential candidate

NextGen Climate counters Marco Rubio’s claims about clean economy

Health care expert says Richard Corcoran wrong on Medicaid facts

“Hillary for America” finance strategy meeting set next week in Miami

Brian Willis starts quest early for Hillsborough commission seat

Mitch Perry Report for 4.27.15 — Bruce Jenner’s journey

Bob Buckhorn faces first major test as Tampa mayor

Hillary Clinton campaign about to ramp up in Florida