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Mitch PerryMarch 7, 2018

Commissioner Les Miller‘s proposal to have Hillsborough County ban assault weapons died Wednesday after failing to pick up a second vote from the County Commission. The five-member board did come out to support a measure extending the waiting period to buy a firearm in the county from three days to five, as well as voting to advance new […]

Mitch PerryMarch 1, 2018

Former Florida Democratic Party president Sally Boynton Brown is in Tampa Thursday night to lead a “progressive message trailing” session. Some Hillsborough Democrats aren’t happy about Brown coming to town. The former executive director of the Idaho Democratic Party was hired in April 2017 by then-FDP chair Stephen Bittel to replace longtime President Scott Arceneaux. But Boynton Brown’s tenure […]

Mitch PerryDecember 5, 2017

At a League of Women Voters House District 58 candidates forum Monday night, two of the candidates were accused of being disrespectful to the Muslim community. The forum was held at the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay in Temple Terrace, and featured Democrat Jose Vazquez, Libertarian Bryan Zemina and non-party affiliated candidate Ahmad Saaldaldin. Republican Lawrence […]

Mitch PerryDecember 4, 2017

On Monday, Alma Gonzalez released a slew of endorsements from elected Democratic officials in Tampa and Hillsborough County. Each of them is backing the Hillsborough County State Committeewoman’s bid to become the next chair of the Florida Democratic Party. The list includes the entire seven-member board of the Tampa City Council. Gonzalez is involved in a […]

Mitch PerryDecember 4, 2017

Stacey Patel traveled Sunday to Polk and Hillsborough County to visit Democrats as part of the Brevard County Democratic Executive Committee Chair’s statewide campaign to become the next leader of the state party. “It’s been a whirlwind,” Patel said while sitting with her husband, Sanjay, at an outdoor table at the Bricks in Ybor City, […]

Mitch PerryOctober 31, 2017

Two months after the group Save Southern Heritage Florida filed a defamation suit against two Hillsborough County Democratic Party activists, the activist group dropped the case, citing a recent court ruling that they contend made their case impossible to win. Save Southern Heritage Florida spearheaded a campaign earlier this summer to persuade Hillsborough county commissioners […]

Mitch PerryOctober 11, 2017

For a scheduled speech in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump is expected to say that truckers and other middle-income workers stand to benefit significantly from his proposed tax plan. Hundreds of miles away, however, a group of progressive activists gathered in Tampa earlier the same day to denounce the proposal as currently laid out, calling […]

Mitch PerryJune 5, 2017

In 2016, Democrats targeted a handful of Florida House districts they believed they could flip from red to blue. One of them was Hillsborough County’s House District 63, where the Florida Democratic Party put some money behind Lisa Montelione in her bid to oust Republican incumbent Shawn Harrison. After a close race, Harrison ultimately prevailed, 51 to 49 […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 20, 2017

Hillsborough County Democratic Executive Committee Chair Ione Townsend says that while the local party takes pride in the smooth transition of power that will take place on Friday, she says they are united in holding Donald Trump accountable for the policies and programs in plans for the American public. In a statement released just hours before Trump succeeds Barack Obama as […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 13, 2017

Blame it on the fog of internal byzantine party rules, but Alan Clendenin remains eligible for Florida Democratic Party chair. Late Friday afternoon, this website reported that Clendenin was ineligible to compete in Saturday’s vote, after an FDP subcommittee voted to accept a complaint filed against him regarding his move last month from Hillsborough County to Bradford County to make himself eligible […]

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Hillsborough Commission rejects assault weapons ban

Sally Boynton Brown visits Tampa, miffing some Democrats

Anti-Muslim charges leveled at HD 58 candidates forum

Hillsborough leaders unite behind Alma Gonzalez for Florida Democratic Party chair

‘Don’t count us out’ vows Florida Democratic Party chair candidate Stacey Patel

Save Southern Heritage dumps lawsuit against activists

Activists in Tampa denounce Trump’s tax plan as ‘giveaway to wealthy’

Bob Buckhorn crosses party lines to help Shawn Harrison’s bid for re-election

Hillsborough County Democratic Party says they are united in holding Donald Trump accountable

Subcommittee accepts complaint against Alan Clendenin, but he remains eligible for Fla. Dem Chair