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Staff ReportsFebruary 10, 2017

Congressman Charlie Crist has hired Gershom Faulkner as Outreach Director, to serve as the St. Petersburg Democrat’s liaison throughout Florida’s 13th Congressional District. “Gershom is a great addition to our team,” Crist said Friday. “His dedication to service is unwavering – as a Marine defending our country, and through positions with former Rep. Frank Peterman […]

Joe HendersonJanuary 30, 2017

It might be easy to dismiss the harsh comments by U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor of Tampa regarding President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order that called for “extreme vetting” of potential refugees from seven Muslim nations. As Mitch Perry reported Sunday on SaintPetersBlog, Castor said, “President Trump’s executive order targeting and banning legal permanent residents and […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 29, 2017

Democrats across Florida are blasting President Donald Trump‘s executive order, which suspends for 120 days the entry of all refugees from certain Muslim countries to the United States. The order, signed Friday, bands Syrian refugees indefinitely, and for 90 days, it blocks entry into the U.S. for citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Among […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 24, 2017

Despite a decision to now work for former Republican Congressman David Jolly, Vito Sheeley says he remains a Democrat. In one of the more recent (and enigmatic) personnel developments in Tampa Bay area politics, Sheeley announced Monday he was leaving the office of Charlie Crist, to work for Jolly as a senior adviser. Crist defeated Jolly in Pinellas County’s 13th Congressional District race last fall. […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 23, 2017

David Jolly says that he has not made a decision whether to run for his former congressional seat next year, but that’s the impression he has given by announcing on Monday that he has hired Vito Sheeley to serve as his “senior advisor for the 2018 political cycle.” Sheeley has been working as district director for Charlie Crist, the man who […]

Dominic CalabroJanuary 17, 2017

Politicians talk repeatedly about doing things to help create jobs. But, sometimes, doing nothing is the best option. We hope that newly-elected lawmakers understand that less government intrusion is often the key to keeping the American Dream alive. A great example is the 2009 “Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.” This innocuously named effort actually […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 16, 2017

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There are now 24 Democratic members of Congress who say they won’t attend the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as America’s 45th president on Friday. Charlie Crist isn’t one or them. “I will be attending the inauguration, and I look forward to it,” Crist told this reporter on Sunday, after hosting a press event where he called […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 14, 2017

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The U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote Friday on scrapping the Affordable Care Act, two days after the Republican-led Senate voted to do so after hearing from President-elect Donald Trump that they should act quickly to repeal the law. The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said earlier this month that repealing President Barack Obama’s signature health insurance […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 11, 2017

U.S. Representative Kathy Castor says that a letter that Governor Rick Scott recently sent to House of Representatives Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy regarding the Affordable Care Act contains “misleading and inaccurate information.” The two Florida politicians have always been on opposing sides regarding President Obama’s signature domestic achievement. As a former health care executive, Scott was criticizing what is often called “ObamaCare” before he ever ran for […]

Scott PowersJanuary 10, 2017

With a bipartisan gathering of other Florida congressional members, Orlando’s former police chief Val Demings, now a congresswoman from Orlando, led the House of Representatives in a moment to remember and honor Orlando’s fallen officers Monday night. “I rise today to honor the lives of Master Sgt. Debra Clayton of the Orlando Police Department and Deputy Norm Lewis […]

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From service days to dinners, Florida universities are marking MLK Day with diverse events across their campuses.

Charlie Crist names Gershom Faulkner as Outreach Director

Kathy Castor is right calling ‘extreme vetting’ order immoral, un-American

Kathy Castor calls Donald Trump order on refugees ‘illegal, immoral and un-American’

After leaving Charlie Crist for David Jolly, Vito Sheeley says “I’m still a Democrat”

David Jolly hires Charlie Crist staffer Vito Sheeley as “senior advisor”

Dominic Calabro: Keeping cigars in the Cigar City

Charlie Crist looking forward to attending Donald Trump inauguration

Florida Dem. congressional members to hold rallies for ACA this Sunday

Kathy Castor says Rick Scott is spreading misleading and inaccurate information about the ACA

Val Demings, Florida members, lead moment in Congress to remember Orlando’s fallen officers