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Mitch PerryMay 1, 2015

Buoyed in part by a very successful inauguration fundraiser/birthday party at an Ybor City craft brewery this past week, Hillsborough County Commission District 6 candidate Brian Willis touted his first fundraising totals in a press release issued Friday. The 32-year-old Tampa lawyer and transit activist raised $45,537 in April, the first month he has been […]

Mitch PerryApril 30, 2015

We finally have a challenger to Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential nomination contest. Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, 73, officially announces his candidacy Thursday, though he says he won’t give a big speech noting the event until May 26. “I’ve been traveling around the country for the last year trying to ascertain whether there […]

Mitch PerryApril 29, 2015

Longtime Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan says he’s considering a run for mayor of Tampa in 2019. “I’m encouraged every day to consider running for either mayor of Tampa or a constitutional seat,” Hagan said Tuesday. Having just been re-elected to his District 5 countywide commission seat last year, he admits he’s not in any […]

Mitch PerryApril 3, 2015

Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner, who is termed out of office next year, has filed to run for the Clerk of the Circuit Courts in Hillsborough County. Records filed with the Supervisor of Elections office shows that Beckner filed Thursday afternoon. He lists Gil Sainz, his longtime companion and now husband, as his campaign treasurer. […]

Mitch PerryDecember 4, 2014

Hope sprang eternal back in March, when Hillsborough County Commission Ken Hagen dropped a proposal on his colleagues for an immediate approval of a $250,000 grant for The Infiltrator, a $47.5 million Hollywood film production that tells the story of former DEA agent (and Tampa Bay resident) Robert Mazur, who helped take down the infamous […]

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Brian Willis touts fundraising prowess in Hillsborough County bid

Mitch Perry Report for 4.30.15 — Hillary Clinton finally has challenger

Ken Hagan looks at 2019 run for Tampa mayor

Kevin Beckner files to run for Hillsborough Clerk of the Courts

Hillsborough County approves funding for upcoming Hollywood production