Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 11, 2019
9min336
“The people don’t want them. They don’t. It’s nothing but a money-making scheme."
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Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 11, 2019
Peter SchorschJune 14, 2018
13min893
There certainly has been a great deal of change since we published last year’s annual list of the Most Powerful Politicians in Tampa Bay. First of all, the website we published it to — SaintPetersBlog.com — is shuttered after the decision was made to focus all of our reporting energies into FloridaPolitics.com. Second, and more important […]
Mitch PerryApril 17, 2017
10min685
Tom Lee insists he never wanted to air any “dirty laundry” about Tampa International Airport when he attempted to introduce an amendment to the Florida Senate’s budget last Wednesday that would have the airport independently audited. But the Brandon Republican says that there are too many unanswered questions about how the airport is being run for him to […]
Phil AmmannMarch 6, 2017
4min595
In a sudden announcement, longtime WTSP investigative reporter Mike Deeson says he is retiring from the Tampa airwaves, effective immediately. “I know this will come as a surprise to many of my friends in Tampa Bay,” Deeson says in a Facebook post published Monday, “but I have decided to retire from Channel 10 effective today.” Deeson, […]
Peter SchorschJanuary 13, 2017
7min672
Charlie Crist is calling on President Barack Obama to intervene on behalf of one of his constituents, a St. Petersburg man imprisoned for 23 years for a crime a growing number of people believe he did not commit. On Friday, the freshman St. Petersburg Democrat sent a letter to the White House telling the story […]
Peter SchorschSeptember 18, 2016
6min443
Believe it or not, 150 million gallons of waste being dumped into Tampa Bay is not St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman’s biggest political problem. Nor is a broken and breaking water and sewer system Kriseman’s biggest headache. Instead, it’s how Kriseman communicates about these and other issues which reveal the weaknesses in his administration. The sad truth is 106 […]
Mitch PerryMarch 20, 2015
11min332
There were a lot of laughs when veteran local investigative TV reporter Mike Deeson took to the dais at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club meeting at Jackson Bistro on Harbor Island on Friday, but also a few bits of news. On former and probable future House District 64 Republican Jamie Grant, Deeson said that though […]
Peter SchorschJanuary 28, 2015
6min256
Each time this year, there are nominees for awards that leave many scratching their heads. This is true whether it be the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, or The Washington Post‘s list of best state-based political reporters. Yesterday, The Fix’s Chris Cillizza unveiled his list of the best “scribes covering state and local politics. They rarely get the […]