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Mitch PerrySeptember 18, 2015

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Months after he issued his encyclical about the dangers of neglecting the environmental, Pope Francis is set to arrive in the United States on Tuesday for his first visit. In his second papal encyclical, Francis warned that humanity is faced with “global environmental deterioration,” and said climate change “represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 18, 2015

As was the case with Fox News last month, CNN received record ratings for airing their prime time Republican presidential debate this week, with 23 million tuning in. Thanks to Donald Trump the debates have become Must See TV. Too bad the Democrats don’t have one of those. Or how about even holding a debate? […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 17, 2015

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Speaking on Fox and Friends Thursday morning, Marco Rubio defended his remarks in Wednesday night’s presidential debate about missing more votes than anyone else this year in the Senate. “When there is a vote that’s meaningful and serious, we are there and doing our job,” he told the cable new network’s morning show. Hours later, […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 17, 2015

There are few issues that divide the country like abortion rights, as the recent GOP offensive nationwide to defund Planned Parenthood demonstrates. At Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate(s) in Southern California, every one of the 15 candidates running for president attacked the family planning organization, in the wake of the release of a series of edited undercover […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 17, 2015

Did you know that it’s technically illegal in the Sunshine State to live with a member of the opposite sex in Florida? Not that it’s being actively enforced, but yes, there has been a prohibition on cohabitation in the Sunshine State since 1968. (Michigan and Mississippi are the only other states with such a law). Which […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 17, 2015

Whatever you think about who “won” or “lost” Wednesday night’s debate extravaganza from the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, can even the most ardent political junkies agree that nearly five hours of presidential debates maybe a bit too much to handle? My God, that show needed an editor. By the time the question about […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 16, 2015

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Next Thursday, September 24, an evidentiary hearing will begin in Leon County Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis’s courtroom in the Florida Congressional redistricting case. There will be a total of seven maps presented to the court, including ones provided by the Florida House, the Florida Senate (2 maps), a coalition of voting-rights groups (3 maps) and […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 16, 2015

That local bill to regulate Transportation Network Companies (TNC) such as Uber and Lyft that the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission has proposed has been drafted and was placed on the PTC’s website on Wednesday. The bill, to be sponsored by Plant City House Republican Dan Raulerson, will be introduced before the local Hillsborough County local delegation […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 16, 2015

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As the emergence of Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Ben Carson reflects, Americans are more than ever weary of the way that traditional politics is played on the national stage. The fastest growing number of new voters in Florida aren’t registering as Republican or Democratic, but are independents who choose no party affiliation. According to the […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 16, 2015

Sam Rashid is still a member of the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority as of 7 a.m. Wednesday, despite that by doing so, he is directly snubbing Gov. Rick Scott, the man who appointed him to the agency last year and is now calling on him to resign from the board. “Governor Scott expects him to resign and […]

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New ad hails pope’s climate change stance on eve of U.S. visit

Mitch Perry Report for 9.18.15 – Hillary Clinton says she’s up for more debates

Marco Rubio says he’ll show up in Senate when vote is “meaningful”

Patrick Murphy blasts GOP legislation that would defund Planned Parenthood

Rena Frazier blasts Ross Spano for opposing repealer on shacking up law

Mitch Perry Report for 9.17.15 – The good, bad and ugly from Simi Valley

In Tampa speech, Florida LWV President Pamela Goodman talks about all things on redistricting

Hillsborough PTC unveils their bill to regulate Uber and Lyft in Florida

Bid to have top-two primary voting system on 2016 Florida ballot going slow

Mitch Perry Report for 9.16.15 – Sam Rashid ignores Rick Scott’s call to step down