Tag: Tampa Bay Times

Peter SchorschOctober 5, 2016
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It’s not clear who made the bigger mistake in the race for House District 60. Is it Democrat David Singer, who falsely claimed the endorsement of the Florida Chamber of Commerce? Or is it the Tampa Bay Times’ Richard Danielson for reporting about the endorsement without verifying it with the Chamber? “We have not and will not be […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2016
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Tallahassee U.S. Representative and potential gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham is blasting the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection, claiming it failed local citizens by failing to alert them of the massive leak of contaminated water that occurred through a sinkhole at Mosaic’s New Wales Facility in Polk County last month.  The company did immediately inform the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection and other agencies, […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 14, 2016
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No, the Tampa Bay Times hasn’t dropped its paywall. A couple of FloridaPolitics.com readers on Wednesday mused whether the St. Petersburg-based newspaper, Florida’s largest by circulation, had done so, judging by a “seeming plethora of free content.” But a Times spokeswoman says the paywall has been temporarily loosened but not lifted. As a refresher, a paywall […]

Staff ReportsSeptember 10, 2016
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Questions over the Trump Foundation’s illegal contribution to a political group tied to Florida’s attorney general do not appear to be going away. The Tampa Bay Times is urging the federal government to investigate potential connections between Donald Trump’s charity and Florida state Attorney General Pam Bondi. “Since Florida prosecutors will not touch this mess, the Justice Department is […]

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The Florida Chamber of Commerce stands by its assertion that a high number of unlikely voters have already cast ballots in Tuesday’s primary. The Tampa Bay Times reported last week that the political team at the Florida Chamber of Commerce had noticed a trend in the number of people rarely voting in primary elections. The […]

Peter SchorschAugust 18, 2016
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As SaintPetersBlog’s Mitch Perry first reported Wednesday afternoon, the Pinellas County Democratic Executive Committee will not accept a $531 grant it received to install native plants around its headquarters located on the outskirts of downtown St. Petersburg. The decision comes after community-wide criticism was leveled at the party for requesting taxpayer dollars to improve the grounds of a political […]


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