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Mitch PerryMarch 18, 2015

There’s less than a week to go in the Tampa District 6 City Council runoff election, and although the race is officially nonpartisan, both candidates are making a partisan pitch to their fellow party members. “We have a great opportunity one week to make history. I could be the first Republican in District 6 to […]

Mitch PerryMarch 13, 2015

The Guido Maniscalco campaign team has bristled at Jackie Toledo and Anthony Pedicini, her campaign consultant, after a mailer blasting Maniscalco hit homeowners in the Tampa District 6 area Thursday. It came days before early voting begins in their runoff election set for March 24. Toledo, though, isn’t backing down. The mailer bashes Maniscalco, claiming his […]

Mitch PerryMarch 2, 2015

Welcome to March, where the weather is warming up and so are the politics: In Washington, where Benjamin Netayahu will give his much-anticipated speech to (most) members of Congress on Tuesday; in Tallahassee, where the Legislative Session begins in a little more than 24 hours; and in Tampa, where the municipal elections take place Tuesday […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 20, 2015

Happy Friday to y’all. So much to talk about in the news this morning … The Tampa Bay Times’ flooded the zone in December with a series of disturbing stories about New Beginnings of Tampa, one of the city’s largest homeless charities, which for years has made money off its residents through its controversial “work therapy” program. The […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 12, 2015

Harry Cohen is the establishment favorite to win re-election to his South Tampa District 4 seat next month. The 44-year-old lawyer and former chief deputy clerk of the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County (where he still works on a part-time basis) has been endorsed by all the major newspapers, and some observers speculate that he may be […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 12, 2015

Harry Cohen is the establishment favorite to win re-election to his South Tampa District 4 seat next month. The 44-year-old lawyer and former chief deputy clerk of the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County (where he still works on a part-time basis) has been endorsed by all the major newspapers, and some observers speculate that he may be […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 12, 2015

Jim Norman ended a two-decade career in politics in 2012, when he announced he would not run for re-election for the state Senate seat that he won in 2010. It came after Pasco legislator John Legg decided to challenge him in the GOP primary, and it became apparent that the GOP establishment was abandoning him. […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 9, 2015

When it comes to the United States’s role in the world, Barack Obama can do no right in the eyes of his Republican critics on Capitol Hill (Come to think of it, they’re not in too enamored with his domestic policies, either). For months there have been hawks in Congress such as John McCain who […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 9, 2015

When it comes to the United States’s role in the world, Barack Obama can do no right in the eyes of his Republican critics on Capitol Hill (Come to think of it, they’re not in too enamored with his domestic policies, either). For months there have been hawks in Congress such as John McCain who […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 8, 2015

Since its inception in 2009, Joey Redner’s Cigar City Brewing has enjoyed tremendous growth and critical acclaim, winning international awards for its high quality craft beers. Among those admiring from afar apparently is the apotheosis of “Big Beer,” Anheuser Busch InBev, the world’s largest beer company in the world. According to a story in Sunday’s […]

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Jackie Toledo asks Hillsborough Republicans to help her "make history"

Tampa District 6 candidates slur opponents’ business backgrounds

Mitch Perry Report for 3.2.15 — Local leaders want to get serious about wage theft

Mitch Perry Report for 2.20.15 — On Rudy, Rick and DWS

Kent King says he can better serve Tampa's District 4 on City Council

Kent King says he can better serve Tampa’s District 4 on City Council

Mitch Perry Report for 2.12.15 — Jim Norman seriously contemplates return to Hillsborough politics

Mitch Perry Report for 2.9.15 – Will Bill Nelson’s stance on arming Kiev prevail?

Mitch Perry Report for 2.9.15 – Will Bill Nelson's stance on arming Kiev prevail?

Joey Redner says he’s not in discussions with Anheuser Busch InBev