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Mitch PerryFebruary 7, 2018

Speaking to a Tampa audience about the opioid crisis, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said those reaching for such drugs should “switch to aspirin.” “I am operating on the assumption that this country prescribes too many opioids,” the nation’s top cop said Wednesday during a visit to the downtown Tampa office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 18, 2018

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, the City Council, and Police Chief Tony Holloway received an earful from the public Thursday as residents expressed their frustration with the shutting down of areas in the south side of town following a parade honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Officers blocked streets, parking lots and other spaces where people […]

Mitch PerryOctober 19, 2017

Police Chief Tony Holloway has become an issue in the St. Petersburg mayoral campaign, as Rick Kriseman has been on the offensive about public safety, especially with crime down from the era of past mayor and present candidate Rick Baker. The two squared off Wednesday night during an hour-long debate sponsored by the Council on Neighborhood Associations and moderated […]

Mitch PerryNovember 25, 2014

Ferguson is literally burning as I write this on Tuesday morning. On CBS’ This Morning, the program began at 7 a.m. with an aerial shot of an Auto Zone auto parts store on fire. Yes, the community in Ferguson rioted last night after the late night announcement that the grand jury decided not to indict […]

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Visiting Tampa, Jeff Sessions says opioid addicts should ‘tough it out,’ take aspirin

St. Pete Police Chief says only problem on MLK Day was lack of communications

Rick Baker says he’d retain Tony Holloway as police chief, but …

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