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Mitch PerryJune 3, 2015

At Rick Scott‘s cattle call in Orlando Tuesday (I refuse to call it the Happiest Place on the Earth), the six (potential) presidential candidates were told by the governor to stick to the economy, so the only time they could speak about other issues were generally if they came before reporters after their session on […]

Martin DyckmanApril 16, 2015

His name was Arthur. I remember no one else from the third grade, and I had forgotten him until beginning what was the most difficult of all my college term papers even though it required no research. We were to write down everything we could remember about our attitudes toward black people. “Nobody but me […]

Martin DyckmanApril 16, 2015

His name was Arthur. I remember no one else from the third grade, and I had forgotten him until beginning what was the most difficult of all my college term papers even though it required no research. We were to write down everything we could remember about our attitudes toward black people. “Nobody but me […]

Melissa RossMarch 2, 2015

Whether it’s television spots using clips of local news anchors to allege that Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown raised taxes (much to their dismay) or aggressively anti-Brown data-targeted flyers landing in the mailboxes of registered Republicans and independents all across Duval County, the Lenny Curry campaign has been running a heavily negative campaign seeking to define Brown early in […]

Melissa RossMarch 2, 2015

Whether it’s television spots using clips of local news anchors to allege that Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown raised taxes (much to their dismay) or aggressively anti-Brown data-targeted flyers landing in the mailboxes of registered Republicans and independents all across Duval County, the Lenny Curry campaign has been running a heavily negative campaign seeking to define Brown early in […]

Martin DyckmanSeptember 22, 2013

There are 45 synonyms for “outrageous,” most of which Attorney General Pam Bondi has brought to mind by having an execution postponed to accommodate a campaign fund-raising event. To toy with a life for politics? How inhuman. To delay “justice” for politics? How gross. Gov. Rick Scott had set the execution of double murderer Marshall […]

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Mitch Perry Report for 6.3.15 — Could rising crime become political issue in 2016?

Martin Dyckman: Voters respond to politicians’ racist “dog whistles”

Martin Dyckman: Voters respond to politicians' racist 'dog whistles'

Backlash grows against Lenny Curry campaign tactics: “Fake white supremacist rhetoric”

Backlash grows against Lenny Curry campaign tactics: "Fake white supremacist rhetoric"

Martin Dyckman: To delay execution for Pam Bondi fundraiser is outrageous