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Mitch PerryOctober 21, 2016

The Tampa Tiger Bay Club will host a debate among the state Senate District 18 candidates Friday. Not all of them, however, as Republican Dana Young won’t be in attendance. That prompted one of her opponents in the contest — independent Joe Redner — to pay to place a billboard ad asking “Why Are You Hiding, Dana Young?” An […]

Mitch PerryOctober 18, 2016

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Senate District 18 Republican Dana Young’s latest television ad promotes her work on school choice. The 30-second, called “My Children,” features an African-American mom praising Young for helping her out when she learned she was zoned for a school she didn’t want her kids to attend. “My children are my life,” says the mother. “So when they were […]

Mitch PerryOctober 17, 2016

In the aftermath of published reports about questionable decisions made by Hillsborough County Public Transportation Executive Director Kyle Cockream over the past year, Tampa state Rep. Dana Young is calling for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) to conduct an investigation into the agency. “When the line is blurred between the regulator and the entities they regulate, the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 8, 2016

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In his latest campaign television ad, independent Joe Redner is mocking Republican Dana Young’s own campaign spots. “My opponent likes to talk about puppies,” begins the ad, which then cuts to Young’s much talked about campaign spot featuring cute puppies. “Puppy ads are great,” Redner says. “It tells you what Dana Young can do when she’s not being paid off by […]

Mitch PerryOctober 8, 2016

Dana Young is criticizing Donald Trump for his crude comments made public on Friday, but she’s also taking a shot at her Democratic opponent in the state Senate District 18 race for calling on her to renounce her endorsement of the GOP presidential nominee. On Friday afternoon a 2005 video recording that showed Trump speaking in extraordinarily vulgar terms about women […]

Mitch PerryOctober 7, 2016

In his speech to the weekly “Cafe Con Tampa” breakfast gathering in South Tampa Friday, independent state Senate candidate Joe Redner said, if elected, he would introduce the most ambitious environmental legislation the state has ever seen. Redner’s agenda would include regulating “polluters in the dumping of toxic chemicals,” as well as eliminating fracking and promoting solar and […]

Mitch PerryOctober 3, 2016

After it was revealed last month that Mosaic had withheld information for weeks about the massive sinkhole at their New Wales facility in Polk County which spilled 215 million gallons of contaminated water into the Florida aquifer, the Conservation Florida Voters attacked Dana Young for receiving campaign contributions from the phosphate corporation — and the fact that it’s vice president […]

Jim RosicaOctober 3, 2016

The head of the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s gambling operations Monday testified the Florida House’s Republican Leader disengaged in 2015 during blackjack renewal talks. The next thing Jim Allen knew, state Rep. Dana Young of Tampa was announcing her own legislative package, an overhaul of state gambling law that cut out the tribe. Based on […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 26, 2016

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Tampa Republican Dana Young is the choice of both the Hillsborough County Firefighters, Local 2294 and Tampa Firefighters, Local 754, her campaign announced today. “Hillsborough County Firefighters proudly endorse Dana Young in her bid for the Florida Senate, District 18,” said Derrik Ryan, president, and Ken Forward, vice president of Hillsborough County Firefighters, Local 2294, in their endorsement […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 21, 2016

A day after an official with Mosaic Fertilizer expressed regret for sitting on information for weeks about contamination leaking into the Floridan Aquifer without informing the general public at their Mulberry site, an environmental group is attempting to connect Republican state Representative Dana Young to the phosphate giant. Polk County officials say 215 million gallons of radioactive water sitting […]

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Joe Redner places billboards asking ‘Why are you hiding, Dana Young?’

Dana Young promotes her work on school choice in new TV ad in SD 18 race

Dana Young calls for FDLE investigation into Hillsborough County PTC

Joe Redner to Dana Young in new TV ad: “You are the government”

Dana Young calls Donald Trump’s groping comments ‘disgusting’ while also criticizing her opponent

Bob Buesing says he’s not worried about Joe Redner taking votes away from his effort to defeat Dana Young

In the SD 18 race, Dana Young faces the challenge of her political career

Dana Young backed out of blackjack talks, Seminole Gaming CEO says

Dana Young gets the backing of Tampa and Hillsborough firefighters unions in her SD 18 race

Environmental group targets Dana Young in wake of Mosaic sinkhole incident