Life and politics from the Sunshine State's best city

Author

Mitch Perry - page 49

Mitch Perry has 3660 articles published.

Mitch Perry has been a reporter with Extensive Enterprises since November of 2014. Previously, he served as five years as the political editor of the alternative newsweekly Creative Loafing. He also was the assistant news director with WMNF 88.5 FM in Tampa from 2000-2009, and currently hosts MidPoint, a weekly talk show, on WMNF on Thursday afternoons. He began his reporting career at KPFA radio in Berkeley. He's a San Francisco native who has now lived in Tampa for 15 years and can be reached at [email protected].

Hillsborough Democrats blast Confederate monument vote as ‘white supremacy, white privilege’

in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by

Two days after Hillsborough County Commissioners made national news by voting to keep a Confederate monument in front of its County Courthouse Annex, the Hillsborough Democratic Party says the commissioners who did so “should be ashamed of themselves.” Four commissioners, all Republicans, voted to maintain a statue built in 1911 of a Confederate soldier in front of the courthouse. They also approved Crist’s proposal to add a mural behind the monument, showcasing what Crist called “love and diversity” of the…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Activist Sky White ends Hillsborough Commission run, citing lack of minority ‘voter influence’

in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by

Saying she doesn’t think there is a sufficient “voter influence” for minority candidates currently, Sky White, a 33-year-old community activist who had filed to run for the Hillsborough County Commission District 7 seat last month, has decided to drop out of the contest. “Definitely don’t count me out, you’ll be hearing from me again,” White told FloridaPolitics.com Wednesday night. “I just want to make sure that I’m focused on the right thing right now.” A licensed personal nurse, White is also…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Now officially on the ballot, Corey Givens Jr. lays out platform

in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by

St. Petersburg City Council District 6 candidate Corey Givens, Jr., officially qualified for the ballot Thursday and said he was pleased to do at the same time that the city was raising the Pride flag at City Hall. “The sun is shining bright in St. Petersburg today. I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate this milestone occasion, than by celebrating with our allies in the LGBTQ community.” Givens said in a statement. “I’m uplifted by the intensity of…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Kathy Castor calls Senate health care proposal ‘even worse’ than House bill

in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by

Upon the first review of what Republican Senators euphemistically call the “Better Care Reconciliation Act,” Kathy Castor says it’s “worse” than the much-derided “American Health Care Act” passed earlier this year by the GOP House. What most upsets the Democratic congresswoman from Tampa is that the bill “radically” restructures Medicaid. “This is a dramatic overhaul of Medicaid that will cause families to lose care and present a very difficult budget to Florida,” she said in a conference call Thursday afternoon. Medicaid…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Justin Bean qualifies for City Council race, continues to lead the field in fundraising

in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by

St. Petersburg City Council District 6 hopeful Justin Bean announced Thursday that he has officially qualified to appear on the August 29 ballot “I am excited to officially qualify for the ballot in our District 6 race,” said Bean, a sales manager at Reusable Transport Packaging, a web-based sales and marketing group based in downtown St. Pete. “This is just the next step in the important process of sharing my plan to create sustainable economic opportunity for everyone,” Bean said.…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

St. Pete Council moves to keep big money out of city campaigns

in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by

St. Petersburg’s City Council took a step toward enacting far-reaching campaign finance reform, which could go well beyond what any other U.S. city has done before. On a 4-3 vote, council members supported a proposal that would require corporations that spend more than $5,000 in city elections to certify they are not entirely or partly owned by foreign interests above certain thresholds. The measure also would put a $5,000 limit on individual contributions to Super PACs that spend money on city…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

The end for SaintPetersBlog

Ever since I acquired the rights to the perfect domain for my efforts — FloridaPolitics.com — I knew that one

Bob Buckhorn: It was Hillsborough, not Tampa, which voted to keep Confederate monument

in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by

“Confederate monument in Tampa will stay put” is the headline published on CNN’s website on Wednesday, shortly after the Hillsborough County Commission voted 4-3 to keep a statue of a Confederate soldier in front of the annex of the county courthouse located in downtown Tampa. “Officials in Tampa decide not to move Civil War monument,” is the headline in the Washington Post. “Tampa leaders won’t remove Confederate Monument,” reads the headline in the Orlando Sentinel. On Thursday, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn sought…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

1 … 47 48 49 50 51 … 523
Go to Top