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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].

Marco Rubio calls Hillary Clinton ‘yesterday’ at CPAC appearance

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Despite all the speculation, Marco Rubio made one thing clear during his 21-minute appearance at CPAC in suburban Washington, D.C., on Friday morning — he still hasn’t decided if he’s running for president. “I haven’t made that decision yet, Sean, but good try,” he said, smiling after moderator Sean Hannity asked him why he wanted to be president. He refused to respond to Hannity’s follow-up about where he stood on a scale of 1-to-100 on making such a decision. “I…

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Bob Buckhorn ready to party on Election Night

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What a difference four years make. On March 1, 2011, Bob Buckhorn and his supporters crammed into JJ’s Cafe and Bar in Ybor City, fingers crossed, hoping he would make it into the run-off election three weeks later. He did, barely, getting 384 more votes than Dick Greco. Flash forward three weeks later, and Buckhorn held his victory night party in the much more spacious Channelside Bay Plaza, where he celebrated his trouncing of Rose Ferlita with hundreds of supporters.…

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Mitch Perry Report for 2.27.15 — Tampa City Council District 6 race just got a bit naughty

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The 2015 Tampa Mayoral/City Council campaign has been a veritable snooze fest so far, but it’s starting to heat up as we approach the final weekend before Election Day on Tuesday. In an extremely personal attack, District 6 challenger Tommy Castellano Thursday night issued a vitriolic statement against Jackie Toledo, calling her and her campaign “an embarrassment.” Does Castellano think he needed something desperate to make it into the run-off? Will it hurt Toledo further, who has been the recipient of horrible news coverage during the…

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Tommy Castellano calls Jackie Toledo and her campaign “an embarrassment”

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The District 6 Tampa City Council race went into a whole new stratosphere on Thursday when Tommy Castellano issued a blistering statement against one of his opponents in the race, Jackie Toledo. Using words like “pomposity,” “arrogance,” and “an embarrassment,” Castellano ripped into Toledo and the campaign she’s been running, writing, “Mrs. Toledo is the equivalent of a bull-in-a-china-shop, except that everything that it is broken will be paid by other people showing complete disregard to rules and the will of…

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Jeff Brandes files bill to amend civil forfeiture law in Florida

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Six weeks after he said he was considering filing such legislation, St. Petersburg Republican state Senator Jeff Brandes today filed a bill that prohibits law enforcement agencies from retaining property and assets seized from individuals who are not convicted of a crime. Civil forfeiture is a controversial legal process in which police take assets from persons suspected of involvement with crime or illegal activity without necessarily charging the owners with wrongdoing. The legislation amends the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act to prevent law…

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Florida advocates warn of dire consequences if Supreme Court rules against ACA

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Next Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court will hear King v. Burwell, with the fate of millions of Americans access to health care through the Affordable Care Act at stake. At issue is whether the law’s language allows the government to help middle-income people buy insurance everywhere in the country — or only in states that have set up their own insurance marketplaces. If the court rules for the plaintiffs, nearly a million residents in Florida could become uninsured in 2016.…

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Tampa DNC Committeeman Alan Clendenin contemplating a run for office

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Alan Clendenin, who nearly became chairman of the Florida Democratic Party two years ago, is considering a run for elected office for the first time. The 55-year-old State and Democratic National Committeeman from Tampa says he is considering a run for the open Hillsborough County Commission District 6 race, but says it could be another office. He’s just not sure at the moment. “I’ve had a lot of people approach me on that,” he told Florida Politics on Tuesday night, where…

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