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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].

Former state lawmaker Carl Zimmerman wants to serve on Pinellas School Board

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Former Democratic state Rep. Carl Zimmerman knows a few things about public education. He’s taught in Pinellas County schools for nearly 32 years, most of them at Countryside High School in Clearwater. Now he’s ready for his next challenge, running for the Pinellas County School Board District 3 seat currently held by Chair Peggy O’Shea. “There’s a lot that I think needs to be changed, a lot of things that I think I can bring to the table so that people truly understand what…

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Those who know her best: All 5 Republican members of Hillsborough Commission endorse Ashley Moody for Attorney General

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Former Hillsborough County judge Ashley Moody just kicked off her campaign for Attorney General and is already building support amongst those who know her best – Republicans from her home county. On Tuesday, Moody announced that all five Republican members of the Hillsborough County Commission – Stacy White, Sandy Murman, Al Higginbotham, Ken Hagan and Victor Crist – are backing her campaign. “As a native of Hillsborough County it is incredibly humbling to have such overwhelming support from our County Commissioners,” Moody said of the joint endorsement.…

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Tampa Bay Next project to be reviewed at Hillsborough MPO tonight

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(Updated) For the third consecutive summer, hundreds of people are expected to fill downtown Tampa’s County Center Tuesday night for a prime-time edition of the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s monthly meeting. They will specifically address the MPO’s Transportation Improvement Project update (TIP), a list of transportation projects in Hillsborough County to be funded over the next five years. Inside that TIP for the third year in a row is the Tampa Bay Next project, formerly known as Tampa Bay…

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Barclay Harless still leading Brandi Gabbard in fundraising race

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Fundraising numbers are in for the month of May in the St. Petersburg City Council District 2 race between Barclay Harless and Brandi Gabbard. Harless had a better month of May, and has more cash on hand as the summer approaches. Barclay, a banker and former legislative aide to Darryl Rouson, raised $4,890 in May to Gabbard’s $1,670. Overall, Harless has raised more than $36,000 to date, Gabbard has raised more than $24,000. Harless has also spent more than Gabbard, but…

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Max Goodman headed back to work for Vern Buchanan

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Max Goodman, the well-regarded communications pro who worked for U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan for nearly a decade before helping David Jolly’s campaign(s) in 2015 and 2016, is returning to work for Buchanan as Chief Communications Advisor. Goodman will be based out of Washington D.C. Goodman joined Jolly’s campaign for the U.S. Senate in the fall of 2015 as his political director and was later named his campaign manager. But after Marco Rubio opted to run again for the U.S. Senate seat he had…

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Event in remembrance of Pulse victims set for Ybor City tonight

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Less than 48 hours after a gunman shot 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando a year ago, thousands gathered in Ybor City to honor the victims. On this first anniversary of what is the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, Ybor City will again be the site for the Tampa Bay community to come together to remember the victims of that attack. The vigil at Centennial Park begins at 7 p.m. “We’re calling it a night of reflection,” says Carrie West, who helped…

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On Pulse anniversary, Equality Florida calls Rick Scott to ban LGBTQ discrimination statewide

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In a statement proclaiming Monday as “Pulse Remembrance Day,” Gov. Rick Scott  described the Pulse nightclub shooting that killed 49 people a year ago as “an attack on Orlando, our state, the Hispanic community and on the LGBTQ community.” Nadine Smith, executive director of Equality Florida, the leading advocacy group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in Florida, is “glad” Scott acknowledges the killings were a direct attack on the gay community, specifically the Latino gay community. But Smith believes the governor could go even further…

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