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Bob Buckhorn brings Florida Democratic delegation to their feet in morning address

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There hasn’t been much talk aboutĀ Bob BuckhornĀ and running for governor in 2018 for awhile. That conversation might change after the Tampa Mayor brought much of the crowd who gathered at the Florida Democratic Delegation breakfast at the Marriott Hotel in Philadelphia Wednesday morning. “I might start preaching here,” the mayor said, before he dramatically wound up to tout how significant it was thatĀ Hillary ClintonĀ was the party’s nominee and how the state needed to change its direction in 2018. “Nobody ever…

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Tampa City Councilman Harry Cohen on what Hillary Clinton needs to do on Thursday night

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There are lots of local Tampa Bay area elected officials who are in Philadelphia this week for the Democratic National Convention.Ā Darden Rice, Bob Buckhorn,Ā Janet CruzĀ and Harry Cohen are some of the faces who were seen onĀ out and about on Monday. Cohen is an alternate delegate for Hillary Clinton, and he says that while there is a strong-pro Bernie Sanders energy on the streets of Philadelphia who say they won’t vote for the presumptive presidential nominee this fall, he believes that…

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Hillary Clinton ridicules Donald Trump’s “dark and divisive division” in Tampa speech

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(UPDATE: Hillary ClintonĀ choseĀ Tim KaineĀ to be her VP nominee. ThatĀ occurred shortly after this post was originally written). Hillary ClintonĀ didĀ notĀ name her running mate at a rally in Tampa on Friday afternoon. Although that nonevent was probably the most newsworthy part of her campaign appearance late Friday afternoon at theĀ Florida State Fairgrounds, it was also her first time in front of a partisan audience for her to weigh in on the past week of comments from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, where…

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Mitch Perry Report for 7.22.16 – Donald Trump, your humble servant

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One of the great ironies of the 2016 Republican presidential race is how the cult of personality regardingĀ their nominee is probably the deciding factor in why Donald Trump is their nominee for president. In 2008 and ever since, conservatives decried a similar cult that was built around Barack Obama. Remember the JohnMcCain campaign calling him (in a way meant to be derisive) that he was a “celebrity”? Well, The Donald isĀ that squared, considering how often he’s been on televisions and…

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Bob Buckhorn makes the pitch for a stormwater tax while presenting budget to City Council

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Although Bob Buckhorn has been known to quote Alicia Keys in saying that his city of Tampa is “on fire” when it comes to its economic development and overall dynamism, the Mayor was noticeably more sober in assessing the city’s economic future on Thursday. Buckhorn spent more than 75 minutes in front of the Tampa City Council toĀ in presenting his fiscal year $904.9 million 2017 budget. He spent an exhaustive 40 minutesĀ to elaborate all that is going on with the…

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Pat Frank, Kevin Beckner, trade endorsements in Hillsborough Clerk of the Courts race

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The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1593 (ATU), which represents hundred of Hillsborough Area Regional Transit workers, has endorsedĀ KevinĀ BecknerĀ for Clerk of the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County. Beckner is challenging three-term incumbent Pat Frank in an increasingly vitriolic Democratic primary taking place next month. The winner will face Republican Eric Seidel in the fall. ā€œSince elected to the Board of County Commissioners you have stood up for the citizens, employees, residents and business partners with integrity, fairness, justice and compassion. We…

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Darryl Rouson and Ed Narain battle it out on policy in SD 19 NAACP sponsored debate

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The issue of school choice and vouchers is a touchy one for Democrats. In theĀ Democratic Party platformĀ that was completed last weekend in Orlando, it declares support forĀ ā€œhigh-quality public charter schoolsā€ and opposition to ā€œfor-profit charter schools focused on making a profit off of public resources.” The national NAACP, however, isĀ againstĀ public support for school choiceĀ andĀ vouchers, saying it takes away resourcesĀ for public schools. At an NAACP sponsored campaign forum Tuesday night with the four Democrats running for the Senate District 19Ā seatĀ in South…

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