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Fight for 15 rally takes place in Tampa

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A crowd of low-wage workers crowded into Tampa’s Lykes Gaslight Park on Tuesday afternoon to join the nationwide “Fight for 15” protest, calling for a $15 minimum wage and a union. Workers in 270 cities across the country (and more than 20 in Florida) were expected to walk out in what organizers hoped would beĀ be the fast food industry’s largest strike ever. The movement during the past year has expanded beyond fast-food workers to include home health care workers, child…

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Mitch Perry Report for 11.10.15 – Right to Rise ready to go nuclear on Rubio?

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The Marco Rubio campaign is making the most out of the blockbuster story in today’sĀ New York TimesĀ about the Jeb Bush campaign about to go nuclear on Rubio. Specifically, Right to Rise, Bush’s super PAC, is apparently ready to spend $20 million in attacking Rubio.Ā ā€œPart of running for president is you have to put your big boy pants on and get vetted on the issues, so we know we donā€™t have a dud candidate running against Hillary Clinton,ā€Ā Right to Rise chief…

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Bob Buckhorn once again all in in selling the ACA to the uninsured in Tampa

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Sign-ups for the Affordable Care Act began last week, and once again Bob Buckhorn is all in in getting people to sign up for health insurance. The Tampa Mayor participated in a conference call on Monday afternoon to discuss theĀ  ā€œHealthy Communities Challenge,” a White House-led effort that attempts to engage communities with large number of uninsured people to get them to sign up for the ACA, a/k/a “Obamacare.” “It makes a difference, in a very, very tangible way,” Buckhorn…

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Alan Grayson calls on AG Loretta Lynch to investigate the death of Andrew Joseph III

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In February of 2014, 14-year-oldĀ Andrew Joseph III from Riverview was killed as he tired to cross Interstate 4 on foot after he was ejected from the Florida State Fair in Tampa. The teen was one of more than 100 young people kicked out of the event after deputies said a stampede of teenagers rushed through the midway. The family has previously indicated that they intended to sueĀ the Florida State Fair Authority and the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, which provides security…

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Go Hillsborough proposal moves forward as half-cent sales tax, but obstacles loom

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The Hillsborough Policy Leadership Group on Thursday voted to accept the recommendation by County Administrator Mike Merrill to move forward on a referendum for a half-cent sales tax to last the next 30 years. However, that doesn’t mean it’s guaranteed to go before voters next year to pay for a series of transportation improvements. That’s because County Commissioner Al Higginbotham acknowledged after the meeting that he won’t support putting the measure on the ballot. That means it could come down…

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Mitch Perry Report for 11.5.15 – A Hillsborough transportation plan without a sales tax?

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I received a text message last night informing me that the Tampa Bay Sierra Club had embraced Hillsborough County Commission ChairĀ Sandy Murman‘s late-hour plan to fund transportation projects – which sounds like a larger sized version of what the Club called for back this past summer. You remember, the Club called for the county to began raising mobility fees and the gas tax, saying it would be a good start to raising funds for the county’s myriad transportation needs. I’ve…

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E.J. Otero blasts Hillsborough Commissioners for supporting Cuban consulate in Tampa

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Much of the Tampa Bay area business and political establishment is all in with having a Cuban consulate established in Tampa, so when the Hillsborough County Commission approved the idea recently, there was little resistance stated by any board members or members of the public. Since then, though,Ā  two prominent Hillsborough Republicans ā€“ Danny Alvarez and now E.J. Otero ā€“ have slammed the board for its endorsement. Alvarez expressed his disavowal last week in an op-ed published in The Tampa…

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