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Ed Montanari announces he’s running for St. Pete City Council District 3 seat

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Civic activist Ed Montanari announced on Monday he’s running for the St. Petersburg City Council District 3 race this November, and he says the two major issues that he’ll be running on are business and maintaining the quality of life in the city that has blossomed in recent years. “I want to continue to be an attractive place for high-paying, high-tech clean and green jobs, but the other thing that we’ve had in St. Pete, and we’ve always protected, is our…

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The end for SaintPetersBlog

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

Mitch Perry Report for 4.3.15 — Does the Florida House agree there’s too much ‘damn testing’ going on?

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Happy Passover/Good Friday to everyone. I don’t think about it often, but a quasi-holiday like today makes me sympathetic to all those in media land who have to produce a full television or radio broadcast on a day that doesn’t portend to contain a lot of news, at least not domestically. When I was producing an hour-long radio broadcast, this would be a trying time, when you’d load up getting folks who would answer the phone to give commentary on the week’s…

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Patrick Murphy visits Tampa Bay April 10 for Democratic meet-and-greet

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U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy visits Tampa Bay next week for a meet-and-greet with Democratic faithful to support his newly launched Senate bid. The event is Friday, April 10, at Mise en Place, 442 West Kennedy Blvd., between 4:30-6 p.m. With the expected April 13 announcement by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio that he is running for president in 2016, Murphy will immediately launch to the top tier of Democratic candidates seeking Rubio’s seat. Scheduled to appear are several of the region’s political…

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Bob Buckhorn asks NCAA to move Women’s 2016 Final Four to Tampa

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Tampa is hosting the Women’s Final Four college basketball tournament this weekend, and if Indiana doesn’t get its act together regarding its controversial religious freedom legislation, Mayor Bob Buckhorn is calling on the NCAA to bring the tournament back next year to the Cigar City. “Sports teach us dedication, fair play and teamwork,” Buckhorn wrote in a letter to NCAA President Mark Emmert today. “It teaches us that we should judge others for their talents and who they are, instead of where…

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Mitch Perry Report for 4.2.15 — Florida Republicans and immigration

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There’s lot of stories in the news this week about the Republican Party and social issues. Both Mike Pence in Indiana (considered a 2016 presidential possibility) and Asa Hutchison in Arkansas have asked for tweaks in their Religious Freedom Restoration Act bills, after the firestorm it’s created nationally, particularly amongst business groups. Another issue that the Republicans have had to dance with carefully on is immigration, where there has always been a schism between the business side of the party and…

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Pam Bondi goes to Nevada

Drawing on lessons learned after a nightclub massacre last year in Orlando, Attorney General Pam Bondi and members of her

In ambitious speech, Bob Buckhorn hints at bigger things for Tampa — and himself

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Twenty-nine days after he was re-elected with just under 96 percent of the vote, Bob Buckhorn was sworn into office today in an elaborate ceremony that the mayor himself acknowledged seemed as much as a Christian church revival as a political event (though it also included words of wisdom from a rabbi and an imam as well). Buckhorn officially takes office for a second term with the entire galaxy understanding that if things work out the way he wants, he won’t…

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Tampa City Council taps Frank Reddick to become new chairman

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It was over in less than a minute. The much anticipated vote for City Council chair was decided quickly this afternoon, as the newly sworn-in City Council named Frank Reddick to become their new chairman for the next year. As expected, it was a close vote, with Reddick defeating current chair Charlie Miranda on a 4-3 vote. Voting for Reddick (besides himself) were Yolie Capin, newly elected Councilman Guido Maniscalco and Mike Suarez, the man considered to be the swing vote…

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