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		<title>On Rick Scott/Richard Corcoran feud; ‘incentives’ not needed to draw business to Florida</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2017 19:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bass Pro Shops]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Incentives]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 2012, Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan went on a personal crusade to convince Bass Pro Shops to build a store in Brandon. Hagan’s aim was to create jobs as the county struggled to recover from the Great Recession. He proposed an “incentive” package that was about $15 million of taxpayer money, arguing that it was the cost of doing business with a company like that. Many people disagreed. They screamed. They howled. They complained that giving a Death Star-like&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sue Carlton column: Ronda Storms bested in Brandon (by Paul Phillips)? Has the world gone mad?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Schorsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t believe I am actually excerpting a column from Sue Cartlton, but I had to since it mentions the uber-smart Paul Phillips: The Hillsborough Republican Party recently presented a straw poll done in conjunction with Republican clubs in the suburban enclaves of Brandon and FishHawk. The results: Marco Rubio was the Republican&#8217;s Republican for U.S. Senate, and, yeah, you kinda saw that coming. Bill McCollum was their guy for governor, and ditto that. But what was this? A Republican&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tom Lee endorses Marco Rubio</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Schorsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Martnez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brandon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Crist]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tom Lee]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[From Windy March: Former state Senate President Tom Lee of Brandon announced today he&#8217;s backing Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate primary, becoming one of the first prominent Hillsborough Republicans to side with Rubio against Gov. Charlie Crist. Hillsborough has long been a stronghold for Crist along with his home county of Pinellas. Crist&#8217;s Hillsborough supporters include former Gov. Bob Martinez, high-level GOP fundraiser Al Austin and most of the county&#8217;s top elected Republican officeholders, from Sheriff David Gee to&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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