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Tim Schock files to oppose Jim Norman in Hillsborough County GOP District 6 race

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Jim Norman isn’t the only Republican to enter the increasingly wild Hillsborough County Commission District 6 race today. Tim Schock, who lost a primary challenge to Al Higginbotham in the GOP Primary for the countywide District 7 seat last August, filed today to run for the open seat in 2016. The 42-year-old strategies and operationsĀ consultant says that he doesn’t see himself as the “anti” Norman. “I am a new voice experienced in business and experienced in some of theĀ significant issues…

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.1.15 — The meaning of Jim Norman’s return

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Jim Norman, who has been meeting with all types of folks in the community over the past few weeks and months in preparation for a return to local politics, makes it official today. He’s running for a seat on the Hillsborough County Commission. Actually, he made it official yesterday by making pilgrimages to the editorial board of theĀ Tampa TribuneĀ and sitting down withĀ Tampa Bay TimesĀ columnist Sue Carlton. Norman thinks he’s going to win this race, outright. He thinks the Democrats in…

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For Tom Scott, ‘driving while black’ is more than a slogan

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Negative relations between law enforcement and the black community have been a huge story over the past year, and incidents of police abuse captured on video have led to a call for reforms, such as the use of body cameras for police officers. That background — as well as a published report thatĀ blacks in Tampa had received nearly 80 percent of all bicycle citations over the past dozen years — has spurred the call for a civilian review board for…

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Tim Schock considering entering Hillsborough County Commission District 6 race

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Although there is lots ofĀ chatter about Jim Norman entering the race for the Hillsborough County Commission District 6 seat, as of now,Ā there is only one Republican who has entered the race (Thomas Avino). Meanwhile, Democrats Brian Willis and Pat Kemp have been campaigning for months, and were recently joined by former commissioner and Tampa City Councilman Tom Scott. Tim Schock could be that first Republican to enter the contest. The 42-year-old resident of Tampa’s Beach Park is the president of…

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Jim Norman speaks: The former Hillsborough county commissioner is plotting a comeback

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Former Hillsborough County Commissioner and state Sen. Jim Norman wants you to know one thing — that everything youĀ thoughtĀ you knew about what happened to him in 2010 is wrong. ā€œThe media put a message out there that is just inaccurate, and Iā€™m really burned about that, so Iā€™m pretty fired up with setting the record straight,” he said in an interview conducted earlier this week. In case you’ve forgotten or werenā€™t around five years ago, ā€œthe messageā€ that Norman says…

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Third National Flag of the Confederacy to be removed from Hillsborough County Center

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The Hillsborough County Commission voted unanimously this afternoon to remove the Third National Flag of the Confederacy from the County Center in downtown Tampa today, along with the flags of the other countries that also hang in the lobby that used to occupy Florida: Spain, France, and Great Britain. The American flag also hangs in the lobby. The motion to do so came from County Commissioner Les Miller, the only black member of the board. After the unanimous vote to…

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Mitch Perry Report for 7.13.15 — Will Jim Webb’s candidacy go anywhere in the Dem primary?

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Scott Walker comes out of semi-hibernation tonight to officially announce his candidacy for president. We’ll have plenty to talk about the man who is doing well in nearby Iowa, but has many questions surrounding his candidacy as he officially gets into the race. Meanwhile, the only candidate in either party to announce via press release, former VirginiaĀ U.S. Sen.Ā Jim Webb, did his first major television interview yesterday since declaring his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. On Fox News Sunday, Webb…

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