Life and politics from the Sunshine State's best city

Tag archive

Ione Townsend - page 3

Janet Cruz among those backing Stephen Bittel’s bid for Florida Democratic Party leadership post

in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by

Coconut Grove real estate developer and major political donorĀ Stephen BittelĀ rolled out a list of new endorsements of bid for Florida Democratic Party chair on Monday, includingĀ South Florida congressional membersĀ Ted Deutch, Lois Frankel,Ā andĀ Alcee HastingsĀ . Also backing Bittel isĀ Janet Cruz, the House Minority Leader from Tampa, which also is the (once and former) home ofĀ Alan Clendenin, who is running again forĀ the leadership postĀ after losing a close race in 2013Ā toĀ outgoingĀ chairĀ Allison Tant. Clendenin lost his bid for state committeeman in Hillsborough County last month,…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Pinellas GOP, Democrats poised to elect party leaders this Monday night

in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by

When it comes to drama with their upcoming party reorganization meetings taking place next week, Pinellas County Republicans and Democrats have nothing on their Hillsborough County brethren. This coming Monday night, the local executive committees for the Republican and Democratic Parties in Pinellas County will be voting for their party leaders, and in both cases, it doesn’t appear to be many changes at hand – at least not yet. Pinellas Democratic Executive Committee ChairĀ Susan McGrathĀ is running to serve a second…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Run-off elections prove fruitful for Tampa Democrats for second straight year

in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by

Somewhat lost in the tumult over the infighting within the Hillsborough County Democratic Executive Committee this week is the fact that for the second time in less than two years, a Democrat has been elected to the Tampa City Council in a run-off election after finishing a distant secondĀ in the initial election. Luis Viera’s win by 63 votes in the District 7 race Ā cameĀ four weeks after he finished 2,469 votes behind Jim Davison in the Nov.8 general election. ā€œWe had…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Mitch Perry Report for 12.8.16 – Al Gore gets punk’d

in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by

For the #NeverTrumper Republicans out there, this Trump presidency might work out pretty well, after all. Jeb BushĀ was seen doing cartwheels after Trump selectedĀ Betty DeVosĀ to become his Secretary of Education. ā€œIā€™m so excited,ā€ BushĀ saidĀ last week at the National Summit on Education Reform, sponsored by theĀ Foundation for Excellence in Education, which Bush founded and chairs and on which DeVos serves as a board member. “President-elect Trump made an extraordinary choice with Betsy DeVos,ā€ he added. Similar hosannas are being thrown out…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

April Griffin says Ione Townsend blocked her from running for Hillsborough County DEC chair a year ago

in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by

The reverberations from Monday’s Hillsborough County Democratic Executive Committee meeting continued on Wednesday when School Board Chair April Griffin said she was denied the opportunity to run for the DEC chair position a year ago by Ione Townsend, who ended up running as the only candidate to replace Elizabeth Belcher. In a posting on herĀ Facebook page, Griffin said that with no groundswell of support for a chair to succeed Belcher, she had given the idea serious consideration and decided she…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Mitch Perry Report for 12.7.16 – The Hillsborough County DEC melts down

in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by

“Image is everything” that great philosopher,Ā Andre Agassi,Ā once said in a series of television ads for Canon in the early 1990’s. Though a bit of an exaggeration, there’s no question that the imageĀ of theĀ Hillsborough County Democratic Executive CommitteeĀ hasĀ taken a significant body blow following itsĀ reorganization meetingĀ on Monday night. To recap: Party ChairĀ Ione TownsendĀ concluded that the party’s by-laws precluded Democrats elected to nonpartisan positions from voting in the local DEC elections. The upshot was thatĀ the local party, in effect, “disenfranchised” some of the…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Uproar at Hillsborough DEC meeting; City Council, School Board members leave in disgust

in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by

After a rough start, Hillsborough County Democrats re-elected Ione Townsend as party chair Monday night. A raucous first 50 minutes of the group’s reorganization meeting culminated in five Tampa City Council members and two Hillsborough County school board members leaving the hall in disgust when they were not allowed to participate in the Democratic Executive Committee election for local officers. In a related development that skewed the final tally of his race,Ā Alan Clendenin, vice-chair of the Florida Democratic Party and…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

1 2 3 4
Go to Top