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Alex Sink gets behind Steve Kornell for re-election

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Steve Kornell is getting key support in his bid for re-election to the St. Pete City Council. Former state chief financial officer and former gubernatorial and congressional candidate Alex Sink is co-hosting a reception supporting his campaign. Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner and activist Larry Biddle join Sink in her support. The event is hosted by Pinellas Democratic Party chair Susan McGrath, political organizer Nick Janovsky, political scientist and former State Senate candidate Judithanne McLaughlan and her husband, Ramsay, former…

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Democrat Mike Reedy eyes getting HD 63 back into the D column

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Ever since Ed Homan was termed out of his House District 60 seat in North Tampa in 2010, it’s bounced back and forth in terms of political affiliation over the three subsequent elections — with Republican Shawn Harrison winning in the big Republican years of 2010 and 2014, and Democrat Mark Danish taking it in 2012, the same year that Barack Obama won Hillsborough County. With Hillary Clinton the presumptive nominee next year, Democrats throughout the state and certainly in Hillsborough have been…

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Hillsborough County commissioners want winery owner to pay Al Higginbotham’s legal fees

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The Hillsborough County Commission voted 6-1 on Wednesday to ask the Florida Commission on Ethics to pursue legal frees from a Plant City winery owner whose ethics complaint against Commissioner Al Higginbotham was deemed to be without merit by that same commission. Joe Keel, owner of Keel and Curley Winery, filed an ethics complaint against Higginbotham last summer, complaining that the county commissioner used the power of his office to shut down the winery’s beer tasting operation. But after the ethics commission…

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Former FOX 13 consumer report Eric Seidel running for Hillsborough Clerk of the Courts

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For nearly two decades, Eric Seidel helped out Tampa Bay residents through his investigative reports on WTVT-FOX 13 as their consumer reporter. Now he wants to work for the people as a public servant – specifically as the next clerk of the Circuit Court in Hillsborough County. “From collecting on a legal judgement or filing a small claim in a dispute, to attempting to file a divorce without being able to afford an attorney, I’ve heard all the horror stories,” Seidel…

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Mitch Perry Report for 5.1.15 — On the so-called Fight of The Century

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If you were growing weary of reading Jameis Winston vs. Marcus Mariota everyday in your local sports pages for the past four months, Buc fans, congrats. Now you’ll just be reading about Winston everyday up until the season begins. Let’s just hope for all concerned it’s only in the sports pages. Last night the NFL draft’s opening round kicked off in what is considered to be the biggest non-football sports weekend in America this year. In addition to the NBA and NHL…

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Kevin Beckner starts fundraising early for Clerk of the Courts gig

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When he began running countywide as the Democratic challenger to Hillsborough County Commissioner Brian Blair in 2007, Kevin Beckner started out very early. He had to. Very few people in the political community knew him as he ran for office for the first time; Hillsborough County was and is a huge swath of land to campaign in, and oh yeah, he was an openly gay man running for office on a board that less than two years earlier had voted to…

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School for strippers might have kept going, if not for noise

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If not for the loud parties, the owner of a $2 million mansion on Florida’s Gulf Coast might have continued operating a training school for strippers next door to an exclusive gated community. The Tampa Tribune reports the all-night, liquor-fueled celebrations, complete with booming stereos and screaming women, drew complaints from neighbors. The mansion’s owner and manager were hit with code violations. Sean Grey, a manager at the mansion-for-rent, was also accused by the sheriff’s office of violating the county’s noise…

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