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Hillsborough County Dems delay vote on Go Hillsborough

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With Hillsborough County Commissioners poised to decide next week on whether to put the Go Hillsborough half-cent sales tax for transportation on the November ballot, members of the Hillsborough County Democratic Executive Committee gathered Monday night to weigh in on the issue. Except they didnā€™t. After hearing ten-minute presentations in both support and against the proposal, and with time running out onĀ the 90-minute meeting, party officials opted to table the issue for another month. That could leave the group voiceless,…

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Mitch Perry Report for 4.18.16 – Can bill to allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudis’ go forward?

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Good Monday morning. I’ve a quick question for you. Is Saudi Arabia really one of our allies in the Middle East? Some conservatives, like MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, insist they are, and says that one of many reasons why we should be angry at Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran is because it upset the Saudis, allegedly one of our true friends in that region. This issue is about to be revisited, after the NY TimesĀ reportedĀ on FridayĀ that the Saudi Arabian government…

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Pat Frank goes on offense in Clerk of the Court debate at Tampa Tiger Bay Club

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Itā€™s not as if thereā€™s a whole slew of elected Democrats in Hillsborough County, so whenĀ County Commissioner Kevin Beckner announced a year ago he would challenge Pat Frank in her bid for re-election to the Clerk of the County Court, it was a major story in local politics. The two respected Democrats presented dissimilar narratives about what had been communicated (or miscommunicated) between them last year, and they repeated their competing versions of those conversationsĀ at Fridayā€™s Tiger Bay Club meeting…

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Pat Frank wins Florida Excellence Best Practices Award for restructuring Clerk of the Court’s office

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Hillsborough County Clerk of Court & ComptrollerĀ PatĀ FrankĀ has been honored withĀ theĀ Florida Excellence Best Practices Award for herĀ major restructuring of the office that improved customer service, increased efficiency and enhanced communication. Ā The Florida Excellence Award is based on the nationally renowned Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award and honors public and private organizations that demonstrate performance excellence in customer service, workforce and organization. ā€œWe are honored to have been recognized with a Florida Excellence Award,ā€Ā FrankĀ said in a statement. ā€œI have the privilege of working…

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SEIU Florida endorses Pat Frank in Hillsborough Clerk of the Courts race

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TheĀ Service Employees International Union Florida (SEIU FL) announced WednesdayĀ that it has endorsed Pat Frank inĀ the race forĀ Hillsborough County Clerk of the Circuit Court. “Pat Frank has been on the forefront of social justice and working families issues since she fought to desegregate Hillsborough County schools,” said Alphonso Mayfield, President of SEIU Florida Public Services Union,Ā in a statement.”Pat Frank is the reason that we have the Departments of Elder and Veterans Affairs, mandatory kindergarten and a whistleblower law protecting the public…

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Mitch Perry Report for 3.22.16 – Time for Sanders to put up some results

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To anyone paying attention, it’s apparent that it would take some seismic shift for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump to not end up being their party’s standard-bearer this November. The Trump battle with the GOP establishment will continue to play out with maximum media attention, but until he starts losing more states (which could happen tonight in Utah), he looks like your Republican nominee at the moment. The Bernie Sanders campaign insists that tonight begins the third quarter, and…

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Pat Frank, Kevin Beckner to debate at Tampa Tiger Bay next month

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Fresh off their David Jolly-Todd Wilcox duel last week, the Tampa Tiger Bay Club has announced that the three major candidates for the Hillsborough County Clerk of the Courts race this year – Democrats Pat Frank and Kevin Beckner and Republican Eric Seidel – will engage in the next forum, scheduled for next month. The Frank/Beckner encounter continues to be perhaps the most interesting primary election in the Tampa Bay area this year, and they’ve already demonstrated that they won’t…

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