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Lisa Montelione feels confident in HD 63 Democratic primary versus Mike Reedy

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Lisa Montelione said it was “excruciatingly hard” to decide to give up her Tampa City Council seat next year, but that’s what will happen now that she’s decided to run for the Florida Legislature in 2016. She’ll take on fellow Democrat Mike Reedy in the House District 63 primary next August, with the winner to face GOP incumbent Shawn Harrison in November. Regarding that primary race against Reedy, Montelione said simply, “I will win.” The Hillsborough County-based seat is one…

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Mitch Perry Report for 11.25.15 – And now there are 2 states who don’t automatically restore voting rights to ex-felons

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Outgoing Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear signed an executive order Tuesday immediately restoring voting rights to more than 100,000 ex-felons convicted of nonviolent offenses. “This disenfranchisement makes no sense,” Beshear, a Democrat, said in his announcement. “It makes no sense because it dilutes the energy of democracy, which functions only if all classes and categories of people have a voice, not just a privileged, powerful few. It makes no sense because it defeats a primary goal of our corrections system, which is to rehabilitate…

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Gene Siudut really wants to be next Tampa City Councilman in District 7

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Last week the Tampa Bay Times listed Gene Siudut, Mark Danish and Luis Viera (all Democrats) as possible candidates to enter the Tampa City Council District 7 seat special election that will take place next fall. Current Councilwoman Lisa Montelione has announced she will step down next year to run for the state House seat in District 63. That list will surely change in the course of the next year. “There are other people who have reached out to me that…

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FDOT official insists community meetings can mitigate deleterious affects from TBX plan

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An official with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) told the Tampa City Council on Thursday that local meetings currently underway with community members on trying to mitigate the potential negative affects of the massive Tampa Bay Express project on the neighborhoods can influence how the plan will ultimately be created. “That’s why it’s very important to be at that table, be engaged, come talk to us, let us know what the concerns, what you envision your community to be, ” said Lee Royal…

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Bob Buckhorn says he supports TBX project — thinks there’s a “middle ground” to satisfy the community

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Bob Buckhorn is optimistic that the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) can come to find a “middle ground” with concerned Tampa residents as the state agency begins the process of adding express toll lanes to I-275 in Tampa. The plan, known as the Tampa Bay Express, would in total add express toll lanes to I-75 from north of Bruce B. Downs Blvd. to south of SR 674; On I-275 from south of Bearss Avenue to Gandy Blvd.; and on I-4 from…

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Mitch Perry Report for 11.11.15 — The return of Rand Paul to the GOP presidential race

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The odds were stacked against him last night, and there were many who were writing him off before last night’s debate. And yet he had a breakthrough performance at the GOP’s 4th presidential debate in Milwaukee. Jeb Bush? No, Rand Paul. Paul’s been down so far this election cycle that the only stories you seem to read about him these days are when he’s going to quit and concentrate on being re-elected to the Senate in Kentucky. But for one…

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Tampa City Councilwoman Lisa Montelione files to run in state HD 63 race

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Tampa City Councilwoman Lisa Montelione, who was just re-elected without opposition to a second four-year term in her District 7 seat this past winter, said Tuesday she’s running for the Democratic nomination for the House District 63 race, a seat now held by Republican incumbent Shawn Harrison. “The issues facing our city and the entire Tampa Bay region are too big for us to continue waiting for the current dysfunctional Legislature to solve,” Montelione said in a prepared statement. “Throughout…

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