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Mitch Perry Report for 9.15.16 — One less #NeverTrump option for president in Florida

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#NeverTrump conservatives in Florida have one less option to choose for president in November now. Evan McMullin, a 40-year-old former CIA official from Utah, has been proposed as a conservative alternative to Trump. He was the nominee of the Independent Party in Florida, but has been removed from the ballot by the Florida Division of Elections because the Independent Party is not a recognized national party by the Federal Elections Commission — a requirement of state law to get on…

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Teen involved in controversial sex case blasts Hillsborough State Attorney Mark Ober

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Less than a week after the mother of a sex crime victim issued a statement bashing Hillsborough State Attorney Mark Ober, the victim in that case has come forward with her own critical statement, and it’s equally as vitriolic towards the GOP incumbent, now in a spirited race for his political life. “The fact is Mr. Ober, that as a result of my time with you and your administration I have felt judged, ridiculed, blamed, dismissed, and uncared for time and time again,” the unidentified…

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.13.16 — The Florida Supreme Court is about to get a little more conservative

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During the 2014 gubernatorial race, selecting Supreme Court justices was a campaign issue between Rick Scott and Charlie Crist. Though Florida’s executive and legislative branches have been fiercely conservative for going on nearly two decades now, the judiciary has not, though that slowly could be changing. On Monday, Justice James E.C. Perry, the fourth black ever named to Florida’s high court, announced he will be retire from the bench at the end of this year as required by law, giving Scott…

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Andrew Warren campaign now bringing up Mark Ober quote from 2004 regarding underage rape case

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Andrew Warren, the Democrat who is challenging GOP incumbent Mark Ober in the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s race, is now claiming that Ober’s recent statement at a Tampa Tiger Bay Club about an ongoing sexual assault case isn’t the first time that he has made provocative comments on this topic. In a statement issued out on Monday morning, Warren referred to a 2003 incident in which three Plant High school athletes and a former student had sex with a 14-year-old Plant High girl.…

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.12.16 — Will this Syrian ceasefire hold?

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Good Monday morning to you all. While the U.S. media will be focused intently on Hillary Clinton‘s health, there’s another issue taking place today that deserves close observation — the tentative truce between the warring factions that’s supposed to happen in Syria tonight at sundown. The truce was announced last last week between Russia and the U.S., and there is “cautious optimism” this could lead to ending the five-year civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and forced millions from…

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Mark Ober says he has never blamed the victim in sex abuse case

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Mark Ober acknowledges that as a 16-year incumbent, his race for re-election for Hillsborough State Attorney is in many ways a referendum on how he’s performed in office. “It’s perhaps easier to run when you don’t have a record,” Ober told an audience who gathered at the weekly “Cafe Con Tampa” breakfast meeting at Hugo’s in South Tampa Friday morning. “There’s no substitute for experience.” In Democrat Andrew Warren, Ober is facing by far his most formidable opponent since initially being…

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Mother of sexual victim says Mark Ober’s comments are why victims hesitate to report sexual abuse

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Hillsborough County State Attorney Mark Ober is being blasted by the mother of a teenage victim involved in a child sex abuse case his office is investigating. At a political debate last week with his Democratic opponent, Andrew Warren, Ober defended himself against the accusation that he initially did not take serious a report regarding Alexander Pelzer, a now-27-year-old Maryland resident accused of committing crimes against the then-15-year-old Hillsborough County girl. The case was first brought to the attention of the general public…

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