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Mark Ober and Andrew Warren debate criminal justice at Tampa Tiger Bay club

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On Tuesday night, voters in Duval and Orange counties ousted their respective incumbent State Attorney’s. In Hillsborough County this fall, Andrew Warren hopes to continue that trend. Warren is a former federal prosecutor who quit his job late last year to challenge 16-year incumbent Mark Ober. In what was perhaps the single most important hour of his campaign to date, Warren blasted his Republican rival on Friday at a Tampa Tiger Bay debate for being too focused on conviction rates than in making…

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Mitch Perry Report for 8.5.16 – Rio or bust

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For those of you who are excited about the Summer Olympics, now is your time. Comcast says it will be broadcasting 6,800 hours of  programming on 11 channels, and “up to” 41 live streams. So they’ve got you covered. The NFL also returns this weekend – sort of – with the Hall of Fame ceremonies from Canton, Ohio taking place on Saturday night, and Bucs fans will no doubt be excited to see Tony Dungy get his time in the spotlight.…

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After Andrew Warren unveils his “Family First” initiative, Mark Ober says it shows his lack of experience

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Andrew Warren is making new charges against Hillsborough State Attorney Mark Ober in his quest to topple him in this November’s election. “After speaking with neighborhood leaders, voters, and the legal community, it’s clear that we’re prioritizing the wrong kind of prosecution,” the Democratic candidate says while introducing his “Families First” initiative that he says would target crimes that put children and families most at risk in Hillsborough County. “When I’m State Attorney, we’ll change the way we go after domestic violence,…

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State attorney candidate Andrew Warren pledges to crack down on domestic violence abusers

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Andrew Warren is pledging to combat domestic violence by prioritizing the enforcement of laws preventing domestic abusers from possessing firearms. “Nobody who’s been convicted of domestic violence should own a firearm,” Warren said earlier this week. “We need to do a better job to protect victims.  This is about saving lives.” The Tampa Democrat is seeking to end the 16-year control of the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s office by Mark Ober, who was elected to the position in 2000 and has never looked back. He’s…

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Andrew Warren says rebuke by federal judge last year is no big deal

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Andrew Warren, the former federal prosecutor running for Hillsborough County State Attorney, was rebuked by a federal judge last summer, who said a request for time off was made in violation of a local rule of the court. The response came after Warren asked the judge to recess the court for two days so that he could attend a “Leadership Tampa” event sponsored by the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. Warren, a Democrat, served in the Justice Department for eight years before stepping…

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Mitch Perry Report for 6.23.16 – Another story on Patrick Murphy enhancing his resume

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Forgive us for not being too coherent, having stayed up until the early morning hours today watching the Hillsborough County MPO’s discussion of the TBX project until 2:20 a.m.this morning. You can read our account here. Although the huge news in Florida Politics yesterday morning was Marco Rubio‘s re-entry into a Senate race he said he would never get back into; you have to believe Rubio feels like he can handle his competition pretty handily. The Democratic Party, both statewide and…

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Mitch Perry Report for 6.10.16 – Bob Poe’s courage

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Former Florida Democratic Party state chairman Bob Poe revealed Thursday that he’s HIV-positive. The 61-year-old Democrat says in a video that he’s healthy because he got tested and diagnosed early, but he wanted to share his condition publicly to “remove the fear, the stigma and the shame that goes with this.” “It’s those things that keep people from getting the diagnosis and the treatment that they need to live perfectly healthy lives like I have,” he says. “I have a motto in my life:…

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