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Pinellas Tea Party group endorses every local Republican except for David Jolly and Chris Latvala

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The Tampa Bay Times isn’t the only local organization David Jolly didn’t receive an endorsement from this weekend in his race for re-election to his 13th Congressional District seat against Democrat Charlie Crist.  The South Pinellas 912 Patriots has produced a voters guide for next month’s election, and the group’s list of candidates noticeably omits Jolly — one of only two local Republicans on next month’s ballot who isn’t getting the group’s backing. The group has been a member of the national tea party movement since 2009. It’s most successful entry into…

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Activists rallying to stop Hillsborough Commissioners from putting Go Hillsborough on the ballot

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The Hillsborough County Commission will vote next week on whether they want to support putting a half-cent sales tax increase on the November ballot to pay for transportation improvements. Critics of the proposal are already rallying opponents to speak up at that public hearing to speak against the measure. “Several of your county commissioners want to be re-elected or seek other office (sic), some of them this year. Nothing has a bigger impact on them than ordinary citizens (not paid agitators)…

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