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AFP applauds Sarasota for rejecting incentives to lure national roofing company to relocate

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Americans For Prosperity Florida is praising the Sarasota County Commission for rejecting a financial incentive to help lure an out of town private company to relocate their business in the county. “We’re thrilled to see Sarasota County reject the calls from special interests to take taxpayer dollars and give it away to a private company,” said state director, Chris Hudson. “These local businesses have every right to be upset that their tax dollars are being used to bring their competitors in from other…

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Tampa Bay Times takes home two Pulitzer Prizes

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The Tampa Bay Times took home not one, but two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday. Their investigation into Pinellas County public schools, “Failure Factories,” took the Pulitzer for Local Reporting. The investigation, researched and reported by Cara Fitzpatrick, Lisa Garter and Michael La Forgia showed how the school district abandoned integration efforts in 2007 and then failed to follow through with promised resources for elementary schools that became predominantly poor and black. The five schools in South St. Petersburg are falling at…

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Mitch Perry Report for 2.18.16 – Do we have new entrant in GOP Senate race?

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Tallahassee – U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson was in the Capitol Wednesday. With the Senate (what else?) off for the week on “President’s Day holiday,” the only statewide elected Democrat was in town to congratulate the League of Women Voters on their Fair Districts court victory. It was great to see the LWV folks in the Capitol, as well as the folks for occupational therapy and Latino activists, and I’m sure some other groups I missed along the way. Nelson contended…

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Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri’s out-of-context quotes lead to misinterpretation, harsh responses

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The Florida Sheriffs Association (FSA) issued a statement on Monday giving their full support to Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, who has been under a firestorm of criticism in recent days for comments he was quoted as saying last week regarding the open carry legislation being debated in the Florida Legislature. Gualtieri and the FSA oppose the legislation, but in a story written by Margie Menzel for the News Service of Florida Thursday, the sheriff was quoted as saying that if an…

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WSJ political reporter Carol Lee’s upcoming appearance at Eckerd College has been cancelled

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Wall Street Journal reporter Carol E. Lee, one of the top political journalists in Washington who covers the White House, has canceled her upcoming appearance at Eckerd College scheduled for November 9. Lee, who currently serves as president of the White House Correspondents’ Association for the 2015-2016 year, was also scheduled to present the “Eckerd College Journeys in Journalism Prizes” to students from Melrose Elementary, John’s Hopkins Middle School and Lakewood High School before her speech. Eckerd spokesman Tom Sherberger says that Israeli…

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Political writer Jeremy Wallace moves to the Tampa Bay Times

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Sarasota Herald-Tribune political writer Jeremy Wallace is crossing the Sunshine Skyway for a role as state government reporter at the Tampa Bay Times. Wallace, who has been at the Herald-Tribune since 2004, made the announcement on his Facebook page. He will be based out of Tallahassee. “Not only is it simply the best newspaper in Florida,” he wrote, “It also allows me and my beautiful bride to return to Tallahassee, where we met and started building our family. By the same…

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