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Mike Deeson, Safety Harbor Mayor named in slander suit

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Business owner Jim Barge is suing several individuals and companies alleging he was falsely accused of stealing a campaign sign in 2014 from a Safety Harbor yard. Barge was caught on tape removing a sign for former Safety Harbor Mayor Joe Ayoub. The lawsuit names both Ayoub’s then challenger, Andy Steingold, as well as WTSP investigative reporter Mike Deeson and accuses the two of scheming with Ray Duke, the man who took the video in question, to create a “false…

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