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Lisa Wheeler-Brown campaign caught in a lie over campaign finance missteps

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Lisa Wheeler-Brownā€™s campaign has admitted it was not the blunders of a previous campaign manager that led to a flurry of reporting errors and a possibly illegal campaign expense, but ratherĀ Wheeler-Brownā€™s own malfeasance. According to The Tampa Tribune, Meagan Salisbury, Wheeler-Brownā€™s current campaign manager, acknowledged that some of the errors happened after former campaign manager Nick Janovsky left the campaign and that Wheeler-Brown didnā€™t understand how to properly file some of the expenses and contributions. The result of that is…

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Tampa Tribune dumps Lisa Wheeler-Brown, now endorses Will Newton

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The Tampa Tribune has rescinded its endorsement for Lisa Wheeler-Brown and instead backed Will Newton for St. Pete City Council District 7. In a list of endorsements published Monday morning, The Tribune pointed to information uncovered by SaintPetersblog. ā€œRecently revealed discrepancies in her campaign finance reports raise questions about her judgment,ā€ the latest write-up read. Thatā€™s as much detail as the endorsement dives into, however. The Tribune editorial board is referring to a series of campaign finance mishaps including a…

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.28.15 — USF’s wandering eye

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Happy Monday/General Assembly Day at the UN, everyone. Lots of things were happening over the weekend, but let’s transition into the working week by applauding the University of Florida Gators forĀ its miraculous comeback victory over Tennessee, 28-27, early Saturday night in Gainesville. The victory puts UF in theĀ  Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in two years. Both FSU and USF took the week off. The Bulls return this Friday night to action, hosting Memphis at Raymond James…

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In Tampa, Alan Grayson attempts to woo local Democrats in his bid for Senate

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Nine days after Patrick Murphy spoke before hundreds of Hillsborough County Democrats at the party’s annual fundraising dinner, Alan Grayson got his shot on Monday night. Speaking to approximately 70 members of the party’s executive committee members at their monthly meeting at the Children’s Board in Ybor City, the Orlando congressman and top challenger to Murphy for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate spoke and took questions forĀ approximately 45 minutes. “A lot of people think it’s a club, like the…

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Tampa Tribune sues local mag for unpaid fees

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The Tampa Tribune is going after a local parenting magazine for payment on non-reimbursed delivery fees. According to a lawsuit filed in Hillsborough County Court, The Tampa Tribune says Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine, run by Tampa resident Angela Ardolino, owes more than $16,000. A 2011 contract between Tampa Bay Parenting and The Tampa Tribune says the magazine must pay the Tribune $0.14 per copy of the magazine for what it describes as ā€œsaturation delivieries,ā€ $0.28 for copies sent to specific…

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Tampa to begin accepting applications for civilian review board

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In an editorial titled, “Don’t mess with police board,” the Tampa Tribune’s editorial page on Thursday writes that the Tampa City Council should give up its “legally suspect effort” toĀ control who gets to name the recently enacted police civilian review board. Thirteen days ago Mayor Bob Buckhorn signed an executive order laying out the details for a civilian review board that would review cases with the Tampa Police DepartmentĀ Ā involving the use of force and other cases that resulted in internal…

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.1.15 — The meaning of Jim Norman’s return

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Jim Norman, who has been meeting with all types of folks in the community over the past few weeks and months in preparation for a return to local politics, makes it official today. He’s running for a seat on the Hillsborough County Commission. Actually, he made it official yesterday by making pilgrimages to the editorial board of theĀ Tampa TribuneĀ and sitting down withĀ Tampa Bay TimesĀ columnist Sue Carlton. Norman thinks he’s going to win this race, outright. He thinks the Democrats in…

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