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GOP candidates for attorney general coming to Tiger Bay on Thursday

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In late March the two Democratic candidates for attorney general joined us.Ā  Now itā€™s the Republicans’ turn, and all four announced candidates will converge on the Tigersā€™ Den for a debate/joint appearance.Ā  They are (in alphabetical order): Holly Benson, a three-term legislator from Pensacola and twice an agency head in the Crist administration. Pam Bondi, an assistant state attorney and criminal prosecutor in Tampa.Ā  Her high-profile cases have made her a frequent guest on cable television, and she is known…

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Pam Bondi goes to Nevada

Drawing on lessons learned after a nightclub massacre last year in Orlando, Attorney General Pam Bondi and members of her

Pam Bondi wins two more GOP straw polls

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Random voters polls are showing Republicans undecided in their primary for attorney general, but Pam Bondi is starting to pile up a Marco Rubio-like record of crushing wins in straw polls among party activists, including a landslide today in her home county of Hillsborough. In a straw poll among members of the Hillsborough County Republican Party executive committee and the Republican clubs of Fishhawk and Brandon, Bondi got 273 votes to 7 for Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottcamp and 2 for…

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Pam Bondi goes to Nevada

Drawing on lessons learned after a nightclub massacre last year in Orlando, Attorney General Pam Bondi and members of her

RNC Chairman Michael Steele says it’ll be ‘the people’s convention’ in Tampa

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From Preston Rudie: Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele visited Tampa Thursday for the first time since the city was selected to host the 2012 Republican National Convention. He said the 2012 event will be billed as “the people’s convention” and will feature a convention village while relying heavily on localĀ businesses. “We have a commitment to use and elevate and to support local grown,Ā home grown talent,” Steele said. Steele also told a group of reporters and others who worked to…

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RNC Chairman Michael Steele says it’ll be ‘the people’s convention’ in Tampa

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From Preston Rudie: Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele visited Tampa Thursday for the first time since the city was selected to host the 2012 Republican National Convention. He said the 2012 event will be billed as “the people’s convention” and will feature a convention village while relying heavily on localĀ businesses. “We have a commitment to use and elevate and to support local grown,Ā home grown talent,” Steele said. Steele also told a group of reporters and others who worked to…

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Michael Steele on Charlie Crist: ‘I am very disappointed’

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Republican National Committee chairmanĀ Michael S. Steele said heā€™s disappointed in Florida Gov. Charlie Crist for not sticking with the GOP. Following a press conference in Tampa to promote the 2012 national convention, Steele said Crist should have stayed in the Republican Primary and respected the primary process. ā€œIā€™m very disappointed in him,ā€ Steele said. ā€œI donā€™t think that was a necessary move. The primary process is there for a reason. It should have played out.ā€ But Steele quickly added that…

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Michael Steele on Charlie Crist: ‘I am very disappointed’

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Republican National Committee chairmanĀ Michael S. Steele said heā€™s disappointed in Florida Gov. Charlie Crist for not sticking with the GOP. Following a press conference in Tampa to promote the 2012 national convention, Steele said Crist should have stayed in the Republican Primary and respected the primary process. ā€œIā€™m very disappointed in him,ā€ Steele said. ā€œI donā€™t think that was a necessary move. The primary process is there for a reason. It should have played out.ā€ But Steele quickly added that…

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Rays stadium in Tampa won’t happen if Hillsborough County has to pay

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On the day they met with the ABC Coalition, Hillsborough County Commissioners passed a motion pledging support for a new stadium if – and when – the Rays decide to talk to them. However, a majority of the commissioners also pledged not to use public money to finance a stadium. Most experts consider the lack of public dollars an insurmountable hurdle to moving the Rays to Tampa. “It’s just not going to happen,” said Craig Sher from the ABC Coalition…

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