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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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Mitch Perry Report for 8.24.15 – Immigration follies

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One of the factors in Donald Trump’s surprise success in the polls (other than it’s August of 2015 and doesn’t mean whole lot) is that the mainstream (i.e. television) media has pretty much handled him with kid gloves. And why not, since he’s ratings (and clickbait) gold? MaybeĀ – just maybe, that tide is beginning to turn. On ABC’sĀ This WeekĀ on Sunday, host George Stephanopolous grilled the formerĀ ApprenticeĀ star on hisĀ preposterous immigration plan to deport the more than 11 million undocumented in this…

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For Tom Scott, ‘driving while black’ is more than a slogan

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Negative relations between law enforcement and the black community have been a huge story over the past year, and incidents of police abuse captured on video have led to a call for reforms, such as the use of body cameras for police officers. That background — as well as a published report thatĀ blacks in Tampa had received nearly 80 percent of all bicycle citations over the past dozen years — has spurred the call for a civilian review board for…

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Tim Schock considering entering Hillsborough County Commission District 6 race

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Although there is lots ofĀ chatter about Jim Norman entering the race for the Hillsborough County Commission District 6 seat, as of now,Ā there is only one Republican who has entered the race (Thomas Avino). Meanwhile, Democrats Brian Willis and Pat Kemp have been campaigning for months, and were recently joined by former commissioner and Tampa City Councilman Tom Scott. Tim Schock could be that first Republican to enter the contest. The 42-year-old resident of Tampa’s Beach Park is the president of…

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Jim Norman speaks: The former Hillsborough county commissioner is plotting a comeback

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Former Hillsborough County Commissioner and state Sen. Jim Norman wants you to know one thing — that everything youĀ thoughtĀ you knew about what happened to him in 2010 is wrong. ā€œThe media put a message out there that is just inaccurate, and Iā€™m really burned about that, so Iā€™m pretty fired up with setting the record straight,” he said in an interview conducted earlier this week. In case you’ve forgotten or werenā€™t around five years ago, ā€œthe messageā€ that Norman says…

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Mitch Perry Report for 7.7.15 — Last call for change with Hillsborough County Board size?

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The Hillsborough County Charter Review Board meets again tonight at 6 p.m. at the County Center,Ā where advocates for a several years-long push to expand or change the configuration of the seven-member Board of County Commissioners will have one last chance to persuade the majority that such a change is needed. The odds are stacked against them. The purveyors of status quo, none more prominent than former County Commissioner and now Charter Board member herself Jan Platt, remains fixated on keeping…

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Tom Scott is the latest Democrat in Hillsborough County Commission District 6 race

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After months of hinting about it, Thomas Scott made it official late last week and became the third Democrat to enter the contest for the Hillsborough County Commission District 6 countywide seat being vacated by a term-limited Kevin Beckner next year. “Youā€™re talking about a candidate who has good strong name recognition throughout the county, not just in the city,” Scott said last Friday about himself, a day after officially filing to enter the race. “Iā€™ve been out in front…

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