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Mitch Perry Report for 4.4.16 – Time to play ball

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If the Tampa Bay Rays ever get a new, retractable domed stadium somewhere in the Tampa Bay area, days like Sunday are the days that stadium’s roof would be open. You couldn’t get better weather conditions to kick off the 2016 Major League Baseball season here, where the Rays dropped their home opener to the outstanding Toronto Blue Jays, who some experts predict could be in the World Series this fall. I’ll avoid writing about what a big drop off…

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Victor Crist unveils idea to “privatize” Hillsborough PTC rules on Uber and Lyft

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(Updated) Can the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission finally find common cause with Uber and Lyft in 2016? That possibility isn’t necessarily any clearer today, but PTC Chairman Victor Crist is extremely optimistic after he unveiled his proposed new regulations on Thursday. He hopes they’ll end the war between his agency and the two ridesharing companies, which have operated illegally in Hillsborough County for nearly two years. “The big difference here is a huge policy shift, where we are privatizing…

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Uber offers free rides as sponsor of Mothers Against Drunk Driving event

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Tampa residents who pledge to not drink and drive can snag themselves a free ride courtesy of ride-hailing service Uber, as part of a local Mothers Against Drunk Driving awareness event. “Every day in the United States 30 people are killed in car crashes that involve a drunk driver. That’s one person every 51 minutes,” said Uber Trust and Safety Lead Amanda DeSantis. “At Uber we aim to change the way people think about drinking and driving. By providing a…

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Pinellas lawmakers talk 2016 Session, advice for Rick Scott, and who they think will be president

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With the 2016 Florida legislative session now in their rear view mirrors, the entire Pinellas County delegation – sans HD 65 Republican Chris Sprowls – discussed various aspects of what just went on in Tallahassee on Wednesday before a robust Suncoast Tiger Bay Club audience at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club. The delegation skews heavily Republican, with only Dwight Dudley and Darryl Rouson the lone Democrats on the panel. Dudley is a committed progressive, and he disrupted the relative bonhomie when arguing about the hot button issues of abortion and school choice…

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Unlike 2015, Florida lawmakers go home happy and on time

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Florida lawmakers went home when they were supposed to this year. That alone made the 2016 Legislative Session more successful than last year. In an often contentious process where far more bills die than go to the governor, it was a rare year in Tallahassee. How so? Lawmakers passed restrictions on abortion and killed a measure that would have provided civil rights to gays and lesbians, and Democrats said it was a great session. Tax cuts for businesses died, along…

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Property Casualty Insurers “disappointed” by failure to pass ride-sharing regulation

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The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America said it was disappointed lawmakers capped off the 2016 Legislative Session without passing insurance regulations for Uber and Lyft drivers. “Twenty-nine other states have passed legislation addressing insurance coverage requirements for TNCs, and it is past time for Florida to do the same,” the group said in a Friday email. “PCI will continue to work with lawmakers on a solution for 2017 so that this is the last year rideshare drivers and passengers…

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Uber legislation finally flames out

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A compromise between Republican lawmakers and ride-hailing firms like Uber was on thin ice Friday afternoon as Session raced to a close, until finally, the bill hit a brick wall. Sen. David Simmons, the Senate Rules Chair, had worked on the bill (SB 1118) for months. It would have mandated minimum commercial insurance requirements for drivers with Uber and similar app-based companies, known as “transportation network companies” in Capitol-ese. The House — which favors a more Uber-friendly approach — passed its own bill (HB 509) last…

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