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Mitch Perry Report for 12.4.15 – on Jeb, Ted and Kobe

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First off, I want to wish the best for Brendan McLaughlin, who will be departing as a news anchor at ABC affiliate WFTS in a couple of weeks after 21 years in the market. Like yours truly, Brendan hails from the San Francisco Bay Area (Marin County, actually, I believe). Folks, there ain’t that many of us in Tampa Bay, much less Florida. I wish him the best in his future endeavors. The latest CNN/ORC national poll of GOP candidates has Jeb…

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Hillsborough County Courthouse to name media room after the late Warren Elly

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Although longtime Fox-13 reporter Warren Elly passed away earlier this year, he’ll always be remembered by his colleagues, friends, family members and people he got to know over his nearly 29-year broadcast journalism career in the Tampa Bay area. That certainly includes those who worked inside the halls of the Hillsborough County court system, one of Warren’s regular beats. In a fitting tribute, the media room inside the County Courthouse Annex will be named after him next week. Elly worked at WTVT Fox-13 from…

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Mitch Perry Report for 4.7.15 — John Travolta finally comments on ‘Going Clear’

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First today — condolences to the friends and family of former Fox-13 reporter Warren Elly, who died yesterday of adrenal cortical carcinoma, an extremely rare form of cancer. He was only 64. It’s a big blow to the Tampa Bay area, where he contributed so much with his journalism and his friendship and his tutoring to so many people over the past three decades. RIP, Warren. Moving on, if you’ve seen the documentary Going Clear, you know that director Alex…

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Warren Elly was my Wednesday angel

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The world is down one great storyteller. Warren Elly, a reporter for Fox 13 for nearly 30 years, passed away Monday morning after a tough battle with a rare cancer. He was only 64. Warren chronicled his battle with cancer that began late last year in a blog called The Way Forward. From his initial diagnosis of the very rare Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma until the week before his death, Warren remained positive. His attitude soared despite the knowledge that this…

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