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Future Senate leadership lining up behind Kathleen Passidomo

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Kathleen Passidomo can add members of the Senate’s future leadership to her list of supporters. Senate Majority Leader Bill Galvano, Sen. Wilton Simpson, and House Majority Whip Jim Boyd are scheduled to host a fundraiser for Passidomo’s Senate District 28 bid on June 21 in Bradenton. Both Galvano, a Bradenton Republican, and Simpson, a Trilby Republican, are believed to be in line for the Senate presidency if Republicans keep the majority. Passidomo faces Rep. Matt Hudson, a Naples Republican, in…

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Dana Young to launch Senate bid with Tampa kickoff event May 3

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Tampa Republican Rep. Dana Young is kicking off her Senate District 18 campaign with a fundraiser May 3. The event will be 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 1601 South MacDill Ave. For more information, or to RSVP for the event, contact Sydney Ridley at [email protected]. The House Majority Leader announced she would skip her final term in the House to run for the newly redrawn seat back in January, and is currently the only candidate in the race for the…

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Rick Scott signs the Florida Keys Stewardship Act

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The Florida Keys will get a little boost thanks to a bill signed into law this week. Gov. Rick Scott signed The Florida Keys Stewardship Act into law Thursday. The bill, sponsored by Sens. Wilton Simpson and Anitere Flores, and Rep. Holly Raschein, was one of 20 bills Scott signed into law. “The Florida Keys Stewardship Act is a step in the right direction, as these investments will protect the unique and pristine Florida Keys; and, in turn, fortify its…

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Frank Artiles tops $209K in 15 days in challenge to Dwight Bullard

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Rep. Frank Artiles quickly raised up a warchest in his campaign against incumbent Democrat Sen. Dwight Bullard last month. The Miami Republican brought in $209,669 during the month of March, despite a prohibition on fundraising during the Legislative Session which ended March 11. Bullard had not reported his most recent totals as of Monday afternoon, but has raised $68,518 for his 2016 reelection bid so far. The Artiles-Bullard fight in Miami-based SD 40 will likely be an expensive and hotly contested affair. Artiles’ campaign…

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Nice guy Wilton Simpson lets “love flow” with Bellamy Brothers concert fundraiser April 21

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State Sen. Wilton Simpson is letting the “love flow” in his re-election bid to the Florida Senate. The Trilby Republican is hosting a special fundraising barbecue dinner and concert April 21, featuring the Bellamy Brothers, the pop-country duo best known for their crossover 1976 hit “Let Your Love Flow.” Simpson is a highly regarded entrepreneur, egg farmer, humanitarian and lawmaker – recently named by FloridaPolitics.com as one of Tampa Bay’s 25 most powerful politicians. In 2013, the Florida Farm Bureau named Simpson, a self-described “big-tent Republican,” as…

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Richard Corcoran, Wilton Simpson oppose water rate hike

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Two legislative leaders are asking the state’s utility regulators to “follow the law” and deny a request by a water utility serving parts of Marion, Pasco and Seminole counties to increase its rates. State Rep. Richard Corcoran, the Land O’ Lakes Republican slated to become House Speaker after the 2016 elections, and Sen. Wilton Simpson, the Trilby Republican who chairs the Community Affairs Committee, wrote a letter to the state’s Public Service Commission on Thursday. Illinois-based Utilities Inc. had filed a…

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Mitch Perry Report for 3.30.16 – What happened to the moderate, affable Pat McCrory?

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Back in 2009-2010, the folks behind the Moving Hillsborough Forward brought Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory to Tampa on three different occasions to advise local officials on how to pass the one-cent sales tax referendum for transit on the November 2010 ballot in Hillsborough County. As we all remember, the measure went down to a resounding defeat, but McCrory came off to most of the local media as well. I used the adjective “engaging” on at least one occasion to describe McCrory. “Affable”…

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