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Panhandling issues related to Spice, says Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco

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Persistent concerns about panhandling in Pasco County were a major topic of discussion on Tuesday afternoon at a town hall meeting featuring U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, state Sen. Wilton Simpson and Sheriff Chris Nocco.  About 40 people attended the 90-minute town hall meeting held at the Beacon Woods Civic Center in Hudson. “They’re getting aggressive out there,” Nocco said to one participant who complained about increased panhandling in Hudson, a concern that she said appears to be drug-related. “In these…

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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

Wilton Simpson qualifies for 2016 ballot via petition

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With thousands of certified petition signatures, state Sen. Wilton Simpson has officially qualified for the 2016 ballot in Senate District 10. In the days after the final Florida Senate map was determined, the Trilby Republican registered for SD 10, a district that added Citrus County to the Pasco and Hernando County residents he already served. With strong grassroots support, including 661 Citrus County residents, Simpson easily exceeded the required petition number. More than 3000 signatures were collected, and 2397 were…

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#6 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — Wilton Simpson

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Wilton Simpson, the 49-year-old state Senator from Trilby, continues his ascent in the Legislature’s upper chamber, moving up in the SPB power rankings from #19 to 2014 to #15 in 2015 to a tie for #6 in year’s ranking. The chair of the Community Affairs Committee, Simpson represents Senate District 18. However, he’s moving into the newly created Senate District 10 later this year, which includes a third of Pasco County and all of Hernando and Citrus counties to the north.…

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Amid jeers, Senate alimony proposal clears first committee

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A contentious bill meant to remake what critics call Florida’s antiquated alimony law and end “forever alimony” was cleared Tuesday by a Senate panel. The Judiciary Committee, the first of its three review panels, OK’d the measure (SB 668) by a 6-4 vote after impassioned comment for and against the proposal, even after speakers were limited to 30 seconds. That also was after state Sen. Wilton Simpson, a Trilby Republican, moved to vote on the bill by 5:50 p.m., only 10 minutes…

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Florida committee passes bill that aims to ban Syrian refugees

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In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris last November, Florida Gov. Rick Scott joined over two dozen other governors around the nation in saying he didn’t want any refugees fleeing war-torn Syria coming into his state. He also said that the federal government wasn’t providing him any information about who was coming in, or where they might being placed in the state. Jacksonville Republican Lake Ray‘s “Prevention of Acts of War” bill (HB 1095) would attempt to address that issue. The bill…

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Senate committee passes bill restructuring public land acquisition and management

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A bill revamping the state’s process of public land acquisition and management passed its first Senate committee Tuesday. LobbyTools reports that SB 1290, filed by Trilby Republican Sen. Wilton Simpson is nearly identical to House equivalent, HB 1075, filed by Lehigh Acres Republican Rep. Matt Caldwell. Orlando Democratic Sen. Darren Soto submitted an amendment to strip language that would allow “an expansion of use of land acquisition dollars, Amendment 1 dollars, on water projects.” Although opposing a similar bill last year, Eric Draper of Audubon…

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Mitch Perry Report for 1.27.16 – “Pastor Protection Act” moves through state Senate

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Observers of the state Legislature in Tallahassee will recall the backlash that ensued after the Florida House passed a measure last year that effectively codified existing law that same-sex couples could adopt. The bill, sponsored by Miami Beach Democrat Dave Richardson, ultimately made it through the Senate, but not before there was another measure sponsored in the House by Sanford Republican Jason Brodeur that would allow private adoption agencies to discriminate against gay couples if they felt it compromised their faith or…

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