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Tampa Firefighters are backing Eric Seidel in the Hillsborough Clerk of the Courts race

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Eric Seidel, the former Fox-13 consumer reporter who is now running as a Republican taking on Democrat Pat Frank in the race for Hillsborough Clerk of the Courts, has been endorsed by the Tampa Firefighters union. “I am pleased to receive the support from the Tampa Firefighters in my election,” Seidel said in a statement issued on Thursday. The Seidel campaign sent reporters a copy of a letter dated August 25 informing him of the endorsement, which was signed by Steve…

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Bob Buckhorn pitches PayPal on relocating to Tampa from North Carolina

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Can North Carolina’s controversial religious freedom law that critics say discriminates against the LGBT community redound to Tampa’s advantage? That’s what Bob Buckhorn hopes for, after PayPal announced on Tuesday that it was their canceling plans for a new operation center that would have employed over 400 people in Charlotte, North Carolina, citing that new law. “The new law perpetuates discrimination and it violates the values and principles that are at the core of PayPal’s mission and culture,” wrote Dan Schulman,…

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Pat Frank, Kevin Beckner to debate at Tampa Tiger Bay next month

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Fresh off their David Jolly-Todd Wilcox duel last week, the Tampa Tiger Bay Club has announced that the three major candidates for the Hillsborough County Clerk of the Courts race this year – Democrats Pat Frank and Kevin Beckner and Republican Eric Seidel – will engage in the next forum, scheduled for next month. The Frank/Beckner encounter continues to be perhaps the most interesting primary election in the Tampa Bay area this year, and they’ve already demonstrated that they won’t…

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Marco Rubio getting trounced in new Florida presidential poll

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He was the toast of the town after his successful announcement in Miami in April, but Marco Rubio’s presidential ambitious appear to be shrinking by the day. A Florida presidential poll released on Wednesday night shows Donald Trump and Jeb Bush in a virtual tie, with Trump at 27 percent and Bush at 26. Rubio is at 7 percent support, burying him with a host of other candidates hovering between 8 and 6 percent in the survey, conducted by Opinion Savvy and…

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Former FOX 13 consumer report Eric Seidel running for Hillsborough Clerk of the Courts

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For nearly two decades, Eric Seidel helped out Tampa Bay residents through his investigative reports on WTVT-FOX 13 as their consumer reporter. Now he wants to work for the people as a public servant – specifically as the next clerk of the Circuit Court in Hillsborough County. “From collecting on a legal judgement or filing a small claim in a dispute, to attempting to file a divorce without being able to afford an attorney, I’ve heard all the horror stories,” Seidel…

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