Why Haley Barbour won't be our next president, a Tampa City Council candidate lays out a bold agenda, and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers sign what one official calls a "watershed moment" : Mitch Perry Report 11.17.10

November has seen all types of candidates running for city council in Tampa make official declarations of their candidacies or pronouncements of what they intend to do in office.  Tuesday brought forward a 10 point agenda laid out by Tony DeSisto, running in Tampa's District 4 race.

All types of men (and one woman) on the GOP side are scrambling to make their announcements in the coming months about their potential candidacies for president in 2012.  But we believe two of those men are already doomed, due to no fault of their own.

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange made what one CIW employee calls a "watershed moment" in the history of Florida agriculture.  Read about it here.

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