Sunshine State News: African-American Voters Ditch Cruz, Gravitate Towards Dana Young

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Sunshine State News: African-American Voters Ditch Cruz, Gravitate Towards Dana Young

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Second complaint filed against House Democratic Leader Janet Cruz Fl News Online

Janet Cruz, Fl Senate District 18 Candidate, Voted NO for the School Safety Florida 2018 Bill  Florida You Judge

The Many Contradictions of Janet Cruz, The Tampa Bay Beat,

“Cruz claimed multiple homestead exemptions from 2004 through 2008, leading the Hillsborough County Property Appraiser to place a $32,000 lien for back taxes on an Empedrado Street home she purchased in 1983. That’s because Cruz had been living in a San Miguel Street home owned by her husband while her then 29-year-old son was living in the Empedra Street home.  The worst part: Cruz voted against a 2017 bill to increase the homestead exemption for all Floridians.

Jack Gutman, judicial candidate for Hillsborough County Court Group 8, discusses candidacy

Janet Cruz, Fl Senate District 18 Candidate, Voted NO for the School Safety Florida 2018 Bill

Andy Pollack, the father of Meadow, one of the victims of Florida’s Parkland High School shooting, supported recent legislation in the aftermath of the shooting. (Watch Pollack in this video right below discussing his efforts to have this legislation passed).

This legislation passed earlier this year. Included in the new school safety bill:

1. raises the age to purchase a gun

2. Bans bump stocks 

3. allows law enforcement, with the approval of a judge, to bar a person deemed dangerous due to mental illness from owning guns for up to a year AJC.com

4.  400 million into budget that goes towards mental health services  and increased protection of schools

5.  Funding so that every public school in Florida has a school safety officer.

Watch Senator Dana Young in this brief video clip discussing the newly enacted school safety bill.

Janet Cruz VOTES NO to School Safety

Janet Cruz and Dana Young are the current candidates seeking to be elected to represent the citizens of Florida’s Senate District 18 on during the 2018 election cycle.  Dana Young voted YES (see video where Young briefly discusses her support/vote of this legislation). for this school safety bill and Janet Cruz voted NO on this measure.  Janet Cruz will be invited to an online segment on Florida You Judge to discuss her reasons for not voting for this measure.

Fl News Online: Second complaint filed against House Democratic Leader Janet Cruz

Second complaint filed against House Democratic Leader Janet Cruz Fl News Online

Janet Cruz

Robin Fuson, who is running for Hillsborough circuit court group 22, discusses his candidacy

Greg Green, who is running for Hillsborough county court group 2, discusses his candidacy

A new Tampa 2019 mayoral race poll has candidates Jane Castor and David Straz in a Dead Heat

Link to poll:

Tampa Mayoral Race Poll David Straz and Jane Castor in Dead Heat