We're still trying to get confirmation on this, but CL does hear that Barack Obama will be in Tampa next week for a fundraiser. Remember you read it here first…
In Florida campaign news: Lots of talk this week about Jim Norman dropping out of his bid for re-election for state Senate as the Florida Republican Party gets behind the John Legg candidacy. But Rob Wallace, who had been running against Norman for months, isn't really keen on the fact that those Republicans are getting behind Legg and not himself.
MSNBC's Chris Hayes has a new book out. CL spoke with him on Wednesday, and you can read that Q&A here.
Maryann Ferenc with the Tampa powerhouse eatery Mise en Place is also extremely active in working with the host committee for the Republican National Committee. She tells CL her thoughts about hearing some complaints from local business people in Tampa who thought they would be getting a cut of some action with the RNC but have been shut out so far.
We've got a couple of pieces in this week's Food issue we'd like to draw your attention to.
One is on the discussion of the future of journalism. We'll come back here and provide a link once that story is online. But our review of the various new restaurants at Tampa International Airport is available here.
This article appears in Jun 14-20, 2012.