As a demonstration marched down Tampa Street during the Republican Convention in late August, SkyPoint resident Blannie Whelan ran up to the parking garage level walls on the sixth floor of the illustrious downtown condo to show her solidarity, holding a sign that read, "Protect People, Not Corporations."
A healthy exercise of the First Amendment you might say, something the Tampa Police Department was insistent would be allowed to flourish during the four-day political event.
But perhaps Whelan should have gone outside to hold up the sign, because the SkyPoint board of directors voted to fine her $100 for her action.
The condo association's Violations Committee will give her one more chance to defend herself this Thursday evening at 6 p.m., but Wheelan said she knows that the board won't reassess its original fine.
This article appears in Nov 8-14, 2012.