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Federal lawsuit claims Legoland Florida discriminated against a nine-year-old amputee
The suit argues that the boy was denied access to more than half the park because of his prosthetic legs.
Colin Wolf
Colin Wolf has been working with weekly newspapers since 2007 and has been the Digital Editor for Creative Loafing Tampa since 2019. He is also the Director of Digital Content Strategy for CL's parent company, Chava Communications.
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SeaWorld Orlando is now a certified autism center
SeaWorld now joins Aquatica and Discovery Cove as the first family of parks in the country to carry this accreditation.
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Your annual reminder that Publix never really got out of politics
Publix is the largest financial provider to the Florida Retail Federation, which has never stopped giving cash to local politicians.
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A Sarasota non-profit used a fake veterans’ charity to scam over $6.5 million, says new lawsuit
People thought they were sending care packages to troops.
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The NRA contacted an InfoWars contributor to spread conspiracy theories about the Parkland school shooting
The InfoWars contributor is a prominent Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist.
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Florida lawmaker files historic bill to make Puerto Rico the country’s 51st state
Can’t be a colony forever.
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Disney finally bans smoking and vaping in all of its theme parks
It’s hard out here for a vape.
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Stranger Things will return to Universal Orlando’s Halloween Horror Nights 2019
The series will continue July 4.
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David Straz’s corpse wants you to know that he once owned a private jet
It would appear the Tampa mayoral candidate wants you to remember his greatest accomplishments.
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While fighting for a $15 minimum wage in Florida, John Morgan’s law firm still relies on cheap labor
Not everyone you call on the firm’s hotline is making a “living wage.”
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Disney World now has Dole Whip mimosas
It was only a matter of time.
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Thompson’s Cigars will close their Tampa location and lay off more than 100 employees
The news follows the company’s acquisition.
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There’s no end in sight for Florida’s ongoing war with giant poisonous toads
I, for one, welcome our giant toad overlords.
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The ‘World’s Biggest Bounce House’ is coming to Tampa next month
Jump for joy.
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As you’ve always suspected, Tampa actually does have a shit ton of fast food restaurants
We’re very rich in fast food.
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Tampa ranked as top city in the country for first-time homebuyers
This is good.
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Sarasota may soon decriminalize small amounts of marijuana
Maybe just don’t enforce it at all?
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You can now legally smoke medical marijuana in Florida
Alright alright alright.
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An 800-pound chonk from The Villages has been relocated to Gatorland
Oh lawd, he comin’
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The FWC is pressing charges against that dumbass who was bitten in the face by a pelican
The FWC is also working with Maryland authorities to secure his arrest.