Tampa Bay’s 100-year-old La Gaceta is famously less online than other pubs, and its “As We Heard It” column is a really good reason to get newsprint on your fingers. Almost weekly, publisher Patrick Manteiga breaks political news in the column, which starts on the front page and jumps to p. 12. If you’re looking to get an insider’s look into the workings of behind-the-scenes Tampeño wheeling and dealing, this is it. lagacetanewspaper.com

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