Saul-Sena continued her commitment to arts and culture in Tampa this year by standing up for Kiley Park, listening to the arts community and voting for creative development at every opportunity. And at the Hillsborough County Commission, what ought to seem like logic rather than heroics counts as a momentous historic vote: Kathy Castor was the only one of our elected commissioners to vote against the ban on gay pride. Come on, we all know that a vote in support of gay pride is a vote for the arts. -Mary Mulhern
This article appears in Sep 7-13, 2005.
