Bob Martinez — who ended his mayoral tenure in 1986 to become governor of the Sunshine State — was among the former mayors fielding questions from local reporters after yesterday's news conference regarding the final phase of the Riverwalk at Curtis Hixon Park.
Now 78, Martinez still looks in damn good shape. While others wanted to talk to him about various segments of the Riverwalk, I wanted to ask the longtime Republican if he agreed with former Senator Bob Dole's recent comments that the GOP has gone so far to the right in recent decades that their icon, Ronald Reagan, wouldn't be welcome in the party these days.
Martinez disagreed.
This article appears in May 30 – Jun 5, 2013.