Tomorrow marks exactly a year that Bob Buckhorn crushed Rose Ferlita to become Tampa's next leader, and the mayor used the milestone on Wednesday to wax enthusiastic about a variety of issues confronting his city, while reciting enough lines from his campaign stump speech to make some in the audience question what year it was.
Speaking before a large Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce event at the Hyatt Regency downtown, the mayor said he has never been more excited, hopeful and energized about the opportunities that are coming before his city.
But when it comes to the biggest event to happen this year, and perhaps ever in Tampa, the Republican National Convention, the mayor confessed there will be logistical challenges, particularly for those who work in downtown Tampa, "unlike what we've ever seen before."
This article appears in Mar 22-28, 2012.