Perhaps it was a breakdown in communications?
Let's explain.
Tampa City Council Chairman Thomas Scott began Thursday morning's discussion of Cigar City Brewing's wet-zoning application (which the Council approved on a 4-3 vote) by saying that CL had misquoted him in our recent cover story about the issue.
In the article, I reported on charges made by Carver City/Lincoln Gardens neighborhood president Dr. Maurice Harvey that the presence of Cigar City's Tasting Room had led to criminal activity in the neighborhood.
Joey Redner vehemently denied that was the case, and the Tampa Police Department agreed, saying there had been virtually no reports of crime in the area since the brewery opened in 2008.
I followed up on this issue with Council members Curtis Stokes and Chairman Scott. In the article, the story reads like this:
This article appears in Dec 2-8, 2010.
