Creative Loafing Tampa Bay readers respond to measles outbreak, Sloth World, Pam Bondi and more

Creative Loafing Tampa Bay keeps reaching into the mailbag, and treading carefully into the comments section. The exercise leaves us increasingly grateful for readers who come to us in print—and especially online—to read the news and thoughtfully respond. Keep it coming, folks (you can email us!), and we’ll keep posting it.

DeSantis orders Legislature to revisit vaccine mandates, as CDC confirms 134 measles cases (via Facebook)

I’d be interested in knowing if his children have been vaccinated… Just want to know if this is a “do as I say” versus “do as I do” issue with him. My money is on his kids having been vaccinated…—Chuck Morton

Come on Polio you have a chance—Robert

Are smaller lot sizes a solution to Florida’s ongoing housing crisis? (via Facebook)

No—Samuel Ronen

DeSantis’ new redistricting plan would leave Tampa Bay with zero Dem seats (via Facebook)

I hope these comment sections get quoted in the lawsuit. Partisan gerrmandering isn’t unconsitutional under the national Constitution, but it IS under Florida’s Constitution. Thanks, Sandy D’Alemberte.—Terry Roberts

If it goes to a vote and passes im all for it. But to force it without giving Democrats a fighting chance is wrong. Republicans voters had a chance to stop the new district map in VA. They just didn’t show up to the polls and vote it down! —Jason Williams

At ‘Sloth World’ in Florida, wild sloths have died by the dozens (via Facebook)

They should incur serious penalties and charges…Greed and corruption killed these gentle creatures….along with people buying tickets for photo ops…—Elaine Camarda

Go after FWC as well since they permitted this to happen.—Lisa L. Durant

Tampa Bay lawyers raise ethical concerns over Pam Bondi’s conduct as Attorney General (via Facebook)

I love this for her—Janet Scherberger

Did she tell them about the Dow? Pam tell them about the Dow—David Kidd

Who woulda thought the former Florida AG that had to reschedule an execution because it interfered with a campaign fundraising event would have ethics issue. Couldn’t be the former Florida AG that dropped a fraud lawsuit against Trump University after he donated to her campaign 🙄—Billy Carlson

Tampa’s Angry Chair Brewing is on the market for $3 million (via Facebook)

I want 25 cents on every Space Grass sold until I make my investment back—Thomas Hill

Maybe the new owners will let you taste the beer before dropping $10 on a goblet.—Danny Jay

AC, CCB, and Cycle employees should all go in together and form a collective or “brew hub” of some sort. Hell…I’d invest—Tripp Brown

You gotta really, really, really love beer and hate profit to survive in the craft beer space these days. AC is a staple, hell, I’m sitting here right now and it’s decently busy. This isn’t greedy owners, this isn’t space is too big, this isn’t prices too high (look at Common Dialect for reference) this is just a really tough time to survive in beer right now.—Tony Morgan

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This article appears in Apr. 23 – 29, 2026.