Here Tampa Mayor Buckhorn answers questions about Occupy Tampa (and perhaps crushes the hopes of some in the Occupy Tampa movement that the city might eventually give them a park to "Occupy"). But a private park, no problem … hmmm:

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(Editor's Note: Kelly Benjamin reported on Occupy Wall Street for the first two weeks of its existence and assisted in creating a dialogue with Occupy Tampa and the City of Tampa Government.)

Kelly Benjamin is a a community activist and longtime Creative Loafing Tampa Bay contributor who first appeared in the paper in 1999. He also ran for Tampa City Council in 2011.