CL spent half the day up on the USF campus yesterday where seemingly every elected official of some note was sitting either in the audience or up on stage at the Oval Theatre in USF's Marshall Center.
The most substantive news was a proposal by Clearwater state Senator Jack Latvala that would (theoretically) give more power to Hillsborough County taxi cab drivers.
The local gang of Hillsborough County state legislators came together yesterday to fight for more funding for the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa.
We understand Chris Christie bashed Rick Perry on immigration last night, just another indication of the fissure within the GOP when it comes to that volatile issue.
And a protest is scheduled in Tampa today, as the state prepares to execute Manuel Valle, who killed a police officer in 1978.
This article appears in Sep 22-28, 2011.