A year ago, Bob Buckhorn was doing everything he could to make sure that Dick Greco would not win an unprecedented fifth term as mayor of Tampa. Buckhorn's theme that it was time to move forward was a not-so-subtle slam at the then 77-year-old Tampa legend.
Buckhorn outlasted Greco by 384 votes in the general election last March, paving the way for him to take on and defeat former City Council member and County Commissioner Rose Ferlita by 26 points.
On Monday, the two former rivals teamed up for a veritable lovefest on Greco's debut as a talk-radio show host on WWBA 820 AM.
This article appears in Jan 5-11, 2012.