A decade ago, it was considered controversial in Tampa when Dick Greco went to Cuba. A couple of years later when Congressman Jim Davis went? Not so much.
The difference in those cases was that Davis placated elements of the anti-Castro wing in Tampa prior to his 2004 trip, whereas former Mayor Greco did not.
According to Ralph Fernandez — long the most outspoken critic of the Castro government in Tampa — apparently neither did Kathy Castor, the latest Tampa lawmaker to make a trip to the communist island.
Fernandez said he spoke with Castor a few times since she announced in the fall of 2011 her intentions to travel to the island.
“Honestly, she didn’t care to address my concerns,” he said.
This article appears in Apr 4-10, 2013.
