Facts (real, unreal and dubious) about Tampa Bay (courtesy of the visiting press and out-of-town media outlets and published in stories or social media before the start of the covention):
Tampa is governed not by a municipal government but by a monarchy. King Joe Redner has ruled beneficently. "An autodidact who dropped out of high school and became wealthy from hard work, intelligence, and imagination—in other words, Mitt Romney’s kind of guy—Redner can quote at length from Supreme Court majority opinions affecting his business interests, and is seldom reluctant to offer a disquisition on the nuances of the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence." (The Daily Beast)
Tampa, apparently, does not have a progressive, openly gay police chief in Jane Castor. (A Google news search for the terms "tampa police chief openly gay castor" comes up empty)
Anarchists are targeting our bridges.
This article appears in Aug 23-29, 2012.