"Wayne Garcia - Political Editor of the Weekly Planet."
He interviewed me for an article in today's Weekly Planet on the loss of the Central Tampa section. We met at the Taconazo - Taco Bus for the interview. He took a picture of me reading the S**** Tampa section of the paper for the article, so I reciprocated by taking a picture of him reading the menu.
The Taco Bus is well known amonst the Weekly Planet Staffers. When he left to come to the interview coworkers were jealous he had the chance to eat there. He also had to order something to take back to a co-worker, or else he would have gotten into deep trouble. Wayne highly reccomends the mole.
Even though Wayne is a South Tampa resident, he is a reader of the blog and I think a Seminole Heightsian at heart. As a consequence I stamped his South Tampa passports with an unlimited entry pass to Seminole Heights. He will not have to undergo a TSA patdown as he crosses Kennedy Blvd.
So Wayne, what was the joke you had in mind for the article, that you resisted the urge to print? Also, one slight error in the article. Jeff Harmon lives in Old Seminole Heights not Southeast Seminole Heights.
Great article Wayne, thanks!
more on the issue:
The Tribune Issue Gets Another Dimension
Meeting with the Tampa Tribune concerning the loss of the Central Tampa Section
The Flyer reaches Seminole Heights
Tampa City Council, Tampa Tribune and South Tampa
What's Wrong With This Picture?
Tampa Tribune cuts the Central Tampa Section
good article - that should ruffle some feathers and pick up a few more individuals for the vist to Mother Trib!!
ReplyDeleteIt is obvious to me that the message implicit in the loss of the Central Tampa section is that Central Tampa is not important. I'm sure that is what The Trib thinks. I've lived in Riverside Heights for six years now (forced out of Hyde Park due to ridiculous rent increases) and have learned to deal with the subtle and often unintended classism on the part of others when they find out where I live: "Oh, that's up way north of Kennedy" or even "That's sort of in the 'hood, isn't it?". Now this point of view has been institutionalized in a way.
ReplyDeleteThe loss of the Central Tampa section hurts. It really does. Your brothers and sisters in Riverside Heights feel your pain!
Hey Seminole Heights, thanks for letting me tell your story (and for another excuse to eat lunch at the Taco Bus). We're going to keep following this tale at our Weekly Planet staff blog, Blurbex.com.
ReplyDelete1000 pardons, Jeff. Sorry about the error.
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