* How surprising–and ironic–that the Tampa Bay Lightning has not weighed in on the Confederate monument issue, but the Bucs and Rays have and spoke on behalf of its removal. The Bolts are actually neighbors–and ownership is known as avatars of enlightened new urbanism and all its synergistic, millennial pieces.
Speaking of the monument, Tampa lawyer and Democratic activist Tom Scarritt deserves plaudits for stepping up to offer his fund-raising services to move it. And County Commissioner Sandra Murman deserves a double take for actually wanting the Commission to consider holding a referendum on the issue. We know what can happen with a countywide referendumb that directly impacts the city of Tampa.
* It must have felt eerily like a Tampa Bay home game when the Rays recently played the A’s at the Oakland Coliseum. The opening night crowd: 9,736. The A’s are MLB’s other problematic franchise.
* “I’ve basically spent a conflict-free life, you know.” Just when you thought you had heard it all from O.J. Simpson.