We’ve all noticed, of course, that Bob Buckhorn, Tampa’s cheerleader-in-chief, is riding in this week’s St. Pete Pride Carnivale parade. Some see it as Mayor Bob’s way of wasting no opportunity to undermine parochialism and market Tampa, even within Tampa Bay. And if he can personally woo more LBGT business to Tampa, why not?
And speaking of wooing, Mayor Bob was in New York last week on business with the Hillsborough County Economic Development Corp. But it wasn’t business as usual once the meet-and-greet with financial services firms was over. There he was at Yankee Stadium–hanging out by the visitors’ dugout before a Rays-Yankee game. And, yes, Rays’ principal owner Stuart Sternberg was very much a part of the pre-game scene with a notably Tampa touch.