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Written by Mark And Carrie
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 Change of District 3 Tampa Police Leadership
Congratulations to the new Tampa Police Captain Keith O'Connor in charge of Tampa Police District 3. The new commander for Ybor City and East Tampa area takes over from Capt. Craig Roberts who retired. Ybor City community officers are Officers Sean Mahabir, Bob Barrett and Kevin Krupa.
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Written by Mark And Carrie
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 In GaYBOR there are nine gay bars and four hotels, all within three blocks! The bars are Bradley's on 7th, G.Bar, Hamburger Mary's, The Honey Pot, Liquid Lounge, PLAY Ybor, RISE Sundays, Social, Streetcars. The hotels include The Hampton Inn, Hilton Gardens, The Don Vicente Historic Inn, YBor Resort & Spa. The very gay friendly restaurants and clubs include Castle, Centro Canteen, The Reservoir, Ritz Ybor, Bernini's, Blue Dog Bistro, Fresh Mouth, Gaspar's Grotto, Green Iguana, JJ's Cafe and Bar Cafe, La Terrazza, Laughing Cat, Mema's Alaskan Tacos, NY NY Pizza, Bricks of Ybor, Stone Soup Company, The Italian Club and The Cuban Club. All are proud members of The GaYBOR District Coalition. Discover the Magic of GaYBOR that everybody is talking about! Viva La GaYBOR!
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Written by Mark And Carrie
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Our new Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn said we will have strength through diversity. Judging by the oath of office he is holding true to this! There were straight and gay choirs performing. The Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church Choir (with a few gay guys we noticed) and the Gay Men's Chorale chorus group, the Una Voce Rays sang with distinction. Speakers were: USF President Judy Genshaft, Father David Toups - Christ the King Catholic Church, Tampa Police & Tampa Fire Fighters Bagpipe Honor Guard Band ...
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Written by Mark And Carrie
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After a year of working on negotiating for the old Badcock Furniture store on 7th Ave, a new sparkling gem has now appeared. The New Metro Wellness and Community Centers cut a huge Good Luck Ribbon on its opening ceremony with outgoing Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio. The old Historic San Souci Building is now known as the areas new GLBT Center for Tampa. The restored two-story white brick building has a variety of community services for HIV testing/treatment, mental health, substance abuse, minority counseling and many new forthcoming programs. Already on the first floor is Bio Script Pharmacy and coming soon a new USF medical clinic.
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Written by Mark And Carrie
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Here at MC Film we have a very special relationship with Former Tampa Mayor Dick Greco. In debates people would criticize him over his city projects and he would say "It's strange, these projects are some of the most loved and most hated in Tampa. Yet all these projects are important building blocks for the good of all of Tampa." Dick would go on to say "...do you really think we could have the Republican National Convention coming here if all we had to offer were small motels and the Mons Venus for entertainment? No!
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Written by Mark And Carrie
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 Pride on 7th
Congratulations to the "Pride on 7th" event organizers Jorge Alvarado, The Umbrella Management Group, volunteers and show cast members on your very successful 2nd year! Est 7,000 to 8,000 were in attendance. Starting out with the Stop the Bullying March through Ybor City and ending up at Centro Ybor. Hundreds participated. Proclamation for Stop the Bullying March & Pride on 7th was given by Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner. Many people enjoyed the vendor show and the onstage entertainment and drag show MCed by Miss Stephanie Shippae. The main act was famous New York rapper and entertainer, DJ Cazwell! Everyone made their ways into the restaurants, clubs and shopping throughout GaYBOR! There were record crowds reported at many GaYBOR business all day.
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Written by Mark And Carrie
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 Mark Bias and Carrie West (MC FILM duo) USF alumnus were this years honored recipients at the 7th Annual Spring USF LGBT COMMUNITY GALA CEREMONY at the USF Sam Gibbons Alumni Center on April 14. Mark and Carrie were recognized for the multitude of achievements they have positively demonstrated to the community at large. They were given a beautiful etched glass teardrop trophy from Dr. Mark Hafen, Office of Multicultural Affairs and USF Alumni Association, for the high accolade honored USF 2011 Pride Community Award for Outstanding Contribution and Service to the GLBT Community.
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Written by Mark And Carrie
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Our new Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn said we will have strength through diversity. Judging by the oath of office he is holding true to this! There were straight and gay choirs performing. The Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church Choir (with a few gay guys we noticed) and the Gay Men's Chorale chorus group, the Una Voce Rays sang with distinction. Speakers were: USF President Judy Genshaft, Father David Toups - Christ the King Catholic Church, Tampa Police & Tampa Fire Fighters Bagpipe Honor Guard Band ...
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Written by Mark And Carrie
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A huge roaring crowd of volunteers, supporters and voters in the courtyard of Channelside welcomed Tampa's newly elected Mayor Bob Buckhorn and the first family on stage! In Mayor Elect Buckhorn's acceptance speech he talked about building a new and better Tampa with the help of our very diverse community. Bob went on to thank everybody, including the gay community for all their help and support. We were honored to have Bob give a special shout out to Mark & Carrie! The Tampa GLBT Community is very lucky to have Bob Buckhorn in office. Mayoral contender Rose Ferlita is also a friend to the GLBT community.
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Written by Mark And Carrie
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After over one year of renovations, the much anticipated "Bradley's on 7th" has opened! You will find this new establishment next to New York, New York Pizza and across the street form The Honey Pot in the heart of GaYBOR District! Just some of the renovations include all new restrooms, plumbing, electrical, air conditioning, sound, light show, stage and a complete sprinkler system. There is a Grand Opening planned sometime in the near future. Everyday there are exciting things being added. Watch for the new lLine up of events at Bradley's on 7th coming soon. They have "Country Line Dance" night on Wednesdays, "Bradley's Got Talent" on Sundays (with $100 to the winner), and on Thursday a "Tampa Tradition Amateur Strip Contest" and the return of Table 69! All this coming soon. Watch for details...and check out shows Friday and Saturday nights hosted by Ybor Diva Miss Joey Brooks!!! Bradley's is open 365 days a year, 4 p.m. to 3a.m.
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