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Tampa Police Captain Dugan meets with weapons vendor Safariland

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Tags: weapons, RNC, convention, Republican National Convention, 2012 GOP Convention, pepper spray, pepper spraying of UC Davis students, Occupy Tampa, Occupy Wall Street

Tampa Police Captain Brian Dugan met with weapons and law enforcement equipment vendor Safariland Tuesday November 22. Andrea Davis is a spokesperson for Tampa Police, and she said that Safariland arranged the appointment. Occupy Tampa protesters say they saw him at Moxies sandwich shop with several company ...

Mayor Buckhorn: Tampa will have 4,000 police for 2012 RNC listen

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Tags: Bob Buckhorn, RNC, convention, Tampa, Republican National Convention, protests, 2012 GOP Convention

Today Tampa’s Mayor took a trip across the bay to build connections with members of the Suncoast Tiger Bay Club. The Mayor has seems bent on having a heavy police presence during next year’s RNC.

Mayor Bob Buckhorn has lost many elections in the past, but many of his opponents had consistently won every one of their races. He said that moving past his losses has given him courage.

But some folks...

RNC state delegations plan for 2012 convention. listen

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Tags: RNC, DNC, convention, 2012 GOP Convention, 2012 Election, Tampa

Wednesday the RNC began a week of meetings in preparation for next year's Republican National Convention in Tampa. State party chair members gathered in the afternoon to review election strategy and convention plans.

Next year, Tampa, Florida can expect to see one of the largest events ever in the city's history. The RNC is planning to draw hundreds of thousands of people to the city, a...

This weekend's LULAC Convention In Tampa followed by a discussion of the Governor's budget signing ceremony yesterday

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Tags: LULAC, Lydia Medrano, Latinos, civil rights, Tampa, convention

Good morning, welcome to radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll open the phones to talk about Governor Rick Scott and his signing yesterday of the state budget. But first the District Director of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Lydia Medrano.

In a press release the group says:

"On May 28th and 29th, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) will hold its annual Florida State Convention at the Embassy Suites Brandon, located at 10220 Palm ...