Although Tropical Storm Fay skirted the Tampa Bay area, the implications in her Florida wake should have missed no one.
It doesn’t totally excuse former Gov. Jeb Bush’s indifferent effort on the part of Tampa, but a GOP presidential convention here in September would have had to come with evacuation scenarios and a back-up venue. Last month’s fetish convention might not have stood for that.
There’s also the hurricane-defying tradition of sending our kids back to school in the third week of August. “Welcome Back. See You Later In The Week. Stay Tuned.”