* Sixty years ago President John F. Kennedy visited Tampa, just days before Dallas. Another reminder that the security in a problematic area (mob boss/casino losses and Cubans embittered by the Bay of Pigs outcome) was so much better than in the “Hate Capital of the South.”
* Thanks to nearly $4 million in federal grant money, the Tampa Police Department will be hiring 30 new officers. Yeah, big government can help.
* The Wall Street Journal has ranked TIA among the top 10 best airports in the U.S.
* “A talent importer.”–Outgoing University of Tampa President Rick Vaughn, on the number of UT (enrollment now 11,000) students who now remain in the area after graduation.