The Tampa business community led by Attorney Tom Scarritt, former Tampa Bay Storm owner Bob Gries, former Bucs Coach Tony Dungy, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, Alex Sink and members of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce showed leadership by pooling resources to pay for the removal of a Confederate statue in front of the Hillsborough County Courthouse.
The private citizens stepped up after county commissioners declined to pay all of the costs necessary for moving the historic artwork to another location.
Read the
Tampa Times editorial praising the coalition.
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