Convention In Tampa

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - They seem to be on every street corner. Police officers riding bicycles, horses and golf carts that look like baby Humvees. Metal barricades surround all of Tampa's government buildings. State police, FBI, the Secret Service _ some in EASTWOOD: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. Save a little for Mitt. (APPLAUSE) I know what you are thinking. You are thinking, what’s a movie tradesman doing out here? You know they are all left wingers out there, left of Lenin. The Occupy Wall Street movement born last year in a New York City park has made its way to Voice of Freedom park in Tampa Bay, just in time for the GOP convention. The Occupy Tampa movement has moved into Voice of Freedom park, just outside of downtown Joe Green, 29, who runs a tech start-up, traded a convention floor pass, ostensibly the reason to be in Tampa at all, in exchange for a dance party co-sponsored by Rock the Vote and tech start-ups. Mr. Green said his goal was to amass tickets to help TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The beachfront hotels that a few lucky delegations scored for the Republican National Convention are all of a sudden a point of concern as Tropical Storm Isaac threatens to wreak havoc on Florida. Weather forecasts were so severe that Some, from visitors to downtown business owners, wonder if the convention security is all a little too much. "I think it's overwhelming," said Ellen Brown, the owner of a bookstore in downtown Tampa. "It seems oppressive to me." "It's overdone," said Tom .

Four years after a hurricane in Louisiana forced Republicans to make changes to their convention 1,300 miles away in Minnesota, they’ll nominate their next presidential candidate in Florida, among the most hurricane- prone states in the country. TAMPA — Tampa is a hot property for the Republicans this year, and that doesn’t just mean the 90-degree temperatures in August that will begin to saute national convention delegates every time they step outdoors. There’s political heat here, too. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — They seem to be on every street corner. Police officers riding bicycles, horses and golf carts that look like baby Humvees. Metal barricades surround all of Tampa's government buildings. State police, FBI, the Secret Service — some BEDFORD, Mass. — Former Gov. Mitt Romney took off on Tuesday morning en route to the Republican National convention in tampa, Fla., to capitalize on the national spotlight even as his team kept a wary eye on storm clouds both metaphoric and literal. .

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