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Mayor Offers Back To School Challenge To Students
Mayor Jane Castor is hosting a back to school challenge in the final days of summer at all City of Tampa Parks and Recreation De- partment pools.
Mayor Castor is en- couraging youngsters be- tween the ages of 5 and 18 to visit one of the Parks and Recreation Centers. By visit- ing a pool during business hours, the students will have an opportunity to win one of 100 gift cards.
Each child is allowed to visit a location once per day. The challenge began on Monday, July 15th and will conclude on Saturday, Au- gust 10th.
Known as the Summer Splash Down, the initia- tive encourages the students to learn to swim and to com- pete for the gift cards.
The pool locations partic- ipating in Summer Splash Down are: Bobby Hicks Pool, 4201 W. Mango Ave.,
MAYOR JANE CASTOR
33616; Copeland Pool, 11001 N. 15th St., 33612; Cuscaden Pool, 2900 N. 15th St., 33605; Cyrus Greene Pool, 2101 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd., 33610; Danny Del Rio Pool, 10105 N. Boulevard, 33603; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Pool, 2200 N. Oregon Ave., 33607; Interbay Pool, 4321 Estrella Ave., 33629; Loretta Ingraham Pool, 1611 N. Hubert Ave., 33607;
Roy Jenkins Pool, 154 Columbia Dr., 33606; Spi- cola Family Pool, 2615 E. Corrine St., 33605; Sul- phur Springs Pool, 701 E. Bird St., 33604; and Williams Park Pool, 4362 E. Osborne Ave., 33610
For more information about the Summer Splash Down, visit www.tam- pagov.net/pools or visit one of our twelve pools located around the City of Tampa.
July Revival To Generate Hope And Momentum For Social Justice
Pastors on Patrol will host the Revival on Friday, July 26th at 7 p. m. at Holsey Temple CME Church, 3729 North 15th Street
Public outrage continues to grow in the wake of Gov- ernor Ron DeSantis hav- ing signed legislation that directly counters a constitu- tional amendment to restore the voting rights of felons who have satisfactorily com- pleted their sentences.
Amendment 4 was over- whelmingly approved last November, but the imposi- tion of additional restric- tions in the last legislative session has sparked at least one lawsuit along with sig- nificant anger and frustra- tion.
Pastors on Patrol (POP) was a vocal supporter of Amendment 4 from the start, and is responding to the governor by modifying its customary Summer Re-
PASTOR CLARENCE NATHAN ...New Victory Baptist Church; Chair, POP Evangelism Committee
vival to focus on voter regis- tration and the issues facing ex-offenders as well as spir- itual evangelism.
Pastor Clarence Nathan of New Victory Baptist Church chairs the POP Evangelism Commit- tee, and he puts it this way: “Our first priority is to win the lost at all costs. This not only means souls, but get- ting more people to the
REV. DR. W. JAMES FAVORITE ...Beulah Baptist
Institutional Church; President, Pastors On Patrol
polls.”
POP President W.
James Favorite is Senior Pastor of Beulah Baptist In- stitutional Church. Dr. Fa- vorite says that, “The new restrictions are a direct slap in the face that is totally un- acceptable to all fair-minded people.”
This has led to Pastors On Patrol undertaking a special effort to register ex-
SUPT. CHARLES DAVIS
...College Hill COGIC; Vice President Pastors On Patrol
offenders and their adult family members to vote, along with the community in general.
Superintendent Charles Davis of College Hill Church of God in Christ plans to discuss the issue with Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer in his role as POP Vice President.
Meanwhile, Pastors On
Patrol is hoping that fees and other restitution ex- penses that prevent felons from voting under the new law can be waived in Hills- borough County as was re- cently done in Orange County.
However, this is only the first step in what promises to be an ongoing effort to mobilize public support for honoring the will of the peo- ple. The situation with Amendment 4 echoes what happened in the wake of voter approval of the Class Size Amendment several years ago. The legislative re- sistance to that measure only subsided when voters reaffirmed their support in 2016.
Dr. Favorite points out that, “The arrogance of the powerful can only be thwarted when the voice of reason is louder than their conceit. That will happen when enough people say ENOUGH.”
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