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Poo-Pooing Possibility City in Sunny Florida
By rick | July 24, 2008
Wow! Who’d have thought that taking on Tampa would result in so much buzz on the Internets.
Of course, I’m trying to imagine how defensive Jerry Abramson might get if Nashville, Indy, Cincy or St. Louis brought an entourage to town and let it be known their purpose was to steal the smarties and hotties from corporate offices around here. I’m trying to imagine the Courier-Journal’s editorial board coming up with copy like the piece below from the St. Petersburg Times, whose ultimate message to Jer is this — You’re kidding yourself if you think you’re better than us!
And the insult to southern Indiana tops it off. The folks at One Southern Indiana had better come on out and defend themselves.
It was written under an equally effective headline: Don’t Let the Bourbon go to your Head. Here it is:
The mayor of Possibility City shows up tonight in the city formerly known as America’s Next Great City. Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson is bringing bourbon and Kentucky Derby tickets to Tampa to help sell former Kentuckians on returning home. Before the liquor goes to their heads, those transplants to Tampa Bay ought to think twice about abandoning the Sunshine State for the Bluegrass State.
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