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Pinellas commission considers renaming buildings after legal icons
Commissioners have been asked to rename buildings after two prominent figures: longtime State Attorney Bernie McCabe and the countyâs first full-time Black lawyer, Fred G. Minnis.
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There are requests to name Pinellas County buildings after two legal icons: Former Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney Bernie McCabe, left, and Fred G. Minnis Sr., right, Pinellas first full-time black lawyer. [ Times files ]
Pinellas commissioners on Tuesday considered requests to rename county buildings after two local legal icons.
One request, spearheaded by Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls, is to rename the Pinellas County Justice Center after former Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney Bernie McCabe, who died in January.