Opinion: What issues are most important to you? The new opinion editor is asking Amelia Robinson, The Columbus Dispatch
Video: New Dispatch opinion and community impact editor hopes to build better democracy
Replay Video UP NEXT
I want to get to know Columbus on a new level, and there is no better place to start than with you.
This week, I am starting my role as opinion and engagement editor for The Dispatch, and I need your help.
I am from Cleveland, was educated in Athens and worked in Mansfield before spending more than two decades covering the news, writing commentary, and producing a podcast and other digital journalism an hour down the road in Dayton. I am an Ohioan all the way.
Opinion: What s important, Columbus? Tell the new opinion editor
dispatch.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dispatch.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
St. Petersburg bars that broke mask order say it canât be enforced
Knight Global Entertainment, which owns Jannus Live, MacDintonâs Irish Pub and other bars, argues Mayor Rick Kirsemanâs pandemic orders are unenforceable.
Â
Â
This image provided by Pinellas County officials shows a crowd of people that officials say gathered inside Ringside Cafe in St. Petersburg on June 13, 2020 despite pandemic restrictions. [ Pinellas County ]
Published Feb. 5
ST. PETERSBURG â The company behind several popular downtown bars and venues argues in a lawsuit that Mayor Rick Krisemanâs order requiring the wearing of masks canât be enforced by county courts.
Tampa Bay bars and restaurants feel sting of coronavirus enforcement
St. Petersburg has issued 200 citations against businesses, mostly bars and restaurants, who flout local coronavirus rules.
Â
Â
Five Bucks Drinkery has been cited four times by St. Petersburg officials for flouting local coronavirus rules. Only Five Bucks neighbor, Ringside Cafe, with its five violations, has been cited more. [ MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times ]
Published Dec. 19, 2020
Restaurants and bars in the Tampa Bay area are caught in a showdown between local and state government, and some are paying the price.
But according to local officials, some businesses arenât meeting that standard. Leaders across the Tampa Bay area announced Thursday they are coming down hard on violators â primarily bars and restaurants â slapping them with ordinance violations for flouting local rules regarding masks and social distancing.
Concerts return to Tampa Bay as struggling venues await government relief Christopher Spata, Tampa Bay Times © Jay Cridlin/Tampa Bay Times/Tampa Bay Times/TNS Ybor City s famed chickens strut down a nearly empty Seventh Avenue sidewalk outside the Ritz Ybor in Tampa on May 5, 2020. The Ritz hasn t hosted a concert since March. As the coronavirus pandemic stretches into summer, it s unclear when the venue will be open for business again.
Concerts are back in Tampa Bay. Or, maybe a better way to put it: concerts once again exist in Tampa Bay.
When 38 Special advised the half-capacity crowd at Ruth Eckerd Hall to “hold on loosely” last week, it was arguably the highest-profile show in the region since March.
vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.