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By Gordon Byrd Mar 8, 2021 TAMPA One bar will face a suspension of its liquor license but others will escape sanctions after making agreements with the city of Tampa, over mask enforcement during the pandemic. Tampa City Council voted to approve a seven-day suspension of the liquor license at Prana Ybor s Premier Nightspot, 1619 East 7th Avenue. Prana s lawyer, Luke Lirot, called the mask rules impossible to enforce. (If) code enforcement is there and someone gets up instantaneously from their seat. and removes a mask to take a drink or talk to a friend. there s just no time for anybody in management to ensure 100 percent compliance. ....
Monday s Afternoon Update | 3/8/2021 Florida state tax revenues slow a bit in January but continue trend of beating forecast Florida tax revenues slowed somewhat in January from the final months of 2020 but continued a trend of beating a forecast issued as the state phased out COVID-19 lockdown efforts in the summer. And while tax collections from the battered tourism industry continue to hamper monthly revenue totals, the numbers for January should further help lawmakers as they patch together a budget for next fiscal year while facing a potentially large shortfall caused by the pandemic. More from the News Service of Florida. ....
By Gordon Byrd Feb 22, 2021 TAMPA City council postponed action in the cases of four bars facing possible suspension of their alcoholic beverage licenses over enforcement of the mask ordinance, while finding a fourth responsible but choosing not to pursue sanctions. Hearings for the Ritz Ybor and Prana Ybor were postponed to March 8th. Council heard evidence in the case of the Purple Heart bar on 15th Street but deadlocked on a 3-3 vote with Councilman Luis Viera absent. That case will be revisited for a vote March 4th when Viera is scheduled to be present. During the Purple Heart hearing, council members questioned some of the evidence presented by code enforcement. The Purple Heart s lawyer questioned whether code officers were singling out Ybor City bars as opposed to other areas of the city such as New Tampa, getting an officer to acknowledge that they visited Ybor bars on their own initiative but only responded in other areas when receiving a complaint. ....