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SECURE THE BAG: Follow up on your mail-in ballot, folks.

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Plot ahead if you want to vote in November. By Ray Roa

his is probably no surprise to contributors, interns or anyone who works with me at the newspaper, but I’m not immune to procrastination. On my worst days, I chalk delays up to the workload. On my better ones I just shut the fuck up and get all the blogs, editing, print coding, invoicing, emails, etc. done—or at least as “done” as tasks-in-the-pandemic-age can be. Procrastination is why I had to pedal my way from Tampa Heights to the county center downtown before work today (Tuesday, Aug. 18). That’s where I dropped my mail-in ballot for the primary election—one that was mailed to me on July 9, more than a month ago—into that big black box along with every other ballot belonging to someone who waited to bubble in choices like I did. As Michelle Obama pointed out at the first-ever virtual Democratic National Convention, you can’t procrastinate on your mail-in ballot for November’s general election. She even urged us, pandemic be damned, to vote in-person if we’re capable (scary, right?). As a side note, you must be registered to vote by October 5 if you want to cast a vote against Trump. Putin can help you out if you want to Keep America Great without a voter card (jokes, but not really). In a recent op-ed, United States Postal Service executives tried to assure voters that the USPS can handle a barrage of election mail. But with reported mail delays in South Florida, folks are understandably worried that the president’s efforts to have his new megadonor Postmaster General Louis DeJoy create chaos could leave their vote uncounted—which is a goddamn, inexcusable, capital S-H-A-M-E. Plus, some locals have experienced delays receiving everyday mail—including important items like unemployment checks. “One resident currently staying out of state apparently told [U.S. Rep. Kathy] Castor that

their mail ballot for the Aug. 18 primary was sent from the county elections office on July 29—but as of Aug. 13 had still not arrived,” the Tampa Bay Times wrote. In an email to Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, Julie Marcus, Pinellas County’s Supervisor of Elections—a 17-year Pinellas Elections Office vet who was appointed to the role in May by Gov. Ron DeSantis—said that voting by mail is a safe and secure way for voters to cast a ballot in the age of COVID-19. “My office is doing everything possible to encourage voters to vote in the comfort and safety of their own homes—by using mail ballots,” Marcus added. Her office is paying for First Class postage and strategically placing 24 mail-in ballot drop-off locations throughout the county for those who want to hand deliver their votes. “More than 90% of the county is within three miles of a ballot-drop off location,” Marcus wrote. “Deputized election workers will ensure the security of your ballot and bring it back to my office to be tabulated.” Stil, Marcus advised that “voters who wish to mail their ballot back to us, [should] do so one week prior to the elections.” Our Informed Dissent columnist wrote that, “In any other administration, you could dismiss the uproar over the election-season evisceration of the U.S. Postal Service as a low-grade conspiracy theory. But nothing in the last four years suggests Trump warrants the benefit of the doubt, especially when his lackeys’ inexplicable decisions align so perfectly with his personal agenda.” He’s not wrong, and we’re probably going to write about the mail-in ballot issue more in the next 70 days, but Trump is cooking up his perfect storm—and we all better make our hurricane plans.

“My office is doing everything possible to encourage voters to vote in the comfort and safety of their own homes.”

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busy week in protest activity in Tampa Bay started on Wednesday when an August 12 gathering in downtown Tampa resulted in prominent activist Jae Passmore being charged with battery after the arrest led to her convulsing on the cement. Passmore and her attorney detailed some of the event after an August 15 press conference; CL photographers were there— and at an August 15 Black Lives Matter march in Pasco County—and have more photos to share via photos.cltampa.com. —Ray Roa

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He was violently arrested and beaten by TPD, but the report never mentioned a word of it. By Colin Wolf

n the summer of 2019, Mohamed Nadil Jaber was violently arrested by Tampa Police officers for a second degree misdemeanor traffic offense. In the process, his head was bashed against the hood of a car, his hair was pulled from his scalp, and his legs were repeatedly beaten with a baton to the point he could barely walk. None of the officers wore body cameras that night, and none of these details were mentioned in the official police report. Fortunately, a bystander filmed the arrest (see the video via cltampa.com/news). The incident occurred on July 19, when Jaber was out with a friend. The arrest report stated that he wasn’t at the scene of the alleged crime, but Jaber was arrested a few blocks away after his car was misidentified by a security guard as being involved with a hit-and-run at the Lowry Park North restaurant and lounge Room 1701. “I think what’s important in regards to the alleged hit-and-run, is that technically it’s a second-degree misdemeanor,” Jaber’s lawyer Alex Stavrou, tells Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “So, it’s probably one of the lowest levels of crimes in the state of Florida. And he was brought from where they started back to the ultimate incident location.” The security guard pursued Jaber to Club Flow, says the report, with Jones following close behind. Club Flow, a hookah lounge, is about a half-a-mile away from Room 1701. According to the arrest report, Jaber was detained by Tampa Police Sgt. Kimberly Jones— an 18-year veteran on the force who has since been promoted to lieutenant—with the help of a security guard. They were later assisted by Jones’ subordinate, Officer Michael Bishop. As anyone can see in the video, the most obvious omission is Jaber getting repeatedly beaten with an expandable metal baton by a security guard, who is dressed in a camouflage flak jacket and has an apparent sidearm on his hip. The security guard, identified as Thomas Hubert Terry, can be heard telling the crowd that Jaber is “resisting arrest without violence,” while he repeatedly hits him with the baton. “I think what’s most shocking about that video,” says Stavrou, “is there appears to be a

time where the security guard strikes Mr. Jaber so hard that he drops the baton.” Stavrou also said his client was beaten with the baton prior to the start of the video. Nowhere in the arrest report does it mention anything about Jaber getting hit with a baton, nor does it mention anything about the officers even attempting to stop Terry from intervening with the arrest. Not to mention it’s literally illegal for a security guard to make an arrest in the state of Florida. This is an important thing to note, since both officers acknowledged Terry’s help with detaining Jaber. In her report, Sgt. Jones wrote, “Officer Bishop and the witness (security guard from Room 1701) were both on scene and assisted with taking the def. into custody.” Officer Bishop also wrote in his report, “At this time, Thomas Terry, who is an armed security guard at Room 1701 and Club Flow assisted me in controlling the defendant by holding his left arm while I attempted to put handcuffs on the defendant.” Seeing as both Jones and Bishop acknowledge his help in the report, Jaber’s legal team argues it’s easy to conclude that the security guard was acting under the direction of the Tampa police officers, and that his use of force techniques should’ve been listed. “That’s the first time I’ve ever seen anything like that,” says Stavrou, who’s been practicing law for 22 years. “That’s the first occasion I’ve ever seen where a civilian was permitted to use what could arguably be considered deadly force against someone else without it being written in a report or without law enforcement permission.” TPD denies that the security guard’s involvement was unlawful. “There is no information to indicate Jones was involved with the guard’s employment and/ or activities,” said Tampa Police spokesman Eddy Durkin in a lengthy email to CL. “If the guard was merely acting as a good Samaritan and trying to assist the officers with a resistant subject, this could be permitted by FL law.” Unsurprisingly, TPD wouldn’t say if the security guard’s use of force was justified, and claims

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that it’s possible the officers were not even aware that Jaber was getting beaten with a baton. “If you watch the provided video closely, both officers were looking away and engaged in active verbal commands/conversations when the security guard appeared to deliver a single, seemingly weak, baton strike towards the defendant’s legs,” said Durkin. “Neither officer physically reacts or appears to notice this.” Notes from the computer aided dispatch (CAD) obtained by CL, confirmed that Jaber had difficulty walking that night. At the time, Officer Bishop told the dispatcher that Jaber was “refusing to walk and playing dead.” However, Jaber later told investigators that his ankles were swollen from the repeated baton strikes and that it was difficult to walk. “He’s got some residual issues to this day,” says Stavrou. “He has some nerve damage from being struck by the baton. He has issues, where on occasion, that respective ankle swells for what arguably would be no reason.” Besides the baton, the police report from that night also downplayed other forms of use of force. The report says Jaber was using “active resistance” by grabbing the hood of the car and tensing up his body. By definition “active resistance” is non-violent, and officers are supposed to be trained to de-escalate this with non-violent techniques. Officer Bishop says he applied a bent wrist transport technique to Jaber’s arm and then pushed him over the hood of the car. He then struck Jaber’s hand with an open hand strike. Sgt. Jones reaffirmed this, and wrote that she used textbook immobilization techniques to subdue Jaber. “I used my hand and forearm to pin his head down which assisted in limiting his ability to move around,” wrote Sgt. Jones. No other use of force was documented by either officer in the report, and the eyewitness video shows a completely different story. In the video, Sgt. Jones can be seen pinning Jaber down over the hood of the car, while holding a tuft of his hair with her left hand, fully exposing his scalp, while also twisting his head beyond a normal range of motion. She also slams his face against the hood, and contorts Jaber’s arm behind his back, also well past its normal range of motion.

But TPD’s Durkin says Jones and Bishop used the necessary force to counter the defendant’s resistance. “Since the defendant gave no appearance of being injured and did not, according to this material, make any claims of injury, his neck was clearly not moved ‘beyond its normal range’ (that would lead to a broken neck, torn musculature, etc.; none of which happened),” wrote Durkin. “His scalp was not damaged to any degree beyond what he would have induced by resisting. The defendant’s head was moved back onto the hood once when he tried to lift up/ pull away only a few inches. ‘Slammed onto his face’ is grossly misleading and, in viewing the video, inaccurate.” But regardless if TPD says these techniques are justified, they still weren’t mentioned in the report. And, they’re not even supported by the Florida Department of Law Enforcements’ Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission curriculum. In fact, these types of extreme force techniques are often used as examples of what not to do, and are typically reserved for combat scenarios where an officer might be fighting for their survival. By itself, this video is certainly bad. The police report not mentioning obvious examples of excessive force is also bad. But when you consider that Mohamad Jaber’s experience is just one example of TPD’s underreporting and increasing reliance on use of force then it’s much worse. According to a Response to Resistance internal report obtained by CL, use of force during arrests by TPD has jumped by 24% since Brian Dugan became Chief of Police in 2017, and a closer look at the report shows that 15 out of the 25 categories that track use of force techniques by officers saw a significant increase. However, if TPD isn’t properly logging every incident involving use of force, like in Jaber’s case, then it’s safe to assume these use of force numbers are probably significantly higher than what’s being reported. Gretchen Cothron, President of the Greater Tampa American Civil Liberties Union, tells CL the inaccuracies in Jaber’s arrest report are especially concerning since it involves such a low level crime. continued on page 13

“The most obvious omission is Jaber getting repeatedly beaten with an expandable metal baton by a security guard.”

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continued from page 10 “Besides the baton, the grabbing of his hair and twisting his neck, by those things not making the report it’s a blatant mischaracterization of what [Jones] did,” says Cothron. “I find that frightening. For this to be such a minor charge, who knows how she acts when faced with a more serious charge, or a defendant that is excuriting more force.” According to the arrest report written by Bishop, Sgt. Jones was the only officer who witnessed the hit-and-run traffic misdemeanor, but she also says she was alerted to the incident by the security guard. So, which is it? Not to mention that the CAD notes, which are made in real time, say Jones did not not witness the hit-and-run traffic misdemeanor. This is just one of many contradictions in the report. Jones then notarized the accompanying arrest affidavit, charging the defendant with the two misdemeanor offenses, despite the fact that her role was omitted. For the unfamiliar, a Criminal Report Affidavit is a legal document that requires the affiant to declare under penalty of perjury that the facts stated in the document are true. Jaber’s legal defense argues that if Sgt. Jones witnessed the original misdemeanor crime and

developed the proper probable cause to arrest him, then that information should have been included in the report, which it wasn’t. “Lt. Jones personally and accurately documented what she saw and did in the report,” said Durkin. “The fact that another officer initiated the ‘face sheet’ or ‘title page’ is irrelevant.” But to leave out her own involvement and then notarize the arrest affidavit is not only a conflict of interest, it’s a potential crime, says Cothron. “It’s flabbergasting to me that a report is this inaccurate. It doesn’t appear to be a simple mistake, and that’s a big problem,” Cothron says. “I think that this is something that should definitely go into internal affairs.” Ultimately, Jaber’s charges were dropped after the alleged victim of the hit-and-run chose not to pursue the case. While Stavrou says there wasn’t even evidence that a single car was damaged during the incident, he believes his client was still lucky that someone filmed the incident. “In this case, if there wasn’t a video, then it would’ve been very problematic to prove that anything occurred,” says Stavrou. “It’s not

written in the report. You have officers that have sworn to things that they arguably did not witness or see. So I think one big advantage in this case of course is that we have video. Additionally, if law enforcement is going to allow private actors to act and use deadly force, there’s going to be a situation where that encounter ends very bad for somebody.” Recently the Tampa Police Department announced that it would outfit 650 employees with body cameras, but a TPD spokesperson told CL that only corporals and officers would be given the new equipment. This means that even under the new program, Jones wouldn’t have had a body camera at the time of Jaber’s arrest because she was, at the time, a ranking sergeant. In total, Jaber was accused of two misdemeanors that night, but according to his defense team, TPD and the assisting security officer potentially committed a total of 11 felonies and seven misdemeanors during this one arrest. This isn’t the first time the Tampa Police Department has been accused of sloppy reporting. Last year, Dugan terminated Mark Landry and John Larattoa and cited a total of 10 officers

for cutting corners on official police records, as well as not properly filing drug evidence (though, Laratta was recently hired back through an arbitrator). “I’ve seen it more often than I would like,” says Cothron, when asked about issues with Tampa police reports. “Recently we’ve seen some inaccuracies with a protester who was hit by a car on June 27. The report even had the wrong street where the protests are with it.” Cothron says TPD’s report from the June 27 incident also stated the protester damaged the car, but video captured by local radio station WMNF shows the driver hit several people, and the person who initially damaged the car wasn’t the protester who was ultimately charged. Officers misreporting incidents isn’t anything new, says Cothron; she argues that TPD has had quite a few recent problems with failing to admit use of force, especially involving protesters. “Many issues have arisen during the protests, and myself and other members of the ACLU have written letters to [Mayor Jane Castor] and to [Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan] continued on page 15

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continued from page 13 about what we witnessed as legal observers,” says Cothron. “We wrote about the use of rubber bullets and the use of gasses, and all we’ve ever heard back were denials,” she continued. “At this point, I don’t know how we move forward unless TPD is going to take a good look at what they’re doing, and acknowledge that they’re using heavy-handed tactics.” On July 4, multiple Black Lives Matter protesters were arrested by TPD after they blocked traffic on Dale Mabry Highway. In the police report, TPD wrote that “members of the group began pushing against bike officers,” who then “deployed two short bursts of O.C. (pepper) spray to push the group back.” However, a recently surfaced video disputes TPD’s report, and shows an unprovoked attack from Tampa Police officers who violently push over at least one demonstrator. There’s no clear reason why TPD has witnessed such a dramatic spike in use of force under Dugan, but there are plenty of factors to consider. A 2019 study from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York found that for each college credit an officer had earned, they were less likely to use force—and if force was used, it was often a much lower degree of force. Currently, a high school diploma and a few years of relevant experience is enough to be hired as an officer at the Tampa Police Department. Out of the 926 sworn officers at TPD, 691 have a two-year degree or higher, which is roughly 74% of the force. Just about half of TPD has a bachelor’s degree, and about 16% have an associate’s degree. According to data requested by CL, just 153—or 17%—of sworn officers with the Tampa Police Department live in the city they patrol on a daily basis. Dugan himself doesn’t even live in Tampa, he lives in Lutz (City of Tampa spokesperson Ashley Bauman told CL that Dugan has a City of Tampa address, which CL was not able to confirm). On top of this, TPD also has a stark diversity problem. While most experts agree that a police force which reflects the community it’s supposed to serve isn’t a panacea to unfair policing, a June report from the Orlando Sentinel says the population of Tampa is just 45% white, while the racial makeup of the Tampa Police Department is a staggering 69% white. But besides being outsiders, undereducated and significantly whiter than the community they serve, TPD is also setting themselves up for a future transparency problem.

In recent weeks, Tampa City Council approved $952,000 to purchase more than 650 body cameras for police officers. But as previously mentioned, officers above the corporal rank won’t be outfitted with the new equipment. Stavrou argues that all sworn officers should be outfitted with body cameras, regardless of rank. “Leadership generally always starts at the top,” says Stavrou. “So, yeah, certainly, any law enforcement officer that engages with a private citizen on the street, in any city, should have body camera footage.” Since the protests began last March, following the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Tampa protesters have called for sweeping law police reform. This prompted Mayor Castor to announce three new initiatives at TPD, including a duty-to-intervene policy, a new task force and the announcement that investigations involving officer-involved shootings will be led by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, rather than internally. “I believe good can come from these difficult times that we are in right now. I believe we can move forward toward a new level of connection and partnership with our community members,” said Castor. “The first step is listening and hearing the community concerns, and then, affecting real change.” However, protesters have criticized Castor for not listening and failing to discipline Dugan. Despite multiple protests calling for Dugan’s termination, spokesperson Bauman told CL that, “Dugan is the chief at TPD and there have been no discussions about a change at the top.” Last week, Castor even proposed boosting Dugan’s budget by another $13 million under the city’s 2021 fiscal budget. But besides his department’s propensity for beatings, much of the criticism towards Dugan also stems from his total disregard for any form of change at TPD. Though a couple weeks ago he created his own task force on policing, a gesture protesters have since called meaningless, Dugan has gone out of his way to shift blame and provoke his critics. On June 24, Dugan told a packed Citizen Review Board that “it was sad that George Floyd had to get murdered before anyone would come to these meetings.” Calls for his termination also got louder after Dugan went on Fox & Friends to argue that “cops can’t win,” and cited a block party that had nothing to do with the Black Lives Matter protests as evidence of unruly protesters and justification for use of force. He also ended the interview emphatically stating that Tampa cops “won’t kneel.”

“Stavrou argues that all sworn officers should be outfitted with body cameras, regardless of rank.”

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Protester says Hillsborough Sheriffs beat him after he was arrested. By Ray Roa Yampolsky says he then felt a knee on the back of his neck briefly and was cuffed as one deputy kept his weight on Yampolsky’s head. “Then the guy that’s holding my head down, he curls his fingers back to grab hold of my hair from the left side of my face,” Yampolsky told CL. “And then he picks my head up quickly and then—boom, boom, boom, onto the floor—right side of the face into the concrete floor.” “I wasn’t resisting in any way,” Yampolsky added. Kai Robinson, another protester arrested the same day as Yampolsky, told CL they heard some of the abuse Yampolsky endured. In comments to the Tampa Bay Times, Robinson, a 22-year-old transgender man—along with Julien Gibbs—said they were groped and harassed because of their gender identity. Gibbs confirmed those comments to CL, and said they heard Yampolsky and turned to see what was happening before being told to put their “eyes forward.” “At this point, they took him into the holding cell and his screams got worse—it was, like, a guttural scream,” Gibbs said. “I didn’t know what they were doing, but you could tell that they were abusing him. We were told just to look forward. It was messed up, you feel like you can’t really do anything about it at the time because it’s jail.” CL requested to see video from Yampolsky’s processing on August 10. On August 12, Crystal Clark—Chief Communications Officer for the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office—told CL that the sheriff only became aware of Yampolsky’s claims through media outlets and “not from the complainant himself.” In Clark’s statement, she told CL that HCSO “take allegations of mistreatment and abuse very seriously and detention supervisors immediately began conducting an internal review.” “We are continuing to look into this matter, and at this time, despite conducting multiple media interviews, Mr. Yampolsky still has not filed a formal complaint with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office,” Clark added. In a Wednesday phone call with CL, Yampolsky said he doesn’t exactly feel comfortable trying to report abuse to the very entity that abused him. He’s currently awaiting advice on legal counsel from Dream Defenders. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister is up for re-election. No word if this topic will come up at back-to-back Tampa Tiger Bay Club forums scheduled for August 21.

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ver the last 12 days Matthew Yampolsky has nursed bruises on his face, cheek bone damage, boot marks on his back, a bruised wrist and finger marks on both of his upper arms. Yampolsky, 35, was not a protest organizer, but he was among seven people arrested by Tampa police on August 8 (see the moments leading up to his arrest via photos.cltampa.com). In a press release, TPD said Yampolsky and others were arrested “for violating FL Statue 806.13 Criminal Mischief and POSSIBLY violating City Code 1-21 Criminal Mischief/Damage to city property.” The group was in Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park calling out the hypocrisy surrounding a “Bock the Blub” propolice just a few blocks away. He didn’t sustain the bulk of those injuries at the hands of TPD either. Those injuries, Yampolsky told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, came at the hands of the Hillsborough County Sheriff (HCSO) at the Orient Road jail. The worst of the alleged mishandling happened when a deputy slammed his face into the floor three times while he was in a holding cell. In the moments leading up to that violent exchange, Yampolsky—who told CL that the intake procedure at Orient Road appears to totally disregard the global pandemic happening outside the jail’s walls—said he politely asked a nurse to sanitize a blood pressure cuff as she was completing the intake procedure. The nurse, according to Yampolsky then turned to a nearby deputy and expressed disbelief at his request. Yampolsky responded by apologizing and asking if he was being rude. That’s when Yampolsky said the nurse told him to calm down. “Then the sheriff yokes me up and he smashes my body and face against a glass divider wall, puts his elbow in my back, pulls my arms back says, ‘What the fuck you think you’re doing?’” Yampolsky said he responded by saying he didn’t do anything, but was met by more deputies who essentially “hogtied me without ropes” and then moved him to the cell where his face was smashed. “Once we get into the holding cell, one of the cops that’s holding me said, ‘Get on your fucking knees,’ and he shoves me down, with his knee in my knees to force me down. He shoves me down on the ground, and they smashed my face into the concrete jail cell floor,” Yampolsky told CL. “There’s a knee on my back immediately. My feet are being pulled to the back of my head kind of like how you would tie up a guy, while they’re pushing my face into the ground with all this guy’s might.”

“They smashed my face into the concrete jail cell floor.”

PROTECT AND SERVE: Matthew Yampolsky said these marks came at the hands of sheriffs at the Orient Road jail.

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HOLDING COURT: The banyan tree is not native to Florida; this one no longer lives on Granville.

Take shelter

The removal of a St. Pete banyan is a cautionary tale. By Arielle Stevenson

here is a town in the heart of Florida where all life seems to live in harmony with its surroundings. The town calls itself St. Petersburg. The town is located in Pinellas County, called “point of pines,” by the Spanish for the pine trees once covering the tiny peninsula. Pinellas County is also known as “Tree City, USA.” Not long ago, this town saw fit to cut down and remove a very old and very beloved banyan tree. The Granville Court banyan as it is known sits squarely in memory for many of the people in the town. The braids and roots and trunk and canopy stayed with the people, even after they left for other towns. Some tried to stop the tree from being cut down, but it was too late. The town said the tree was a danger. An Indigenous activist who came to pray over the tree’s last days was attacked by one of the men in the town hired to cut the tree down.

The town did not arrest anyone. The town became silent about the attack, silent about the tree. The street where the banyan tree once stood grew silent, too, because there were no braids and roots and trunk and canopy for the birds and fruit bats and possums to go and make the noises of being alive. The banyan tree is not from this town, it is from a far away place that never cuts down its banyan trees. The people in the town had lived in harmony with this tree for so long, so what changed? And how can the town prevent this from happening again? This is an attempt to understand. Let’s go back to April of this year, when word spread through the historic Uptown neighborhood Facebook forum that a tree service had begun cutting the Granville Court banyan tree down. At that time, the property where half of the tree sits was recently sold. The new property owners

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did not yet have permission from the adjacent neighbor to the north, whose property contains the other half of the tree. Under St. Pete’s Revised Tree Protection Standards, a permit is required to remove a banyan (kinda). The banyan tree is not native to Florida (more on that in a minute) but is considered by St. Pete to be a “signature tree,” a category of nonnative trees which St. Pete’s standards describe it as “because of the size, prevalence and history in our community warrant recognition and protection.” Kapoks, jacarandas and royal poincianas also fall into this category. Because it’s a signature tree, the city of St Petersburg was able to stop the Granville banyan removal in April until more information and proper permissions were in order. The town celebrated; this newspaper reported on how the community had saved the tree. On April 20, one of the owners who initially wanted to cut down the tree told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that they decided to just prune it under the guidance of the City of St. Petersburg’s Urban Forester Shane Largent.

On Wednesday, July 29, Uptown residents heard chainsaws on the Granville banyan. In the days leading up to El Cheapo Tree Service arriving to begin taking down the tree, information from the City of St. Petersburg and Ed De Paul—a certified arborist and the owner of El Cheapo—said that the tree was indeed sick and needed to come down based on De Paul’s assessment. Determinations by multiple arborists, including the city’s own Largent, had been made that the Granville banyan was beyond saving. New aerial photos showed more decay and instability than was previously seen in April. A permit was issued by the city; it allowed El Cheapo to remove the Granville banyan. The adjacent property owner, a man who’s lived under the Granville banyan for 20 years, finally signed off on the removal, too. Indigenous activists from Florida Indigenous Rights and Environmental Equality (FIREE) came out to perform prayer over the tree that afternoon. They burned sage around the fallen limbs, laid hands on the remaining trunk, and asked

“The good news is these trees like to grow and grow fast.”

then submit it to the state attorney to determine whether there will be charges to file.” FIREE’s Sheridan Murphy told CL his group is “pursuing all legal options related to the incident.”

St. Pete might consider its older banyans “signature,” Pinellas County actually classifies ficus as a Category I invasive exotic species. Because banyans reproduced asexually, all it takes is a small clipping for a banyan to root and take over.

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forgiveness for the men cutting down the tree. On July 30, as the tree service began the second day of a four-day long process of removing the banyan, this reporter spent over an hour with De Paul walking through the worksite. The damage he pointed out seemed very much decayed, the sawdust at the center of some of the trunk seemed sick. De Paul said he’s spent 30 years as an arborist and that he’s for preservation. He described how this tree had been badly cared for over the years. He was sad and wanted to help. That afternoon, FIREE spoke with De Paul directly on the phone. He called FIREE to apologize for not knowing “you people considered those trees sacred.” FIREE told De Paul that the group would be back to pray again and speak to press the next morning. The next morning, things unraveled quickly. On Friday, July 31, the El Cheapo crew member threatened an Indigenous activist and this reporter with felony charges for crossing a worksite—a worksite that De Paul allowed this reporter to walk all over the day before as the crew worked on the tree. De Paul—along with cop cars from days before—were not on site for the first time in three days. A still-unnamed El Cheapo worker put his hands on the activist Stuart, who went limp and did not fight back. He did what non-violent activists are trained to do when someone gets violent. He said, “don’t put your hands on me, I’m here for prayer.” This happened to the Indigenous activist just before he, this reporter, and another neighbor moved towards WFLA’s Christine McLarty who was setting up across from the worksite. The physical exchange—which McLarty did not witness firsthand since she arrived just after the incident happened—was unprovoked. It happened in front of this reporter’s eyes. It was steps away and horrifying. The FIREE activist was not there in protest but to pray for the tree, like many others had been on Wednesday, July 29. This reporter called 911 once she and Stuart and got across the street to WFLA’s McLarty. Another neighbor (the other witness) dialed 911 as well. Concerning the incident, FIREE sent a letter to St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman on Wednesday, August 5. The organization called for accountability for the event. That Friday after the incident, St. Petersburg Police’s Public Information Officer Yolanda Fernandez told CL that there were “two very different versions,” from the incident and that El Cheapo workers told police that the Indigenous activist was moving towards workers who were in the midst of taking a limb down, thus putting the activist in harm’s way. Fernandez added that another version of the events paint the El Cheapo worker as the aggressor. “Nobody was hurt,” Fernandez said, adding that the charge would have been simple battery, a misdemeanor, for which there would have been no arrest—just a notice to appear. “But what they’re going to do is write up a report, and

QUIET DEATH: Protecting and caring for banyans is no easy task. The tree trimming crew finished the removal of the Granville banyan tree on Monday, August 3. Local certified arborist Johnny Bolender says he gave the owners an assessment in April that he believed he could prune enough to save the banyan. Bolender worked on the same tree after a freeze in 1987 and has led the rehabilitation of the Crescent Lake and Round Lake banyans. He told CL that he never heard back from the owners; after the initial April phone call to CL, those same owners refused to provide comment to CL. Even if multiple arborists hadn’t agreed the banyan needed removal, even if the city hadn’t issued a permit and the adjacent property owner hadn’t signed off, the tree could’ve been removed and removed legally. That’s in part because while

Banyans in Florida Banyans are the largest tree in the world based on canopy coverage. The banyan is India’s native national tree and considered sacred. Because the banyan roots itself aerially and quickly, it’s sometimes called “the walking tree.” Its proficient canopy provides crucial shade and cooling in the country’s hot climate.The banyan is where Buddha is believed to have achieved enlightenment. The trees are protected in India, some are three or four acres in size and hundreds of years old. Florida is the only place in North America where banyans are found. So how the hell did a tree from India get to Florida? In 1925, Harvey Firestone gifted a then-four-foot Ficus benghalensis or “banyan,” to his friend Thomas

Edison’s winter home in Fort Myers. Firestone and Edison, along with Henry Ford, had hoped the Banyan’s resin could be turned into commercial rubber inside the Edison and Ford rubber laboratory. The banyan didn’t prove profitable for any of the American industrial magnates but the walking tree walked across Florida from there. Steve Robinson is the commercial horticulturist at the Pinellas County extension service and the bearer of bad banyan news. The county doesn’t require removal of most ficus aka banyans but it does strongly encourage it. “It has the ability to displace native plants both spatially and chemically,” Robinson said.“It’s like getting rid of a rattlesnake ready to bite you.” Norm Easey, president of Florida’s ISA (International Society of Arboriculture), said that banyans need a lot of space and a lot of care, above ground and below ground pruning annually if not more often. The older the tree, the less pruning it can take. Basically, don’t plant a tree where it can’t grow—or plan on investing in its upkeep. “We have a saying in arboriculture: ‘Right tree, right place,’” Easey told CL. “That means put the right species in the right place, and both will coexist for a long time. But if you screw up that equation, one of them is going to suffer.” Suffer indeed. It’s worth noting that citrus was once brought here by the Spanish and is now considered so Floridian that it’s on license plates and state signs. Who gets to decide when something naturalizes and when it becomes a danger? This question is further complicated by the passing of Florida’s Private Property Protection Act last year. Also known as HB 1159, the ordinance passed by Republican Representative Mike LaRosa (and co-introduced by Blackface-wearing elected official Anthony Sabatini) allows for private property owners to supersede local protections specifically in tree removals. Pensacola is challenging the language in court now following the possible wrongful removal of a 200-year-old live oak tree by a certified (kinda) arborist. This story started with one banyan tree and all the people who’ve loved it. That heartache rooted from above to the ground of accepting this tree was sick, that maybe we hadn’t taken care of it while in awe. But then, like a banyan, the story spiraled and became about what a man did to an Indigenous man who was trying to pray for this tree and the elders buried in the ground beneath us all. Each day felt like a new trunk crashing to the ground, like a canopy of contradictions between what’s sacred and what’s invasive. The Granville banyan’s been gone for two weeks now, but its roots have spread and the tree is “walking,” again. The good news is these trees like to grow and grow fast, the harder news is that protecting and caring for them and those that fight in their honor will continue to be a climb.

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Perfect storm

Trump will win or tear the country apart trying. By Jeffrey Billman The political strategy hardly requires mental gymnastics. In a pandemic, people avoid long lines. During elections, Democratic precincts in urban and minority areas tend to have long lines—an issue for another day—a problem that will be exacerbated by an inability to find poll workers. Force people in urban areas to risk their lives to vote, and you decrease Democratic turnout. Unless they vote by mail, that is. Indeed, polling shows that those who plan to vote by mail overwhelmingly back Joe Biden. So Republicans have begun an all-out assault on mail voting, falsely alleging that it is prone to fraud, suing to stop states from expanding access to mail voting, and pointing to expected mail delays as evidence that the Postal Service won’t be able to handle a surge of ballots. That last part is less a prediction than a promise—or perhaps a self-fulfilling prophecy. With the election just over two months away, Trump’s postmaster general, GOP megadonor Louis DeJoy, drastically reduced overtime, stopped guaranteeing on-time delivery, eliminated 10% of USPS mail-sorting machines, and removed agency veterans as part of a hasty

to vote on a bill to force the USPS to reverse its service cuts, and Democrats demanded that DeJoy testify before a congressional committee later this month. The administration quickly backflipped, with the USPS pledging to stop removing mailboxes and sorting machines, and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows saying the president “is not going to interfere with anybody casting their votes in a legitimate way whether it’s the post office or anything else.” But at this point, Trump has already tainted the election in a way no president has ever attempted. Just because he got caught doesn’t mean he’ll stop trying—whether it’s disrupting the mail or dispatching paramilitary goons to “Democrat cities” or claiming fraud and refusing to concede. As November nears, the more desperate—and dangerous—he’ll become. He’s told us that nothing is out of bounds. We should believe him. Even if kneecapping the mail system is the only thing he does to subvert the election, it’s enough. He has crossed the Rubicon. No functioning democracy can abide an autocrat who uses the levers of government to disenfranchise millions of citizens for his political gain. Any democracy that does will be neither functioning nor much of a democracy for long.

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o less than Rutherford B. Hayes or George W. Bush, Donald Trump took office with his legitimacy hanging by a thread. Having decisively lost the popular vote in 1876, Hayes claimed the White House following a serious of dubious and disputed recounts that prompted a constitutional crisis barely a decade after the Civil War; a special congressional committee ultimately voted along party lines to install “Rutherfraud,” apparently as part of a deal to end Reconstruction. Bush, another popular-vote loser, won the Electoral College in 2000 thanks to a 537-vote squeaker in Florida, where his brother Jeb was governor. This election—a debacle of hanging chads and butterfly ballots and a hackneyed, racist purge of the state’s voter rolls—nearly provoked another constitutional crisis; it ended when the Supreme Court squelched a statewide recount. These were not shining moments for democracy. Neither was Trump’s election in 2016. He won 3 million fewer votes than Hillary Clinton. His narrow Electoral College victory rested on hitting a royal flush in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. He was aided in key swing states by Republican efforts to suppress Black turnout. He had still more help from a politically obtuse FBI director who announced a last-minute reinvestigation into Clinton’s email scandals. And, of course, Trump benefited from a sophisticated Russian intelligence operation designed to help him win, which he didn’t exactly discourage— and later tried to cover up. Trump needed a perfect storm to get elected. This year, headed into the (virtual) conventions down double-digits in polls, with the country reeling from a deadly pandemic and a bruising recession, he needs another. His solution: manufacture his own constitutional crisis. Win or tear the country apart trying. No matter what happens between now and Election Day, if Trump swears the oath on January 20, 2021, he will be an illegitimate president. And the United States will be, for lack of a better word, fucked. Admittedly, a statement like that should probably accompany a topic less banal than mail delivery. In any other administration, you could dismiss the uproar over the election-season evisceration of the US Postal Service as a lowgrade conspiracy theory. But nothing in the last four years suggests Trump warrants the benefit of the doubt, especially when his lackeys’ inexplicable decisions align so perfectly with his personal agenda.

overhaul. In late July, the USPS told 46 states that it could not guarantee that mail-in ballots would arrive in time to be counted. Nearly 180 million people can vote by mail; imagine if millions of ballots arrived too late to be counted. DeJoy says the USPS needs to save money, although his savings will amount to a rounding error in the federal budget. But last week, Trump, unable to help himself, said the quiet part out loud. He opposes a $25 billion bailout sought by the USPS and $3.6 billion in emergency election funding for states because, as he told the Fox Business Channel, “They need that money in order to make the Post Office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots. But if they don’t get those two items, that means you can’t have universal mail-in voting, because they’re not equipped to have it.” The president of the United States—who, just a few months ago, got impeached after trying to coerce a foreign nation to invent an investigation into his political rival—said on live television that he is sabotaging the Postal Service to keep people from voting and their votes from being counted. Trump’s brazen admission woke Democrats from their slumber. On Sunday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi ordered the House back to Washington

BLOWN AWAY: It’s amazing his hair can withstand the helicopter blade winds.

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SATURDAY 15 Tampa Bay “Trumptilla” organizers attempted a world record, but much like everything else the president says, the claim has yet to be verified by officials (this time at the Guinness book). To be fair, there were a lot of “Salt Life” and “FloGrown” decals on the road that day.

MONDAY 17 Police say that Tampeños 18 years old and older can now use the Desk Officer Reporting System (DORS) to file reports online; criminal mischief is among the 12 reportable offenses,

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TUESDAY 18 At least two tropical systems are brewing in the Atlantic Ocean. Dear readers, please stop asking how 2020 could get any worse.

THURSDAY 20 AMC partially reopens with 15-cent tickets, a deep discount for cinephiles who don’t mind being a part of this phased reopening experiment. I’m still paying $30 to watch “Mulan” without a mask on. Shit happens daily via cltampa.com/news.

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RESTAURANTS RECIPES DINING GUIDES

SUSHI AND SUCH: Bento Asian Kitchen + Sushi opens its second Tampa Bay location next week.

Open wide

Another helping of Tampa Bay restaurant openings around Tampa Bay. By Jenna Rimensnyder

ummer is coming to a close, but things continue to heat up in Tampa Bay’s food scene. Breweries, like 7venth Sun, are finding loopholes to reopen while adhering to CDC regulations by transforming into a restaurant. No matter how excited you are to get some new eats, or welcome back familiar sips, make sure to wear a mask and tip your server as if your money was on fire. If you’re not feeling well, or aren’t ready to join your fellow foodies in the flesh, stick to takeout and delivery to help support your local restaurants while getting your grub on. Openings 7venth Sun Brewery Both the Tampa and Dunedin 7venth Sun locations are back open and ready for service. In order to reopen to the public, the brewery had to transform into a restaurant to adhere to CDC regulations. Now craft beer enthusiasts can enjoy a signature pour (and a bite) on either side of the bridge. Not ready to sip and socialize? You can still grab your cans to go. Tampa location is stationed at 6809 N. Nebraska Ave., while Dunedin’s is at 1012 Broadway Blvd. 7venthsun.com

Bamboozle After remodeling, Bamboozle’s Channelside location has reopened. The joint known for Vietnamese fare is operating as takeout only, and the menu includes fresh rolls from veggie and tofu to shrimp and pork. Customers can also grab pho soups (beef, chicken or vegan), salads as well as banh mis. Order online or by phone at 813-228-7500. 109 N. 12th St., Tampa. bamboozlerestaurants.com Bodega The new location will have no menu changes, so guests can enjoy Bodega classics like the Cuban, lechon and pollo sandwiches, as well as more modern and vegetarian options like vegetarian and tempeh sandos. St. Pete residents can once again get their Cuban food fix from 11 a.m.-11 p.m. 1180 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. eatbodega.com

as well as takeout and delivery. 5103 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa. eatatbento.com Dal Moro’s Fresh Pasta To Go Next month St. Pete is debuting a fresh pasta to-go concept right across the street from Maple Street Biscuit Co. Five varieties of pasta are on the menu, including fusilli, spaghetti, gnocchi, bigoli and linguine. Customers can choose from nine artisan sauces like Pesto, Carbonara and Bolognese. Get ready for a carb overload. 653 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. dalmoros.us The Hall at Midtown Tampa Heights’ Hall on Franklin food hall founder, Jamal Wilson, is launching a sister concept, “The Hall at Midtown”, and it’s set to open in early 2021. The concept will accompany neighbors in the forthcoming Midtown development like Shake Shack, BellaBrave New Trattoria, and a new still-unnamed restaurant by chef Chris Ponte. Also in store for The Hall at Midtown is all-day service, a private dining room and a digital golf driving lane. 3725 W. Grace St., Tampa. Jack Pallino’s Napoletano Style Pizza and Sports Bar The restaurant is coming along next door to its sister concept, Jack’s Bottle Shop, which made its debut in June. Diners can expect flavors from the south of Italy, as well as some imaginative pies by chef Traci Bryant. Jack’s is a descendant of the Nina Hospitality group, also known for Caracara, Coattails, and Taco Baby. 718 Broadway, Dunedin. pallinospizza.com

OPENINGS

Coming soon Bento Asian Kitchen + Sushi Next month, Bento is opening its second Tampa Bay near the University of South Florida. The fast-casual restaurant is set to offer its loaded menu of wok-seared dishes, sushi, build-your-own poke bowls, rice and noodle bowls, and bento boxes. The concept offers indoor and outdoor seating,

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Pour Judgement The bar is set to offer over 269 craft shots and plans to open in the former Tamiami space later this month (any shot can be turned into a cocktail for a $2 upcharge). From the owners of One Night Stand, the new shot bar will feature the five main liquor groups (whiskey, vodka, gin, tequila and rum) among others, as well as popular cocktails in miniature shot form. Despite the pandemic and insanely strict bar rules, Pour Judgement plans to open on Friday, August 21 (gourmet pressed sandos are on the menu). 269 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. @pourjudgementdtsp on Instagram. ICYMI Jake’s Coastal Cantina The fast-casual Mexican restaurant has moved right around the corner to a new location. The concept is known for its tacos, tamales and specialty margaritas. Just a heads up, at this time the resto is not taking pickup orders by phone. Jake’s offers indoor and covered outdoor seating, as well as takeout service. 500 1st St., Indian Rocks Beach. jakescoastalcantina.com Pegasus Lounge The Department of Business and Professional Regulation announced the emergency suspensions of licenses for Pegasus Lounge & Package in Tampa along with three other establishments in the state. The state agency reported the businesses exceeded a 50 percent maximum indoor capacity limit and served alcohol to patrons who were “shoulder to shoulder” in bar areas.

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Tasty views

Dunedin’s Bon Appétit pairs decadent to-go food with a scenic drive. By Jon Palmer Claridge

here’s no denying the drop dead gorgeous views from Bon Appétit out over Saint Joseph Sound. In fact, OpenTable diners once again named the restaurant one of “America’s Most Scenic.” It has an outdoor patio and has shown a commitment to masks and mitigation techniques for safe dining during the pandemic. But with Florida’s rate of positive cases, I’m still ordering takeout online. Luckily, Bon Appétit has worked out the takeout logistics well. The online menu is clear and easy to navigate. There’s a “notes” area where you can inform them the time you wish to pick up your order and describe your vehicle. When I pulled up in the driveway circling the wonderful outdoor bar, a friendly mask-wearing staffer had my prepaid order ready to go. Each entrée is packed in a plastic clamshell with a black bottom and a clear top. The desserts are in separate white Styrofoam containers.

Everything is carefully stacked in a brown paper sack complete with handles. It’s easy to complete the transfer and safely transport your dinner to your chosen dining location. I’ve long been a fan of Bon Appetit’s open face lobster roll and their chilled pepper-dusted ahi tuna appetizer. Of course, for fans of lobster there’s also the old school ring mold—stacking lumps of lobster meat on lush chunky avocado, all ringed with dots of creamy dressing tinged with brandy. We’re in the midst of Bon Appétit’s annual Lobster Fest and while I’m tempted by the whole steamed lobster with grilled corn, which evokes many old Cape Cod summer memories, that’s not really testing the skills of the kitchen; steaming technique is straightforward. So let’s try the lobster bisque with a de rigueur hit of sherry. It’s dotted with meaty bits in a flavorful stock that’s on the less creamy side; tasty, if not sigh-inducing.

The lazy man’s lobster turns out to be quite includes some kind of stabilizer to hold its shape, flavorful. There are chunks of shelled lobster which makes it firmer on the palate, but it doesn’t with a few whole intact claws tossed with al have the off flavors that come with a Cool Whip dente asparagus tips and truffle butter. All shortcut. The tiramisu itself has lots of flavor. It’s these tasty morsels are entwined with a plen- more cakey than creamy, and the coffee-soaked tiful serving of angel hair pasta. The pasta is ladyfingers hold their shape without being soggy. softer than I prefer, but is far from soggy. All The coffee notes are in the foreground, but they told, it’s a nice dish. don’t overwhelm the other flavors. The grilled salmon fillet comes with avocado Even better, for me, is a homemade Key salsa and roasted fingerling potatoes. I didn’t lime pie that’s sweet-tart and creamy. For some ask for a specific temperature on the salmon, inexplicable reason, though, there’s a chocowhich was a mistake. late syrup garnish on the bottom of the container. I Salmon shows best when it’s slightly translucent at don’t recommend this comBon Appétit medium rare. This fillet was bination. But we each have 148 Marina Plaza, Dunedin overly seasoned—especially individual tastes. Just be 727-733-2151; bonappetitrestaurant.com salt—and over done. Even forewarned; if I had it to do with the spritz of fresh lemon wedge, it was over, I’d request that they withhold the gardry. The avocado salsa provides a creamy con- nish. Still, in sum, there’s a nice selection of trast dotted with diced tomato and red onion. dishes (including rack of lamb) and ordering and The fingerlings are also a pleasant addition, if pickup are safe and easy. If you haven’t been out a tad salty, as well. Dunedin way recently, the drive from the south For dessert, we can’t decide between classic along Edgewater is particularly scenic. Or, you Key lime pie or decadent tiramisu, so we get one might try a side trip out along the causeway of each. They’ve taken the time to include a gar- toward Honeymoon Island. Any chance to avoid nish of piped cream with a perky, green mint leaf pandemic isolation should include a healthy adjacent to the cocoa-dusted square. The cream dose of natural beauty along the waterfront.

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“Isolation should include a healthy dose of natural beauty along the waterfront.”

WORTH IT: The drive from the south along Edgewater is particularly scenic.

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No matter where you are in the Bay area, you’re not far from unique, locally handcrafted brews. We'd call, however, to see about offerings during the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s our ever-evolving list of Bay area brewers—support them during this difficult time! 3 DAUGHTERS BREWING One of the Warehouse Arts District’s most popular hangouts, and a beautiful facility in which to drink some great brews. 222 22nd St. S., St. Petersburg. 727-495-6002, 3dbrewing.com 3 KEYS BREWING South-of-the-Skyway restaurant and brewery specializing in small batches. 2505 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton. 951-218-0396, 3keysbrewing.com 7VENTH SUN BREWING Some of the best sours, IPAs and collabs going. Two locations. 1012 Broadway, Dunedin. 727-733-3013/6809 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa. 813-231-5900, 7venthsun.com 81BAY BREWING CO. South Tampa’s first craft brewery boasts a wide variety of styles. 4465 W. Gandy Blvd., Tampa. 813-837-BREW, 81baybrewco.com ANGRY CHAIR Crazy-good Tampa beer, open TuesdaySunday. 6401 N. Florida Ave., Seminole Heights. 813-238-1122, angrychairbrewing.com ANTIBREWERY Dunedin’s secret Sundays-only nano. 1367 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Dunedin ARKANE ALEWORKS A wide variety of styles and flavors from the second brewery to open in Largo. 2480 E. Bay Dr., #23, Largo. 727-270-7117, arkanebeer.com AVID BREWING This Grand Central brewing supply shop added a taproom for its beers crafted in-house. 1745 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-388-6756, avidbrew.com BARRIEHAUS BEER CO. Lager-specific brewery, carrying on an over 150 year brewing legacy. 1403 E 5th Ave., Ybor City. barriehaus.com BAY CANNON BEER CO. West Tampa's first craft brewery, offering a variety of ever evolving beers, beer slushies and wine that pair perfectly with appetizers and entrées from the kitchen. 813-442-5615, baycannon.com BIG STORM BREWING CO. Stop by this Pasco brewery’s Storm Room for a flight, or visit their taproom on 49th Street in Clearwater, too. 2330 Success Dr., Odessa. 727-807-7998, bigstormbrewery.com BIG TOP BREWING Perhaps Sarasota’s premier purveyor of locally crafted beer, Big Top’s reputation has spread far beyond the region. 6111 Porter Way, Sarasota. 941-371-2939, bigtopbrewing.com BOOTLEGGERS BREWING CO. This Brandon taproom from Bootleggers Beer & Wine Home Brewing Supplies offers house-made suds and guest beers. 652 Oakfield Dr., Brandon. 813-643-9463, bootleggersbrewco.com BRASSERIE ST. SOMEWHERE Award-winning Belgian farmhouse ales from veteran Bay area brewer Bob Sylvester. 1441 Savannah Ave., Tarpon Springs. 813-503-6181, saintsomewherebrewing.com BREW BUS BREWING BB brews its own suds, boasts 20 taps and offers food at its Eatery, too. 4101 N. Florida Ave., Tampa. 813-990-7310, brewbususa.com BREW HUB Some of the area’s best beers are produced here along with suds for their own label. 3900 Frontage Rd. S., Lakeland. 863-698-7600, brewhub.com BREW LIFE BREWING Ultra-small batches, and a lot of ‘em. 5765 S. Beneva Rd., Sarasota. 941-952-3831, brewlifebrewing.com BULLFROG CREEK BREWING CO. A multitude of styles from former garage brewers is on tap in Valrico. 3632 Lithia Pinecrest Rd., Valrico. 813-703-8835, bullfrogcreekbrewing. com CAGE BREWING Custom brews in the Grand Central District from one of the ‘Burg’s newest. 2001 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-201-4278 CALEDONIA BREWING Great in-house beers in the historic Dunedin Times building. 587 Main St., Dunedin. 727351-5105, caledoniabrewing.com CALUSA BREWING Family owned and operated, opened Tuesday to Sunday. 5701 Derek Ave., Sarasota. 941-9228150, calusabrewing.com CARROLLWOOD BREWING CO. “Secret” brewing action inside the Carrollwood location of craft-bar chain The Brass Tap. 10047 N. Dale Mabry HWY, STE 23, Tampa. 813-969-2337

CIGAR CITY BREWING Tampa’s most famous craft brewery. There’s also a taproom at Amalie Arena. 3924 W. Spruce St., Tampa. 813-348-6363, cigarcitybrewing.com CLEARWATER BREWING CO. Community-oriented and socially and environmentally conscious. 1700 N. Fort Harrison Ave., Clearwater. clearwaterbrewingcompany.com COPPERTAIL BREWING CO. Some of Tampa’s best beer, in one of its best tasting rooms. 2601 E. 2nd Ave., Tampa. 813-247-1500, coppertailbrewing.com COTEE RIVER BREWING Craft beer in the heart of historic downtown New Port Richey. 5760 Main St., New Port Richey. 727-807-6806, coteeriverbrewing.com CRAFT LIFE BREWING Small-batch local brews and a sort of playground or LoL’s craft brewing guild. 4624 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., Land O’ Lakes. 813-575-8440. facebook.com/ CraftLifeBrewing CROOKED THUMB BREWERY Safety Harbor’s first brewery boasts homegrown flavor and local guest taps. 555 10th Ave. S., Safety Harbor. 727-724-5953, crookedthumbbrew.com CUENI BREWING CO. Located off the Pinellas Trail in Dunedin. 945 Huntley Ave., Dunedin. 727-266-4102, cuenibrewing.com CYCLE BREWING One of St. Pete’s favorites. 534 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-320-7954. cyclebrewing.com DARWIN BREWING CO. Unique beers crafted with South American influence. 803 17th Ave. W., Bradenton. 941-7471970, darwinbrewingco.com DE BINE BREWING CO. This addition bolsters the Northern Pinellas craft beer scene. 933 Florida Ave., Palm Harbor. 727-233-7964. DISSENT BREWING CO. Unique flavors and adventurous style outside downtown St. Pete. 5518 Haines Rd. N., St. Petersburg. 727-342-0255. DUNEDIN BREWERY Florida’s oldest. Beer, eats and live music. 937 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. 727-7360606, dunedinbrewery.com DUNEDIN HOUSE OF BEER This beer stop brews its own, and also has 40 guest taps. 927 Broadway, Dunedin. 727 216-6318, dunedinhob.com ESCAPE BREWING CO. Another very worthy Odessa/Trinity destination. 9945 Trinity Blvd., Suite 108, Trinity. 727-807-6092, escapebrewingcompany.com FIVE BRANCHES Veteran-owned brewery, small batches from IPAs to stouts. Serving up brews and a clear view of the Tarpon Bayou. 531 Athens St., Tarpon Springs. fivebranchesbrewing.com FLYING BOAT BREWING COMPANY St. Pete aviation history and tasty homegrown suds. 1776 11th Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-800-2999, flyingboatbrewing.com FOUR STACKS BREWING An always-changing lineup of local and regional guest suds, along with trivia, live music and more. 5469 N. US HWY 41, Apollo Beach. 813-641-2036, fourstacksbrewing.com GREEN BENCH BREWING COMPANY A space worthy of the adventurous beers it produces. 1133 Baum Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-800-9836, greenbenchbrewing.com GOOD LIQUID BREWING CO. Thirty taps and food (and a coffee roaster!) from a husband-and-wife duo. 4824 14th St. W., Bradenton. 941-896-6381, thegoodliquidbrewing.co

HOB BREWING CO. Rotating taps; some of the beers are brewed on-site and alongside a combination of local breweries plus local and international craft beer makers. 931 Huntley Ave., Dunedin. hob.beer

RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER This video game-centric Grand Central District craft beer bar started brewing its own in early 2018. 2244 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. 727-360 - 0766, stpetearcadebar.com

IF I BREWED THE WORLD This self-described “mixtape of breweries” offers a bit of everything from the classic to the fun and outrageous. 2200 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727201-4484, ifibrewedtheworld.com

ROCK BROTHERS BREWING Brews named for national and local bands have a home in Ybor City. 1901 N. 15th St., Ybor City. 813-241- 0110, rockbrothersbrewing.com

IN THE LOOP BREWING Family-friendly Land O’ Lakes brewery with a lot of community support and plenty of events. 3338 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., Land O’ Lakes. 813-9979189, intheloopbrewingcompany.com

SARASOTA BREWING COMPANY House-crafted brews, pizza, and sports out toward beautiful Siesta Key. 6607 Gateway Ave., Sarasota. 941-925 -2337, sarasotabrewing.com

INFUSION BREWING CO. Another great location in the good-beer-packed Trinity/New Port Richey area. 7813 Mitchell Blvd. Ste 103, Trinity. 727-312-4512.

SILVERKING BREWING CO. This space in Tarpon Springs complements a label that’s been around since 2012. 325 East Lemon St., Tarpon Springs. 727- 4227598, silverkingbrewing.com

INOCULUM ALE WORKS These folks are crazy for sours, and know how to craft ‘em. 554 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg. inoculumaleworks.com JDUB’S BREWING COMPANY You know ‘em, you love ‘em. A favorite statewide phenomenon. 1215 Mango Ave., Sarasota. 941-955-2739, jdubsbrewing.com LAGERHAUS BREWERY & GRILL A Palm Harbor bar and eatery that offers seasonal brews to complement their regulars. 3438 East Lake Business, Palm Harbor. 727-216-9682, lagerhausbrewery.com LATE START BREWING This beloved Tampa label does its thing inside the Pour House. 1208 E. Kennedy Blvd. #112, Tampa. 813-402-2923, latestartbrewing.com LEAVEN BREWING Riverview’s first brewery is run by folks who’ve got experience brewing big and small. 11238 Boyette Rd., Riverview. 813-677-7023, leavenbrewing.com MAD BEACH CRAFT BREWING Brews, ciders, and meads by the beach. 12945 Village Boulevard, Madeira Beach. 727-3620008, madbeachbrewing.com MARKER 48 Hernando’s first production craft brewery, with its own tasting room and beer garden 12147 Cortez Blvd, Weeki Wachee. 352-6062509, marker48.com MASTRY’S BREWING CO. From CD Roma’s restaurant to sweet new digs on St. Pete Beach. 7701 Blind Pass Rd., St. Pete Beach. 727-202-8045 mastrysbrewingco.com MOTORWORKS BREWING A taproom and beer garden featuring full liquor and wine as well as 30 taps. 1014 9th Street West, Bradenton. 941-567-6218, motorworksbrewing.com MR. DUNDERBAK’S The longtime restaurant, biergarten and homebrewers’ hangout is serving up its own beers. 14929 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa. 813-977-4104, dunderbaks.com NAUGHTY MONK BREWERY Naughty Monk brings a love of Belgian styles to Manatee County. 2507 Lakewood Ranch Blvd., Bradenton. 941-708-2966, naughtymonkbrewery.com OVERFLOW BREWING St. Pete’s newest, courtesy of local Rapp head brewer Troy Bledsoe and company. 770 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727-914-0665, facebook.com/ overflowbrewingco PEPPER BREWING The Angry Pepper Taphouse’s inhouse label, available “on a limited basis.” 9366 Oakhurst Rd., Seminole. 727-596-5766, angrypeppertaphouse.com

GRINDHAUS BREW LAB Small batches and no extracts. 1650 N. Hercules Ave., Clearwater. 727-240-0804, grindhausbrewlab.com

PESKY PELICAN BREW PUB This beachy restaurant also offers up its own beers thanks to an in-house nano system. 923 72nd. St. N., St. Petersburg. 727-302-9600, peskypelicanbrewpub.com

GULFPORT BREWERY + EATERY Small batches with an artisanal food menu. 3007 Beach Blvd., Tampa. facebook. com/GulfportBrewery

PINELLAS ALE WORKS PAW offers a dog-friendly environment in addition to tasty brews. 1962 1st Ave. S., St. Petersburg. 727-235-0970, pawbeer.com

HIDDEN SPRINGS ALE WORKS This Tampa Heights brewery features a rotating tap selection. 1631 N. Franklin St., Tampa, 813-226-2739, hiddenspringsaleworks.com

RAPP BREWING COMPANY Greg Rapp’s award-winning styles are carefully crafted and delicious. 10930 Endeavor Way, Seminole. 727-544-1752, rappbrewing.com

SIX TEN BREWING A wide variety and a real passion for the craft-brew community. 7052 Benjamin Rd., Tampa. 813-886 - 0610, sixtenbrewing.com SOGGY BOTTOM BREWING More Dunedin goodness, including some truly original flavors and inventive brews. 660 Main St., Dunedin. 727- 601-1698, soggybottombrewing.com SOUTHERN BREWING & WINEMAKING Multiple brews only available in its tasting room, as well as products and guidance for local homebrewers. 4500 N. Nebraska Ave., Tampa. 813-238-7800, southernbrewingwinemaking.com ST. PETE BREWING COMPANY Beers crafted specifically for the climate. 544 1st Ave. N., St. Petersburg. 727- 692-8809, stpetebrewingcompany.com STILT HOUSE BREWERY This friendly Palm Harbor joint specializes in high-ABV ales and other styles you won’t find at other breweries in the area. 625 US Hwy Alt. 19, Palm Harbor. 727-270 -7373, stilthousebrewery. com SWAN BREWING Nearly 4 decades of combined brewing experience go into the offerings at this pet-friendly joint. 115 W. Pine St., Lakeland. 863-703- 0472, swanbrewing.com TBBC Formerly Tampa Bay Brewing Co., local favorite for nearly two decades. 1600 E. 8th Ave., Ybor City/13933 Monroe’s Business Park, Westchase. 813-247-1422, tbbc. beer TAMPA BEER WORKS At the former site of ESB Brewing, TBW focuses on American craft styles. 333 N. Falkenburg Rd., Suite D407 Tampa. 813-685-1909, tampabeerworks.com TIDAL BREWING COMPANY Small batches in Spring Hill. 14311 Spring Hill Dr., Spring Hill. 352-701-1602,tidalbrewingfl.com TWO FROGS BREWING COMPANY Tarpon Springs’ latest brewery and taproom focuses on American ale styles. 151 E. Tarpon Ave., Tarpon Springs. 727-940-6077, facebook.com/twofrogsbrewing KEEL FARMS AGRARIAN ALE + CIDER Tasty brews from the folks behind Keel & Curley winery. 5210 W. Thonotosassa Rd., Plant City. 813-752-9100, keelandcurleywinery.com TWO LIONS WINERY & PALM HARBOR BREWERY Wine and beer brewed in-house. 1022 Georgia Ave., Palm Harbor. 727-786-8039, twolionswinery.com ULELE SPRING BREWERY Beer crafted in accordance with traditional Bavarian purity laws. 1810 N. Highland Ave., Tampa. 813-999-4952, ulele.com THE WILD ROVER BREWERY What started as an English pub in Odessa is now a higher-production facility in Westchase. 13921 Lynmar Blvd., Tampa. 813-475-5995, thewildroverbrewery.com WOODWRIGHT BREWING COMPANY Traditional German styles in downtown Dunedin. 985 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. 727-238-8717, facebook.com/ woodwrightbrewing ZEPHYRHILLS BREWING COMPANY East Paco’s first microbrewery. 38530 5th Ave., Zephyrhills. 813715 -2683, zbcbeer.com ZYDECO BREW WERKS Craft brews in Ybor thanks to an award-winning brewmaster, as well as full bars and NOLA-influenced cuisine. 1902 E. 7th Ave., Ybor City. 813-252- 4541, facebook.com/ Zydecobrewwerks

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Still shining Art shows, in real life. By Ray Roa

s we wrote a few weeks ago, the world wants to get back to acting normal even though shit’s still weird as hell out there. That doesn’t mean you can’t support your local art scene, however, so here are a few A&E shorts pulled from cltampa.com/arts. Women’s suffrage celebration at FMoPA August 18 marked the 100-year anniversary for the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted American women the right to vote. To recognize the milestone—and in recognition of both the progress women’s rights have made and the work left to do—Tampa’s Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (FMoPA) has opened “Reframed,” which features the work of women photographers from Peru (Astrid Jahnsen), South Korea (Ina Jang) and Iraq (Sama Alshaibi). “Reframed exhibits photographers who analyze the image of women in photography and film through the female lens,” Dr. Zora Carrier, FMoPA Executive Director, wrote in a press release. “By rephotographing and reframing common imagery of women made in a male orientated world, these artists bring attention to underlying female stereotypes and prejudices.” The show is up until December, and it joins the powerful “Eye Of the Storm” exhibition, which opened in July featuring the work of local

Black photographers who’ve captured images from Bay area protests. “During the first day of the protests, there were no black photographers covering the protests. A group of black professional photographers realized the importance of this monumental time in history (black history). In response to and in support of, they created The Black Activist Photographers and took to the streets of Tampa Bay to witness and document what was happening,” FMoPA wrote about the show. “This exhibition is the result of their work, and although their work is by far not finished, it stands witness to a changing tide in American Black History.” Also showing at FMoPA—located at 400 North Ashley Dr. in the cube building—are 50 new additions to the museum’s 300-piece collection of work by Magnum photographer Bruce Davidson. FMoPA’s coronavirus protocol includes a health screening form, limited capacity, mandatory face masks and special hours for guests who are in high-risk categories. More information is available at fmopa.org and (813) 221-2222.

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Shine, on The Shine Mural Festival (stylized “SHINE”) returns for its sixth year this November. The seven-day extravaganza is hosted throughout the ‘Burg from November 7-14. This year the festival

is partnering with PangeaSeed Foundation’s Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans program, and calling it “SHINE x Sea Walls: St. Petersburg.” “In these unprecedented times, the SHINE St. Petersburg Mural Festival is adapting to meet the challenges that St. Petersburg, and many cities around the globe, are facing. And now, more than ever, we recognize the critical need to nurture the arts, celebrate our reconnection to the environment and use art as a unifying force,” states Jenee Priebe in a press release from St. Petersburg Arts Alliance. This year’s artist lineup, rather than mixing in national and international artists, will focus entirely on Florida-based artists with an emphasis on Tampa Bay artists creating 10 new murals throughout the city. Also in the works, will be a “Bright Spot” mural in collaboration with local youth to educate and inspire. According to the release, each wall will explore interconnectedness of human health and environmental health. “As a coastal city, climate change and sea-level rise are ongoing threats to the wellbeing of St. Petersburg. Beach tourism is an important part of the area’s economy and issues of storm surge, plastic pollutants, clean drinking water, harmful algae blooms and sustainable fisheries are important community education topics. Furthermore, intersectionality as it relates to environmental impact will be a focal point of this year’s event,” shares Priebe. Being that we’re still in the midst of a pandemic, rather than hosting its signature block

party, Sea Walls St. Petersburg is set to host virtual events. Until then, you can get the Pixelstix app, which brings 80 murals from past Shine Mural Festivals to life. The update to the Pixelstix app allows users to view the St. Pete Art Alliance’s new “Drive-In Mural Theater,” which consists of a three-to-five-minute narration about the work and information about the artist. More details to come as the 2020 mural festival approaches. —Jenna Rimensnyder Homecoming A new, immersive art installment at Mize Gallery promises “high school dance aesthetics, puppy love sensibilities, and ostentatious camp style by combining LED neon, plywood cutouts, and an inordinate amount of mylar fringe,” and it should come as no surprise to find that Macy Higgins and Emiliano Settecasi at the hands of it. The pair opens “Homecoming” on Saturday, September 12 when one VIP ticket gets four guests—who’re “encouraged to dust off their formal wear, accessorize with this season’s most important garment: a mask”—into the show for 30 minutes. Everyone else can wade back into some semblance of or normalcy on Saturdays (11 a.m.-7 p.m.) and Sundays (11 p.m.-3 p.m.) or by appointment. Only six people may be inside Mize Gallery—located in St. Petersburg at 689 Dr. MLK Jr. St N. Unit C—at a time. More information via mizegallery.com.

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he “Save Our Stages” bill—which authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make grants to eligible live venue operators, producers, promoters, or talent representatives to address the economic effects of the COVID19—is in need of support and could save your local live music venue. You should be calling your elected officials about it so that you can see some of the new local music detailed below in real life one day.

masterclass in the art of being an emcee. Over an understated beat by Werd Pace, Dynasty weaves a work of poetry into a jaw-dropping flex that finds the rapper in full control of every syllable, sentence fragment and breath that comes out of her mouth. Bonus points come since the single is the first release on Illsboro, a new imprint helmed by Tampa hip-hop legend DJ Sandman who’s toured the world with Dynasty. yagirldy.com

They Hate Change, 666 Central Ave. By now, it should be no secret that They Hate Change is the most progressive hip-hop act in Tampa Bay, and the nation is taking notice. Over the last month, André and Vonne, have appeared in Flaunt, Clash and Earmilk where critics have all fully embraced the sound of a new album—666 Central Ave.—all while not being able to agree what it sounds like. The comparisons to other rap acts (Outkast, Jpegmafia, Big K.R.I.T.) and sounds (Miami bass, Chicago drill, U.K breaks) are all over the place, and it makes sense. In Acclaim, the proudly producers-before-rappers duo lay out some of their local favorites ranging from Tampa club legend Tom G. to krank king Cuddie Breed along with indie-rock favorites Charles Irwin and Glove. plus soul songwriter NDO. The five-track release, whose title is an homage to the old address of St. Petersburg’s Daddy Kool Records, is a 14-minute thrill ride that will leave your head spinning just long enough to hop back on and take the ride again. In a world fraught with the uncertainty of a pandemic and the doldrum-driven nature of life under quarantine, They Hate Change has arrived with a fresh wake up call that we could all use to rinse out our cobweb-laden minds. theyhatechange.com

Big Baby Scumbag, www.flexedupshawty.com It feels like forever since Big Baby Scumbag graced the cover of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay (in April, we decided the Tampa rapper was the coronavirus hero we all needed—we stand by that). Well, Mr. “Black Joe Dirt” is back with www.flexedupshawty. com, a 13-track homage to your dial-up internet connection. The intro (“Scumweb 98’”) plays like the Windows OS startup tone, and the rest of the 27-minute party finds Scumbag joined by an army of friends— Valentino Khan, Michael Chirstmas, Sunny Fritz, CadyCutThroat, Rahn Rahn $plash— as they stomp through aggressive beats and bars that make you want to jump off the top rope and suplex your little brother through the kitchen table. I’ve also never heard cunnilingus and ramen noodles come together in such a dancefloor-ready fashion (“Bobby Hill”). Definitely visit the website to play a few rounds of “Minesweeper,” too. flexedupshawty.com

Dynasty, “ATTN” She might live in Los Angeles these days, but Tampa Bay will always have a place in its heart for Diana Hardy, who’s known worldwide as Dynasty. A new video for “ATTN” will certainly please fans of “old-school” and “underground” hip-hop fans, but what really happens in the clip’s two-and-a-half minutes is a full-on

Bryan J Hughes, Could This Be Love Last summer, jazz vocalist and singer-songwriter Bryan J Hughes assembled an all-star ensemble—Ron and Dave Reinhardt , Gumbi Ortiz, Patrick Bettison, Nate Najar, Mike Scaglione, Mike Gibilisco, James Suggs and Whitney James—to join him and Scott Rogness in playing songs from Hughes’ latest album, Could This Be Love. Clips from the Hideaway Café show will make you long for the days when live music in non-socially distanced settings is viable for now, but in the meantime this collection of tracks recorded and mixed by George Harris at Largo’s Creative World Recording will have to do. bryanjhughes.com

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CHANGE IS GOOD: André (rear) and Vonne of They Hate Change. Acme Jazz Garage “Phil’s Blues” You can’t catch Acme Jazz Garage playing its regular gig at Timpano (the Hyde Park restaurant is closed as the state figures out coronavirus), so a spin with the band’s latest single, “Phil’s Blues” will have to do. The song—retro jazz-blues recorded at the Springs Theatre in

Sulphur Springs—arrived in late July, but was a regular staple during the band’s aforementioned Timpano residency. Upright bassist Philip Booth told CL that he hopes to combine the cut with some other tracks—some in the can, some yet to be recorded—and emerge with some kind of full release at some point. acmejazzgarage.com

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Where the vinyl is: a list of Bay area record stores

It’s no secret that locally-owned and operated businesses are taking a hit from coronavirus closures and curfews. Some Tampa Bay record stores have adapted by offering curbside pickup, free shipping and private shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stock up on some quarantine vinyl, and spend that money you were saving for the now postponed Record Store Day 2020. Just make sure to call ahead of time to see what’s up at the shop. —Kyla Fields ArtPool Records (2030 Central Ave., St. Petersburg) 727-433-5195, artpoolrules. com

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The lion. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible,” says Leo politician Carol Moseley Braun. I agree with her, but will also suggest there’s an even higher magic: when you devise a detailed plan for achieving success by challenging the impossible, and then actually carry out that plan. Judging from the current astrological omens, I suspect you’re in an unusually favorable position to do just that in the coming weeks. Be bold in rising to the challenge; be practical and strategic in winning the challenge.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you can manage it, I recommend taking a break from businessas-usual. I’d love to see you give yourself the gift of amusement and play—a luxurious sabbatical that will help you feel free of every burden, excused from every duty, and exempt from every fixation. The spirit I hope you will embody is captured well in this passage from author Okakura Kakuzo: “Let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Rapper Eminem advises us, “Never take ecstasy, beer, Bacardi, VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Joy is a mystery because weed, Pepto-Bismol, Vivarin, Tums, Tagamet it can happen anywhere, anytime, even under the HB, Xanax, and Valium in the same day.” What’s most unpromising circumstances,” writes author his rationale? That quaffing this toxic mix might Frederick Buechner. What he doesn’t say is that kill us or make us psychotic? No. He says you you must be receptive and open to the possibility shouldn’t do that because “It makes it diffiof joy arriving anywhere cult to sleep at night.” and anytime. If you’re I’m going to suggest shut down to its surthat you abide by his prising influx, if you’re counsel for yet another convinced that joy is out reason: According to my By Rob Brezsny of reach, it won’t break analysis, you have the through the barriers you’ve put up; it won’t be able potential to experience some wondrous and to land in your midst. I think this is especially abundant natural highs in the coming weeks. important counsel for you in the coming weeks, Your capacity for beautiful perceptions, exhilaVirgo. PLEASE make yourself available for joy. rating thoughts, and breakthrough epiphanies P.S. Here’s another clue from Buechner: “Joy is will be at a peak. But none of that is likely to where the whole being is pointed in one direction.” happen if you’re loaded up with inebriants.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I transformed stillnesses and darknesses into words,” wrote Libran poet Arthur Rimbaud. “What was unspeakable, I named. I made the whirling world pause.” In accordance with current astrological potentials, I have turned his thoughts into a message for you. In the coming weeks, I hope you will translate silences and mysteries into clear language. What is unfathomable and inaccessible, you will convert into understandings and revelations. Gently, without force or violence, you will help heal the inarticulate agitation around you with the power of your smooth, resonant tenderness. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Your desires, whether or not you achieve them, will determine who you become,” wrote author Octavia E. Butler. Now is a fertile time for you to meditate on that truth. So I dare you to take an inventory of all your major desires, from the noblest to the most trivial. Be honest. If one of your burning yearnings is to have 100,000 followers on Instagram or to eat chocolate-covered bacon that is served to you in bed, admit it. After you’re through tallying up the wonders you want most, the next step is to decide if they are essential to you becoming the person you truly want to be. If some aren’t, consider replacing them with desires that will be a better influence on you as you evolve.

rules and honor tradition. But now it’s time for a shift in emphasis. In the coming weeks, I hope you will specialize in finessing the details and massaging the nuances below the line. ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We never know what is enough until we know what’s more than enough,” said Aries singer Billie Holiday. I don’t think that applies to everyone, although it’s more likely to be true about the Aries tribe than maybe any other sign of the zodiac. And I’m guessing that the coming weeks could be a time when you will indeed be vivid proof of its validity. That’s why I’m issuing a “Too Much of a Good Thing” alert for you. I don’t think it’ll be harmful to go a bit too far and get a little too much of the good things; it may even be wise and healthy to do so. But please don’t go waaayyyy too far and get waaayyyy too much of the good things. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus author Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) took many years to write “The Human

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Everyone who has ever built a new heaven first found the power to do so in his own hell,” declared philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. That’s a rather histrionic statement! But then Nietzsche was a Maestro of Melodrama. He was inclined to portray human life as a heroic struggle for boldness and liberation. He imagined us as being engaged in an epic quest to express our highest nature. In accordance with your astrological potentials, I propose that you regard Nietzsche as your power creature during the coming weeks. You have a mandate to adopt his lion-hearted perspective. And yes, you also have a poetic license to build a new heaven based on the lessons you learned and the power you gained in your own hell. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Here’s some knowledge from author John le Carré: “In every operation there is an above the line and a below the line. Above the line is what you do by the book. Below the line is how you do the job.” According to my analysis, you have, at least for now, done all you can in your work above the line. That’s great! It was crucial for you to follow the

Comedy,” an amalgam of 91 intertwined novels, stories, and essays. For this vast enterprise, he dreamed up the personalities of more than 2,000 characters, many of whom appeared in multiple volumes. I bring this to

your attention, Taurus, because I believe that the next 15 months will be an excellent time for you to imagine and carry out a Balzac-like project of your own. Do you have an inkling of what that might be? Now’s a good time to start ruminating. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Not until the 19th century did humans begin to take organized actions to protect animals from cruelty. Even those were sparse. The latter part of the 20th century brought more concerted efforts to promote animal welfare, but the rise of factory farms, toxic slaughterhouses, zoos, circuses, and cosmetic testing has shunted us into a Dark Age of animal abuse. I suspect our descendants will look back with horror at our barbarism. This problem incurs psycholog ica l wounds in us all in ways that aren’t totally conscious. And I think this is an especially key issue for you right now. I beg you, for your own sake as well as for the animals’, to upgrade your practical love and compassion for animals. I bet you’ll find it inspires you to treat your own body with more reverence. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian literary critic Harold Bloom bragged to The New York Times that his speed-reading skills were so advanced that he could finish a 500-page book in an hour. While I believe he has indeed devoured thousand of books, I also wonder if he lied about his quickness. Nonetheless, I’ll offer him up as an inspirational role model for you in the coming weeks. Why? Because you’re likely to be able to absorb and integrate far more new information and fresh experiences than usual—and at a rapid pace.

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So long as you’re taking it slow, FILLED, so long as you’re using lots of lube, so long as you’re playing with toys that have flared bases and were designed for insertion play, and so long as those toys are made of body-safe materials like silicone, then you’re doing everything right. And yes, FILLED, you may use the term “size queen” to describe yourself!

diaper lovers out there. And while it’s true that some people who are into age play are also into diapers, WETONES, it’s not true that everyone into diapers is into age play. For most people who get off on diapers it’s the humiliation of being a diapered adult that turns them on, not the fantasy of being a child. My husband and I recently watched the fantastic 70s porn “Alice in Wonderland: An X-rated Musical Fantasy” (we got to it by watching “Meatballs”). It was everything I’ve ever wanted in a porn. Perhaps you or your readers could recommend something similar to put in our rotation? —Likes To Watch Check out “Caligula.” This intermittently pornographic 1979 film probably isn’t as lighthearted as the version “Alice in Wonderland” you stumbled over, LTW, but it doubtless has a much more interesting backstory and far bigger stars. A young and sexy Malcolm McDowell as the mad Roman emperor with Peter O’Toole (!), John Gielgud (!!), and Helen Mirren (!!!) in supporting roles. Even better, this amazing train wreck of a movie is based on a screenplay by Gore Vidal. (Got a 70s porn recommendation for LTW? Share it in the comment thread!)

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I’m a 35-year-old woman. I recently discovered I’m a size queen. (Is it OK for me to use this term?) This has been brewing for a while as I have dabbled with purchasing larger and larger cucumbers and fucking myself with them after a good wash. I use a condom and tons of lube and it’s been amazing. Are there any safety or health concerns I should be aware of? I’m moving away from fucking produce and purchased my first sizeable toy. I see safety tips online for men who like large toys in their butts but I wanted to know if there is anything I should be aware of as a vagina-haver. I mainly partner with men but am expanding to date women and I’ve been fisted only once by a woman and absolutely loved it. —Finding I Lately Love Enormous Dildos

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I’m a longtime fan of your column and your podcast. Recently a discussion came up on Facebook and I was curious as to what your take on the situation was. It was about diaper play: A group of people seem to think that enjoying this kink is the same thing as being a pedophile or engaging in “pedo-lite” behavior. Another group—myself included—believes that it is simply an expression of a kink between two consenting adults, and therefore isn’t the same as pedophilia at all. I was curious as to what your take on the situation was, or if you had any suggestions on how to approach this topic with the first group? Thank you, wishing you all the best! —Wandering Ethical Terrain Of Nappies Employed Sexually Does fucking someone who’s wearing a dog collar count as bestiality? Of course not, WETONES, because dog collars no more turn consenting adults into dogs than diapers turn consenting adults into infants. And the disapproval of strangers on the Internet not only won’t stop an adult who wants to wear diapers from wearing diapers, WETONES, that disapproval makes wearing diapers all the more arousing because the transgression and “wrongness” of wearing diapers makes wearing diapers arousing—not for everyone, of course, but for most people who are into wearing diapers. Which means your disapproving friends are playing right into the pervy hands/crinkly rubber shorts of all the

Here’s a quickie: If a woman is attracted to cis men and non-binary humans (who can have either a penis or vagina) but that woman is not attracted to cis women… would that woman be bi or pan? Labels are not super important to me, Dan, but I’m calling on my friendly neighborhood sex advice columnist for help just the same! — Loves All Bodies Except Ladies While bisexual was once commonly understood to mean, “attracted to both sexes,” the Human Rights Campaign’s online glossary now defines bisexual as, “emotionally, romantically or sexually attracted to more than one sex, gender or gender identity.” That same online glossary defines pansexual as, “the potential for emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to people of any gender.” While on the first read there doesn’t seem to be much daylight between those two definitions, LABEL, there actually is some difference between being attracted to “more than one [gender]” and being attracted to “people of any gender.” And while a lot of people use bi and pan pretty much interchangeably these days, the bi label is probably a slightly better fit for you, LABEL, seeing as your libido disqualifies all members of one gender—your own—from emotional, romantic or sexual consideration.

I’m a queer man who’s starting to bottom again after 10 years of being on top. I have a butt plug that my anus keeps pushing out, even though I’ve tried relaxing and lots of lube. It feels great when it’s in, and then there it goes! I need tips! But not just the tip please. —Exciting XXX Toy Or Projectile? The butt plug you’re using is too small. EXTOP, you made the mistake of purchasing a small plug because you didn’t think your ass could handle a medium or large one. But butt plugs are held in place after the widest part slides all the way into your ass, past your anal sphincters, and then your sphincters close around the neck of the plug, aka the narrow part before the flared base. But if the wide part isn’t much wider than the narrow part—if you bought a plug that looks more like a finger than a lava lamp—then the anal sphincters will push the plug back out. Worse, they’ll send the plug flying across the room when your sphincters contract at the moment of orgasm. Do yourself and your wallpaper a favor, EXTOP, and get yourself a bigger plug.

I have tremendous respect for you and your column. Nonetheless, I must raise a concern about a comment on in your response to COVET, the woman wondering about getting together with a new partner for sex despite social distancing: “Life is short,” you wrote, “and this pandemic is going to be long.” The concept that “this pandemic is going to be long” leads too many of us to feel as if the pandemic will never end. Impatience drives some people to risky behavior that can be avoided. With attention to safety measures, we can reduce our risk of infection, as well as emotionally survive until a vaccine is available. Patience with the pandemic is analogous to the perseverance that Londoners used to get through the bombings of WWII. —Practice All Necessary Deeds Especially Masks Isolating COVID-19 Thank you for sharing, PANDEMIC! Contact mail@savagelove.net, Follow @ FakeDanSavage on Twitter, and tune into savagelovecast.com this week when Dr. David Ley talks sex addiction vs. kink.

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