🌱 Boom By The Bay Returning Soon + Tampa Bay Rays 16th Pride Night

Hello, everybody! I'm back in your inbox this morning with your new copy of the Tampa Daily, fresh off the presses. Let's get this week started off right, with a quick review of everything you need to know about what's happening in town...

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An afternoon thunderstorm. High: 89 Low: 77.

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Here are the top five stories today in Tampa:

1. The Tampa Gun Show proceeded as planned over the weekend at the Florida State Fairgrounds, despite calls for gun reform across the nation after recent mass shootings. Gun owners at the fairgrounds said lawmakers should turn to mental health, lack of parental oversight or school security as causes for the mass shootings, instead of gun control. (WTSP)

2. St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch recently slammed politicians who make life more difficult for LGBTQ people, including Florida's so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill and "Stop WOKE" bill. He told WMNF, "... in a city like St. Petersburg, we have to have a foundation that’s based upon an understanding of our true history. Think about Tropicana Field. It's not just a blank slate. There’s a history of what happened there. It was a community that existed there before that." (WMNF)

3. Boom by the Bay is returning to Tampa on Independence Day. Festivities will run along the Tampa Riverwalk, with Armature Works in Tampa Heights recently announcing a planned stage with live music, Kids Zone, art auction, waterfront views for fireworks and more. (That's So Tampa)

4. A former Ruskin neighborhood ice cream man accused in a deadly shooting spree will head back to trial in October after the first case ended in a mistrial. Michael Keetley's trial is set for October 10 and is expected to last three weeks. (Fox 13)

5. The Tampa Bay Rays held their 16th Pride Night celebration on Saturday at Tropicana Field. Most players participated in the event. Rays president Matt Silverman said, "By doing this, we extend an invitation not just for this game but for all of our games that the LGBTQ+ community is invited, welcomed and celebrated." (Subscription: Tampa Bay Times)

Today in Tampa:

• Summer Art Camp 2022 at Tampa Museum of Art. (8 a.m.)
• Sip & Sign With Clay Shannon at Publix GreenWise Market - Water Street Tampa. (5 p.m.)
• All You Can Eat Pizza Skate at Skate World Tampa. (5:30 p.m.)
• West Tampa CRA Community Advisory Committee Economic Development Subcommittee Meeting. (5:30 p.m.)
• Minecraft Monday at Esports Players Club. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Tampa Jewish community leaders warned constituents of anti-Semitic flyers that were passed out over the weekend in Hyde Park. The Tampa JCC and Federation said it believes the flyers were distributed by the Goyim Defense League (GDL), a white supremacist and anti-Semitic group. (WFLA)
• USF Health host Dr. Haru Okuda recently spoke with Dr. Elizabeth Harry, Senior Medical Director of Well-Being at UC Health, about the effects of burnout on providers and the importance of mental health and wellness. (Twitter)
• The Mad Hatter's Gin & Tea Party is coming to Tampa from Thursday-Sunday throughout the month of July. Times will vary and will be posted online. (Creative Loafing Tampa)
• Former Senator John Legg recently announced he will run for Pasco County Superintendent of Schools in 2024. (Florida Politics)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed! See you all tomorrow morning for another update.

— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.

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