🌱 Governor DeSantis Wins Vaccine Suit + Clearwater Country Club + TGH Rebrand

Hey, neighbors! Carlos Hernandez here with your brand-new issue of the Tampa Daily.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny and beautiful. High: 84 Low: 66.

Here are the top stories in Tampa today:

1. St. Pete model and movie star Eugenie Bondurant spent about two weeks in Paris fashion houses modeling Balenciaga by famous designer Demna Gvasalia during Fashion Week. She almost passed up the opportunity to model, skeptical of the invitation. (St. Pete Patch)

2. Clearwater Country Club is celebrating 100 years of golf and history. There are few country clubs that have survived that long still around and the course spans 60 acres. (Bay News 9)

3. Tampa General Hospital is renaming its pediatric inpatient services TGH Children’s Hospital. The rename will coincide with a $7.5 million remodel and will include numerous updates. (thetampabay100.com)

4. Florida will stop sending Floridians to collections for being overpaid by unemployment services. Governor DeSantis requested the change in a letter to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO). It does not include payments related to fraud. (ABC Action News)

5. DeSantis Wins: A Leon County circuit judge refused to block a state law that bans so-called “vaccine passports,” rejecting arguments by a Sarasota business that the law violates First Amendment rights. (Click Orlando)

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Today in Tampa:

• Ghosts Of Tampa Theatre Tour. (11:00 AM)
• Columbia Restaurant Tour & Dining Experience. (11:00 AM)
• 2021 Florida Cyber Forum. (11:30 AM)
• Hocus Pocus at Tampa Theater. (3:00 PM)
• Movie on the Lawn at Armature Works. (7:00 PM)

Tampa Patch Notebook

• Tampa Bay Lightning: “We battled … It was nice to see one go in overtime for sure, but that’s more toward our standard after a couple iffy games.”: tbl.co/playermedia10-16" (Facebook)
• South Tampa Chamber of Commerce: "The STCOC 25TH Annual Fall Golf Classic is only a few weeks away and we are now collecting items to help fill golfer bags! This is an excellent way to showcase and market your business to the golfers and chamber members FOR FREE. D..." (Facebook)
• Tampa Pride: "Get your tickets now for Tampa Pride 2022 kickoff event. A really special event you get #zootampa , #tampapridepagent , #music #tampaprideband, #magician #artistsgallery #silentauction Get your discounted tickets now @Tampapride.org tick..." (Facebook)
• Tampa Museum of Art, Inc.: "Each stART With episode features a new subject with virtual story time and an art activity designed by the Tampa Museum of Art education team. In this episode, we read "Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors" by by Hen..." (Facebook)

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— 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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