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Review: Ox & Fields in Seminole Heights needs to work on some key details, which feel incongruous. 3E
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 • Tampa Bay Times • Section E
BY MICHELLE STARK • Times Food Editor
Go off the beaten grocery store path to work with eye-catching vegetables
Ve g o u t
W hen you start ask-ing around in the Asian market about what that tubular
green vegetable is or what that package of unlabeled leaves is used for, answers can vary.
“Oh, that’s like a type of squash. You slice it up and throw it into a stew.”
“Hmm, I think those are both lotus stems, which we use in soup a lot.”
It can be a bit of adventure, trying to figure out the exact names of the more exotic veggies often used in Asian or His-panic cooking. Most of the time, the peo-ple familiar with them don’t know the precise origin — but they know they taste
good in stir fry. That’s really all we needed to know
when we set about exploring the selec-tion at stores like MD Oriental Market in Pinellas Park or Dong A in St. Peters-burg. These stores usually contain a wider variety of off-the-wall produce, similar to the exotic tropical fruits we discussed in the previous Taste section.
In addition to the five we are highlight-ing in this story, we came across leafy bean tips, which are used like an herb; sweet leaf, which is cooked and used like spinach; and different parts of the lotus plant, some of which are used in an Asian soup called hot pot.
. See Page 6E
o f t h e b ox
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BY RICHARD DANIELSON
Times Staff Writer
TAMPA — Mayor Bob Buck-
horn loves to talk about the city’s
credit rating, and who could
blamehim?Twelve times since he became
mayor in 2011, the big three
credit rating agencieshave raised
their grades on either the city’s
general credit rating or various
pieces of city debt.Each upgrade reflects a good
opinion of the city’s finances,
management and fiscal policies.
Each makes borrowing money
from the bond market a little
cheaper.“I’m pretty proud of that,”
Buckhorn says, especially consid-
ering howhis administration has
started every budget cycle with a
projected shortfall between ris-
ing expenses and revenues still
recovering from their collapse
during the Great Recession. “It’s
a reflection of how conserva-
tivelywe budget.”Last week, the city put out a
news release touting its four lat-
est upgrades from Fitch Ratings,
including one that boosted its
general credit rating to AA+, just
one notch below the highest pos-
sible rating formunicipalities.
But along with that rosy bou-
quet of upgrades, City Hall also
recently was handed two plain
daisies—anewpair of ratings on
Tampa’s Community Investment
Tax bonds that are considered
good, but not as good as before.
The downgrades came from
Moody’s Investor Services and
Standard & Poor’s. In detailed
reports, each gave the same
reason for the change: The city
Two credit downgrades carry silver linings
JAMES BORCHUCK | Times
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, breaking ground on the Julian B.
Lane Riverfront Park in July, saidthe downgrades are a tradeoff.
Tampa’s Community Investment Tax bonds, hit with lower ratings,
will help pay off the city’s parks, stormwater and fire station projects.
. See RATINGS, 6
PublishedFridays and Sundays by the
Sunday, September 11, 2016 BRN
Serving the communities of Brandon & SouthShore
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BY JOYCE MCKENZIE
Times Correspondent
BRANDON — He describes
himself as a shrink, a case man-
ager and a friend.“Some people even call me
Superman,” said Hillsborough
County Community Resource
Deputy JoshuaBoyer, who serves
as theDistrict IIHomeless Initia-
tive Liaison.Since 2014, Boyer has used his
compassionate heart and the
area’s resources to successfully
help 58 people get off the streets
of greater Brandon and into
housing, support programs and
even some jobs that have earned
them the dignity he believes all
people deserve.“Changing one life is like
changing the world because
maybe that one person will
spread the wealth,” said Boyer,
whose uniform of the day is
always an ID-free green polo
shirt and camouflage-style pants
he believes makes him more
approachable than if he were to
dress in typical deputy attire.
The program’s effectiveness
has not only gained national
attention; it recently garnered
Boyer an Award of Merit by
the Greater Brandon Chamber
of Commerce, which recently
hosted its first Public Safety
Valor Awards Breakfast at the
Regent inRiverview.Boyer was among several first-
responderofficials fromtheSher-
iff ’s Office, Hillsborough County
Fire Rescue and Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commis-
sionwho received awards.Capt. David Macaluso, a 20-
year Fire Rescue veteran and
recipient of the agency’s 2016
Firefighter of the Year award,
was honored for saving the life of
a man trapped inside a gasoline
tanker. He was semiconscious
due to effects of the gasoline
vapors.“It was just one of those things
— I couldn’t let him die,” said
ValorAwardshonorsheroes
. See VALOR AWARDS, 5
TheGreater BrandonChamber awardspublic safety officialsfor life-saving acts.
DANIELRUTHdruth@tampabay.com
For the sakeof argument,let’s assumeyouare asoldier fighting in Iraq
orAfghanistan.Andafter a
harddayofhaving really bad
people trying tokill you, you
make it back tobase inone
piece. Itwouldbenice tobe
able to chill out for a fewhours
before yournextpatrolwhen
morebadpeoplewill try tokill
youagain.Perhaps youwould like to
enjoy the simple pleasure of
a stogie that has been sent to
you courtesy of Tampa’s J.C.
NewmanCigar Co., ormaybe
the ThompsonCigar Co. In a
war zone,modest comforts
are hard to find and after a
long day putting one’s life on
the line, a brief respite to puff
on a Panetela hardly seems
an excessive perk of the job
fending off al-Qaeda, ISIS and
Hezbollah.Alas, on this oneminor
point, it would seemour fight-
ingmen andwomenhave
another rear-guard foe totanglewith—worry-wart
bureaucrats.Rep. Kathy Castor, D-
Tampa, normally contends
with issues surroundinghealth care, or the economy,
or budgetarymatters.More
recently, Castor has foundher-
self tanglingwith those party
poopers over at the Food and
DrugAdministration.At themoment, the Tobacco
Control Act forbids the char-
itable distribution of tobacco
products. Themeasure is the-
oretically crafted to prohibit
handing out free cigarettes,
cigars or even e-cigarettes to
children. It is doubtful a 10-
year-oldwould appreciate the
charms of awell-craftedMon-
tecristoNo. 34Robusto.Theproblemwith the
FDApursed-lipped antipa-
thy toward anyone lighting
upa free cigar could adversely
impact thework of groups
like Support theTroops, aWesleyChapel-based charity
that sends care packages con-
taining goodies to troops in
Afghanistan and Iraq. Indeed,
theTampaBayTimes’ Tony
Marrero reported that cigars
are the second-most requested
itemamong the troops, aside
fromcoffee. There’s probably
something else ourmilitary
menandwomen really need
that involvesBarryWhitebackgroundmusic, butwe
needn’t go there.So Castor introducedHR
662,whichwould exempt pre-
miumcigars from the oner-
ous provision of the Tobacco
Control Act, to allow the likes
of J.C. Newman, Thompson
and other cigar companies to
donate their products to the
military.Castor, who already has
lined up at least 165 co-spon-
sors towhatwe could call the
Cigar LiberationAct, expects
themeasure to quickly beapproved this fall. Ah, if
Let troopslight upwith freecigars
. See RUTH, 2
Historicturns intohorrificTampaHeights activists decry squatters and trash
dumping at
two properties owned byFDOTand in the planned path of TBX.
BY PHILIP MORGAN
Times Staff Writer
TAMPA
Rick Fernandez points out two
historic properties that are
owned by the Florida Depart-
ment of Transportation in
TampaHeights.Not a pretty pair.One is a boarded-up former apartment
buildingwith trash scattered about the side
yard. The other is a boarded-up house with
a hanging gutter and collapsed front steps.
Neighbors say the structures, which
lie in the path of the proposed interstate
expansion called TBX, have become mag-
nets for squatters, drug dealers, prosti-
tutes and trash dumpers.Fernandez, president of the Tampa
Heights Civic Association, said it’s the
owners’ responsibility to keeppeopleaway
from their empty structures and prevent
the properties frombecoming eyesores.
“FDOT is not being a responsible
owner.’’Association board member Ricky
Peterika said the DOT purchased the 108-
year-old house at 604 E. Francis Ave. —
one street over from his home — more
than a year ago.“They immediately boarded it up but
didn’t secure the property itself, so it
quickly became over-run — people in
the back yard, sleeping on the ground,’’
Peterika said.
Photos by JAMES BORCHUCK| Times
Rick Fernandez walks around anapartment building on North Lam
ar Avenue that is owned by the Florida Department of
Transportation, which neighborssay has become a magnet for sq
uatters, drug dealers, prostitutes and trash dumpers.
This former apartment building at 1902
N. Lamar Ave. was bought by the Florida
Department of Transportation tomake
way for interstate highway expansion. But
neighbors complain it’s becomean eyesore.
. See BLIGHT, 8
Published Fridays and Sundays by the Friday, May 6, 2016 NTP
Serving the communities of Citrus Park, Westchase, Carrollwood, Town ’N Country & New Tampa
TAMPA TRIBUNE
For readers new and old, we are hereto serveI love the Tampa Bay area.
It’s my home.When I first moved here in
1988, I never thought my fondness for its historic districts, its scenic vis-tas, its heart-warming diversity and its tantalizing food would grow so great. In my mind, Tampa would serve as just another way-stop in my burgeon-ing journalistic career.
Now I can’t imagine living any-where else.
So with that in mind, a part of me will always be grateful to the Tampa Tribune for delivering me to my for-ever home. I’ve devoted the bulk of my career — 24 years, but who’s count-ing — to the Times, but it’s the Tribune where I spent four years first learn-ing to love this area, its charms and its quirks.
Now, all these years later, my career, in a sense, has come full circle. I’m again writing for a publication that bears the name Tampa Tribune. We bestow — and I’m intentionally using such a lofty word — that name on the mast to honor the 123-year history of the Tribune, and we hope Tribune subscribers see it as a gold-embossed invitation.
In all the years I’ve spoken to civic groups and students and inquirers about the competition between the two papers, I expressed the belief that this community proved to be the biggest winner of the battle. We pushed each other to write better, report better and work harder — for you, the readers.
Now the competition comes to a close with the Times’ purchase of the Tribune this week, but the drive to continue serving the community remains strong. The Times will con-tinue serving as a beacon for our long-time readers while striving to win over those new to our daily efforts.
At its core, journalism isn’t about left-leaning perspectives or right-wing convictions. It’s about the awesome opportunity to impact lives on a daily basis. Sometimes, that impact may be simple in nature: a clever line that produces a smile; a story about a non-profit that prompts someone to give; a feature on a high school athlete that proud parents clip and paste into a scrapbook.
On other occasions, the impact shakes the fiber of the community. An expose on a politically connected slumlord changes the way the county manages the homeless. A shocking report on the failures of urban ele-mentary schools brings needed atten-tion from local, state and national offi-cials. A stunning probe into woefully funded state mental hospitals moves the Legislature to act.
You will find all those positives in our daily product. In this particu-lar section, which will publish every Friday and Sunday, we will deliver a blend of news, features and informa-tion that matters most to you at the community level.
This is not a new endeavor for the Times. We’ve published a Tampa-spe-cific edition for nearly 30 years. Like many of my colleagues, we work here, we live here and we raise our kids here — in Hillsborough County.
This is home. We love it, and it’s that love that will drive us every day to maximize the awesome opportunity we’re blessed to have as journalists. Your journalists.
That’s all I’m saying.
ERNEST HOOPER ehooper@tampabay.com
BY STEVE CONTORNOTimes Staff Writer
TAMPA — After the Museum of Science and Industry announced last month it would move to downtown, it didn’t take long for University of South Florida foot-ball fans and observers to eye the museum’s current digs for a future on-campus stadium.
There are a lot of reasons why proponents of an on-campus football stadium think the MOSI site would be a perfect fit for the Bulls.
The most obvious is prox-
imity. MOSI is just across the street from the USF campus on E Fowler Avenue. That would make it a lot easier for students to attend games than trek 10-miles south to Raymond James Stadium, where the Bulls have played since 1997.
The team’s practice facility is nearby, too.
There’s also already a pedes-trian bridge over E Fowler Ave-nue that would allow foot traf-fic to safely cross one of Tampa’s busiest thoroughfares.
And it’s certainly big enough.
The parcel that hosts MOSI is more than 75 acres. There would be plenty of room for a stadium, parking, tailgating and other amenities with space to spare.
So why throw cold water on this idea?
It’s not impossible, maybe not even terribly unlikely, that the MOSI site could one day host a new football stadium. But even if it were to happen, it would be quite a ways away.
Museum leadership is going to spend the next year just study-ing a strategy to move to down-town, where it will join the rede-velopment project of Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik
MOSI move stirs talk of USF stadium at site
LOREN ELLIOTT | Times (2015)The Museum of Science and Industry is just across the street from the USF campus on Fowler Avenue.
Proponents say it would be a perfect fit for the Bulls, but Hillsborough has other plans.
. See MOSI, 8
Photos by ZACK WITTMAN | Times Crew members work backstage to produce a live-stream fundraiser for Tampa Bay Give Day at WEDU’s studio Tuesday. Dozens of charities appeared on-air with local celebrities to help raise money for their causes.
Giving a voiceto Give Day
WEDU, Tampa Bay’s PBS TV station, gives nonprofit organizations a showcase in live or taped segments.BY KENYA WOODARDTimes Correspondent
TAMPA
A ny other day, Susan How-arth is the president and CEO of public broadcasting station WEDU, a job she’s done for eight years.
On Tuesday, Howarth shed her executive title to don headphones and take on the role of floor producer.Throughout the day, Howarth greeted and guided representatives
from dozens of Tampa Bay nonprof-its who visited the station’s Hough Family Foundation Studios to appear in promotion segments for the third annual Give Day Tampa Bay.The goal is to give 100 nonprofits a chance to showcase what they do in either live or pre-taped segments or in 30-second “lightning round” inter-views, Howarth said.This was the second year WEDU served as the headquarters for Give Day, a 24-hour online giving chal-
lenge championed by the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay.The PBS TV station came to be the media hub for the event after How-arth said she realized the fundrais-ing event could benefit from a bigger platform and approached Commu-nity Foundation with the idea.The station’s participation in Give Day — which sought to raise more than $2 million — plays well with its mission of service to the community
. See WEDU, 8
Dewayne Staats, TV play-by-play announcer for the Tampa Bay Rays, hosts a live-stream fundraiser Tuesday for Tampa Bay Give Day at the WEDU studio.
BY SUSAN GREENTimes Correspondent
BRANDON — The Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce has put its signature headquar-ters at 330 Pauls Drive on the market, with an asking price of $3.1 million.
The two-story, 21,500-square-foot building, home to the cham-ber for 10 years, has drawn a flurry of interest in the past two or three weeks since it went on the open market, said Cami Gib-ertini, a banking executive and 17-year chamber member who became chair of the organiza-tion’s board in February. The chamber first advertised the building to chamber members but no buyers came forward, she said.
A task force is studying options for the chamber’s staff of eight once the building is sold, includ-ing relocation and the possibility of leasing space in the existing headquarters as a tenant.
“We may stay in the building,” Gibertini said, adding that the chamber currently occupies the lobby and a large boardroom, leaving much of the other space to lease-paying tenants. “We do love it. It’s a wonderful building.”
The chamber also is asking $475,000 for land adjacent to its headquarters that is part of the 1.64-acre chamber site. The spot has potential for a two-story structure of up to 12,000 square feet of office space, according to marketing materials.
Gibertini said the cham-ber’s finances are “in the black,” despite a drop in business mem-berships from 1,100 a year or so ago to about 800. She attributed some of the decline to nonpay-ment of dues and said chamber officials will follow up to deter-mine how much of that might stem from oversight.
However, she and Michael Matthews, immediate past chamber chair, said scrutiny of the organization’s finances and
Brandon chamber selling building
. See CHAMBER, 8
The asking price for the headquarters on Pauls Drive is $3.1 million.
Mentoring new talent is just wise politics
Somehow I ended up with seats with a slightly obstructed view at a 1991
Luther Vandross concert at the University of South Flor-ida Sun Dome.
It didn’t matter. Having watched Vandross perform on
four other occasions, I knew
as long as I could hear his vel-
vet tones, I would leave happy.What I remember most
about that particular con-cert, however, occurred in the
middle of the show. Vandross
stepped back and introduced
his backup singer turned star
Lisa Fischer.She stepped forward and
delivered a stirring rendition
of her mega hit, How Can I
Ease The Pain, and the crowd
roared with approval. Van-dross, who died in 2005, car-
ried a reputation for acting like a diva, but he mentored
Fischer and had no problems
sharing the spotlight with her.When I assess the cur-
rent political landscape in Hillsborough County, I’m reminded of that concert because too often I don’t see
many of our elected officials
working to share the spotlight
with up-and-coming talents.Think about all the
moments you’ve seen an officeholder at an event, shak-
ing hands, accepting com-pliments and reveling in the
glow.Now think about all the
moments you’ve seen one of
those politicians turn around
and introduce a legislative aide, staff assistant or some-
one they’ve chosen to mentor.For me, those moments are
few and far between. And if you go beyond those in office
and focus on community lead-
ers, it also seems to be rare.There are some folks out
there more interested in tout-
ing their own accomplish-ments than sharing their expertise with others or giving
a boost to someone hoping to
gain traction in a city that can
be terribly cliquish.And don’t think the talent
isn’t there. More than once, I’ve come across relatively young, sharp achievers who
have already started making a
mark in the community.They’re dynamic and inter-
ested in gaining greater polit-
ical influence. They appear eager to earn a place in the discourse — not have it given
to them — and poised to bring
fresh ideas to the table. Some
of them ended up on the wrong end of the recent pri-mary elections.
They could do more with a
helping hand, yet they tell me
Tampa seems to come with a
code that you have to crack before being invited inside.
Too often, they seem to be
swimming upstream, try-ing to balance genuine con-cern for the community with
ERNEST HOOPERehooper@tampabay.com
. See HOOPER, 6
BY AMY SCHERZERTimes Staff Writer
TAMPA — Andre “Andy” Brouillard
and Julie Juteau share a French-Cana-
dian heritage, fluency in French and a
desire to make sure a guest’s biggest
concern is finding the guy passing the
tray of stuffed mushrooms.“Air conditioning working? Bath-
room sparkling? Room set and ready?”
All other worries fall on us, said
Brouillard, 63, general manager of
TPepin’s Hospitality Centre in east
Tampa.It’s the same for Juteau, the 44-year-
old executive director at the Regent
in Riverview. The social season offi-
cially launches tonight , meaning both
venue managers will shift into high
gear. With A La Carte Event Pavilion
being put up for sale in December,
2016 already has proved to be a bus-
ier year.But a wealth of experience will have
Brouillard and Juteau ready to go.
• • •
Brouillard started his hospitality
career as a dishwasher at age 15 and
three years later was managing the
place.
For hospitality, they’re happily at your service
Courtesy of Andy Brouillard
Andre “Andy” Brouillard, general manager of TPepin’s
Hospitality Centre, has 40 years of experience in the trade.
The managers at TPepin’s Hospitality Centre and
the Regent in Riverview share a passion for pleasing.
. See MANAGERS, 8
BY JOEY JOHNSTON
Times Correspondent
TAMPA — When the New York
Yankees wanted a more refined
off-field program for the organi-
zation’s young prospects — every-
thing from speaking and writing
English to learning how to cook
and balance a checkbook — they
turned to a retired educator.Joe Perez, a former base-
ball coach, former Durant High
School principal and Hillsbor-
ough County School District
administrator, figured he would
spend the summer volunteering
at his church and taking care of
his grandchildren.But as he learned, sometimes
life throws a curveball. Not only
have the Yankee prospects been
given a firm foundation for suc-
cess, Perez said he has discovered
a new sense of fulfillment.“I love seeing these guys
improve,’’ said Perez, who works
with the Tampa-based Gulf Coast
League rookie team, but also
travels to other farm clubs in the
Yankee organization. “Regard-
less of how far they take their
baseball, they are learning skills
for life. I was really impressed
Former educator schools Yankees
. See YANKEES, 10
The ex-Durant High principal coordinates a life-skills program for MLB prospects.
Photo by Joey Johnston
Yankees education coordinator
Joe Perez, right, with team
prospect Miguel Flames.
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Social calendarGet a jump on
the forthcom-
ing social happen-
ings by checking
out our annual Hills-
borough Social Cal-
endar, with listings
from September to
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CHRIS URSO | Times
Students Bryce Tapp, 18, from left, Kaite Berman, 18, and others watch Hillary Clinton as she speaks during Tuesday’s rally.
“I am always happy when a university is doing such a superb job in preparing the next generation of students,” she said.
USF a politics magnet
Size, diversity and location are credited for drawing Clinton
and Trump rallies to a campus that students say is evenly split.
BY ALLI KNOTHETimes Staff Writer
TAMPA
Looking for a presidential
rally to attend? The Univer-sity of South Florida is the
place to be.Donald Trump visited the school in
February and Hillary Clinton rolled
onto campus Tuesday, addressing
about 1,500 people at the Campus
Recreation Center.“I am always happy when a uni-
versity is doing such a superb job in
preparing the next generation of stu-
dents,” Clinton said. “I think that a
lot of what you do here is a model in
higher education.” There are a few reasons why USF is
such a popular stomping ground for
politicians. “Of all the universities and colleges
in the area, it’s the biggest and most
diverse,” said political scientist Susan
MacManus, who teaches at the uni-
versity. “She is reaching a broad net-
work.”In addition, USF is in Florida’s top
television market and speaking here
gives candidates the opportunity to
connect with younger voters who
record or live stream such events
through social media.. See USF, 17
MONICA HERNDON | Times
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
speaks to an estimated crowd of 1,500 on Tuesday at
the USF Campus Recreation Center.
LOREN ELLIOTT | Times
Donald Trump hosts a Feb. 12 rally at USF before
winning the GOP presidential nomination.
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