Tampa Strip Clubs: Occupy Tampa Occupies Working-Class West Tampa
Thursday, January 5th, 2012Occupy Tampa Occupies Working-Class West Tampa
While many of the Occupy Wall Street protestors nationwide have retreated from their tent cities due to police pressure or the cold, the protest continues in Tampa. We take a look at the new, less-upscale location for Occupy Tampa.
The new year has brought new changes for Occupy Tampa. They’ve moved away from their encampment next to the tony high-rises of downtown, and are now largely in the decidedly more working-class environs of West Tampa. There, in a postage-stamp-size park owned by strip club magnate Joe Redner, more than a dozen tents have popped up.
Behind signs proclaiming this patch the “Voice of Freedom Park,” acupuncturist Becky Rubright camps out in the bitter weather. She says the move from downtown’s Curtis Hixon Park has reinvigorated the movement.