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City Council Member Wants Ybor Bars & Clubs To Close Earlier

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Emmitt Wilson of Tampa (in pink) talks with police as the Tampa Police Department and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office investigates a fatal shooting in the Ybor City neighborhood on October 29, 2023 in Tampa, Florida. According to reports, two people from two different groups opened fire as hundreds of people were on the street early Sunday morning in an area filled with bars and clubs.

After the shootings in Ybor City, one Tampa City Council member is calling for Ybor’s businesses to close early for now, according to Fox 13. Two died after shootings in ybor City this weekend. Over a dozen were injured.

This morning, Gwendolyn Henderson proposed that Ybor hot spots should have to close at 1AM until March. Henderson says that will give the city enough time to do some look into violence in the neighborhood and come up with ways to prevent it. At the moment, Ybor bars and clubs stay open until 3AM.

It’s not only the clubs closing early. Henderson also wants to open up 7th Avenue to traffic. Right now, streets are closed off during busy hours. The concern is people loitering.

Where do you stand on this one? Good idea or a knee jerk overreaction? Tweet your thoughts at @GenoRadio or leave them on my Facebook page and I’ll include them below. [Source: Fox 13]

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Hear Geno on the air weekday afternoons. Geno's passions include fat guy food, concerts, sports, travel to Europe and South America. He loves 80s and 90s music, from MTV hairbands to old school freestyle, alternative rock to TRL era jams. Geno's radio career began in his hometown of Portland, Maine. Since then he's been on the air coast to coast from Boston to Las Vegas, Tampa to California.

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