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Sister Anne Dougherty to be Kathy Castor’s guest to see Pope Francis address in Washington

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When Pope Francis comes to the United States next month for six days, one of his biggest appearances will be when he addresses a joint meeting of Congress, becoming the first pontiff to address both the Senate and the House of Representatives. Members of Congress all have a “plus one” to view the pope’s address in the gallery, and Tampa Bay area U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor announced today that she has chosen Sister Anne Dougherty to be her guest on September 23. “I thought I’d…

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Tampa City Council candidates talk about favorite Cuban sandwiches & other not so crucial minutiae

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Tuesday night’s Tampa Bay Young Republicans City Council forum was the last official scheduled campaign forum of the 2015 campaign season, and while District 1 candidate Susan Long said she couldn’t recall a comment she made at an earlier debate because “there’s been so many of them,” the fact is that this was a relatively light schedule of events compared to the race four years ago, when a wide-open mayoral contest brought much more intense attention to the campaign. The…

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