<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Not surprising, the mayor and the entire city council of Tampa are Democrats.</span></div><div> </div><div>Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA<br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Art Deco <art.deco.studios@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 30, 2012 9:48 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] No Surprise At This Hypocrisy<br> </font> </div> <br>
<div id="yiv342741304"><h1 class="yiv342741304instapaper_title yiv342741304entry-title"></h1><h1 class="yiv342741304instapaper_title yiv342741304entry-title">Republicans in not-so-religious Tampa</h1>
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<span class="yiv342741304fn">Lauren Markoe</span>
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(RNS) Tampa is the GOP’s choice for its four-day national convention,
which begins Monday (Aug. 27). But despite the Republicans’ warm
relations with so-called "values voters," the city on the bay does not
enjoy a reputation as a particularly prayerful town.</div>
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A 2006 study showed Tampa to have the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/is-tampa-the-strip-club-capital-of-the-world/1210478">third most strip clubs per capita in the U.S.</a> And a 2010 ranking of more than 50 metropolitan areas placed Tampa-St. Petersburg <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/most-and-least-religious-cities_n_1522644.html#slide=989750">next to last</a> in the percentage of people who identify themselves as religious adherents -- just ahead of Portland, Ore.</div>
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(Charlotte, host city for the Democratic National Convention, ranked 18th.)</div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<br><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</a><br>
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