Tampa author leads walking tour that details city's past with the mafia
The city's notorious past is on full display with the Tampa Mafia Tours, which is led by acclaimed author Scott M. Deitche.
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The city's notorious past is on full display with the Tampa Mafia Tours, which is led by acclaimed author Scott M. Deitche.
TAMPA — As a child, Gary Rapoport didn’t question why FBI agents regularly followed his grandfather Meyer Lansky. “We would go for a walk and could see across the street there were two guys,” he said. “We’d go out to eat, and they would come in and sit down. But I never thought anything of it.” It wasn’t until Rapoport, now a 68-year-old Tampa resident, was a teenager that he learned that the ...
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Politicians like Bob Menendez might not be proud of the accusations they face, but there’s an attitude of ‘that’s what we do in New Jersey’
Politicians like Bob Menendez might not be proud of the accusations they face, but there’s an attitude of ‘that’s what we do in New Jersey’