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Mark & Carrie Nephew/ Niece of the Week

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Our HERO!!! Mathieu Stanoch!!!
A major natural gas leak occurred Sat Night in GaYBOR/Ybor City. Hamburger Mary’s and other businesses in Centro Ybor area had to evacuate into the packed night lit streets by the responding Fire and rescue teams. 12 fire units and EMS along with the Tampa Police Dept.secured areas looking for the very flammable leak.
Our HERO, Mathieu S. was in his apartment above La France. He had a headache and laid down to take a nap. Later his neighbor came home and smelled the gas leak. He woke up Mathieu and got him out onto the back balcony.  Mathieu realized the gas source was coming from the laundry room on the second floor across from his apartment. With out thinking about his own well being he dashed back into the building and turned off the gas line. Once back on the balcony he was over come by the gas and was taken by ambulance to Tampa General Hospital. When the firefighters asked if he could walk to the ambulance Mathieu said, “Oh no I have to get something in my apartment first.” They asked what? Mathieu told them coughing that he was,” only in my underwear and needed to get my pants first.” They just put Mathieu on a gurney and headed out!
He was released several hours later. The firefighter smiled and said, “No your not going back in. You look fine they are clean and designer too!” LOL LOL
This could have been a huge disaster in GaYBOR/Ybor City. Thanks to Mathieu’s quick thinking it didn’t happen.
Mathieu, the Tampa Fire Dept and TPD did a great job in what could have been a major disaster in the historic GaYBOR/Ybor area.
Oh what a night!

Dishing with Mark & Carrie 6-19-13

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BIG Changes at MC Film
It has been 24 years of selling movies to the GLBT community. We decided that it is time to say, “Good Bye to our renting and selling eclectic GLBT, classic, Indy & foreign themed DVD movies.”
 We sold our first GLBT VHS Video movies in 1989. We even sold beta tapes that year too!!! LOL LOL Over the years we collected over 10,000 VHS. In 2004  we liquidated most of those VHS Tapes. Our focus was pretty narrow selling and renting GLBT, classic, Indy, Black Box and foreign films. A lot of the movies we have gathered were from small independent studios from around the world. We have recognized as one of the last truly independent movie rental institutions in Tampa Bay and Florida!
Now is the time to move forward again and liquidate ALL our DVD’s. Starting today ALL DVD’s are just $4.99. This is a great time to own your favorite film.
Thank You to our loyal movie customers!

‘Roosters of Ybor Auction’ at Bradley’s on 7th

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GaYBOR District had another great run with the Roosters of Ybor Project that started in May and will be ending after being showcased in Ybor businesses.
 The auction is at Bradleys on 7th Thursday, June 13 at 6-9 PM.
10  Roosters of Ybor will be on display and accepting bids for a new home. 10 Students at HCC Ybor City participated in the $1000 HCC Ybor Campus tuition voucher competition.
Other community partners that worked on the project were Centro Ybor, Hillsborough Art Council, Hamburger Mary’s, MC FILM, Hotspots Magazine, HCC Ybor Campus, Promo Printing and GaYBOR District Coalition

Hillsborough County Repeals Ban on LGBT Events

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013 the Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners voted to repeal the 2005 ban the County Commissioners had put in place on Gay Pride Events. The motion to remove this law was sponsored by openly Gay County Commissioner Kevin Beckner. Timing was right because of the  unanimous signing by all the BOCC members for this years 2013 GaYBOR Days Proclamation in historic Ybor City over the Memorial Day Weekend. For 5 previous years the majority of commissioners stayed away from any type of GLBT acknowledgement!
This historical vote came after some very heated discussions from GLBTA proponents wanting the bigoted law rescinded and other county residents wanting to have the laws continuance on the GLBT ban. The 2005 law that had been on the books stated,  ‘the county will not recognize, acknowledge, promote or finance any  GLBT event.’  The then commissioner Ronda Storms also put in place a requirement of a super majority to change any of the GLBT laws language, unheard of for any issue such as this.
The crowded chambers were packed with community leaders, residents and media reporting coverage during the extended 3 hour long debate.
The commissioners closed the open audience hearings and  openly debated the pressing issue.  The discussion contained both anger & tears on both sides of the aisle. There were 2 different motions to amend the repeal. Both were voted down.
It was simply put to his fellow commissioners by Beckner. “Vote yes to continue and support bigotry in this county or vote no to create a very tolerant and equal county!”
The surprising unanimous vote 7-0 to repeal the law by the conservative commissioners had cheers heard all over Tampa!
Carrie West, President of GaYBOR District Coalition smiled and stated simply, ” All residents in Hillsborough County are now on equal ground. Let’s all move forward!”
Attached  “The Faces of Our LGBT HEROES”