Weekly Update: July 16 - 23

We had another great week out on Kennedy, thanks so much to the good citizens of Tampa who came out and demonstrated with us on Friday! We had several news outlets do stories on us this week their links are below.



Click here for the Fox 13 article and video






At the July 27th CIty Council meeting the Tampa City Legal Department to appear and provide a report with suggestion on how to best regulate massage parlors in terms of curbing prostitution and possible human trafficking. (Original motion initiated by Suarez - Maniscalco on May 11, 2017)

Come join other concerned citizens at the Tampa City Council Meeting, and make it known this is an issue we care deeply about and want to see action taken to end this evil on our streets.
















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