Tampa won't hesitate to pull the plug on the Republican
National Convention next week if Tropical Storm Isaac threatens the
Tampa Bay area as a major storm, Mayor Bob Buckhorn told CNN Wednesday
morning, reports Herald partner Bay News 9.
"Well, absolutely, we're prepared to call it off,"
Buckhorn said on the network's Early Start with John Berman. "I mean,
safety and human life trump politics. I think the RNC recognizes that.
The organizers, certainly Gov. (Mitt) Romney, recognize that."
The
chances that Isaac, which is churning in the Atlantic Ocean toward the
Caribbean Sea, will hit the Bay area still remain small. But it did
strike as a hurricane, the impact would be enormous. And with thousands
of extra visitors in the area for the convention, community leaders
would have the added responsibility of assuring their safety.
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