Dave Barry: The GOP’s long sidewalk trip to the Tampa convention

Dave Barry: The GOP’s long sidewalk trip to the Tampa convention

"Tampa is a major city boasting a wide array of things, as evidenced by this list of List of Five Fascinating Facts About Tampa:

1. Tampa boasts the world’s longest continuous sidewalk.

2. The Hooters restaurant chain originated here in 1983.

3. OK, if you want to get technical, Hooters actually originated in Clearwater.

4. I only included Hooters because we have pretty much exhausted the fascinating facts about Tampa.

5. Seriously, though, it’s a really long sidewalk."