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JUNE 17, 2008

Obama to open state HQ in Ybor City

Officials with the Barack Obama campaign today signed a lease to house its state headquarters in Ybor City. Offices will fill space once occupied by Big City Tavern in Centro Ybor. "We're going to take over Centro Ybor," said  U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor. "It's going to be the place to be all summer long." Castor said the Obama campaign was drawn to the diversity and history of Ybor: "You had folks from Cuba, Spain, Italy and Germany all coming together for a common purpose way back when in the cigar hey day." 

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