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William DeShazer/Staff Plant City employee Omar Cortes paints light posts around the downtown area of Plant City on Friday Sep. 7, 2012. Cortes has lived in Plant City 15 year and has worked for the city seven years.

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William DeShazer/Staff Plant City employee Omar Cortes paints light posts around the downtown area of Plant City on Friday Sep. 7, 2012. Cortes has lived in Plant City 15 year and has worked for the city seven years.

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  • William DeShazer/Staff Odelma Matos, part owner of La Faraona Cigars in Ybor City rolls cigars in her shop on Thursday Sep. 6, 2012. Matos has been making cigars for over 25 years and recently opened her shop Ybor City.
  • William DeShazer/Staff An old window display welcomes visitors in town for the Republican National Convention in Ybor City on Thursday Sep. 6, 2012.
  • William DeShazer/Staff The sun rises over downtown Tampa on Friday Sep. 7, 2012.
  • William DeShazer/Staff At West Tampa Sandwich Shop and Restaurant in Tampa, Fla. on Thursday Sep. 6, 2012.
  • William DeShazer/Staff The Young Democrats of Hillsborough County volunteers look on as President Barack Obama gives his Democratic National Convention speech during watch party at their Tampa offices on Thursday Sep. 6, 2012.
  • William DeShazer/Staff An anti President Elect Mitt Romney sticker is shown on a lamp post in Ybor City on Thursday Sep. 6, 2012.
  • William DeShazer/Staff Organizing for America volunteers who refused to give their names canvas South Florida University while trying to sign up students to vote on Thursday Sep. 6, 2012.
  • William DeShazer/Staff Plant City employee Omar Cortes paints light posts around the downtown area of Plant City on Friday Sep. 7, 2012. Cortes has lived in Plant City 15 year and has worked for the city seven years.
  • William DeShazer/Staff Jim Meeks, owner of Parkesdale Farm Market in Plant City, Fla., posses for a portrait on Friday Sep. 7, 2012. The Parkesdale Farm Market has become a visiting spot for politicians over the last few elections.
  • William DeShazer/Staff Framed photographs of George and Barbara Bush sit on display at Parkesdale Farm Market in Plant City, Fla., on Friday Sep. 7, 2012. The Parkesdale Farm Market has become a visiting spot for politicians over the last few elections.
  • William DeShazer/Staff The Young Democrats of Hillsborough County volunteers Jason Wilson, middle, shares a laugh with Megan Gerken, and his son, Emerson Porcelli-Wilson, while Christy Porcelli and Bill Guerra converse during a Democratic National Convention watch party at their Tampa offices on Thursday Sep. 6, 2012.
  • William DeShazer/Staff John Provenzano, from left, talks politics with his friends Joe Salario and Antonio Guggino, and two brothers Phil and Gene while eating lunch at the West Tampa Sandwich Shop and Restaurant in Tampa, Fla. on Thursday Sep. 6, 2012.
  • William DeShazer/Staff at the West Tampa Sandwich Shop and Restaurant on Thursday Sep. 6, 2012.

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