Rubio is asked to leave Tampa office over disruption from weekly protests

[teach1st]

Source: Tampa Bay Times

TAMPA — Vocal crowds of demonstrators making weekly visits to the Tampa office of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio have gotten the Miami Republican booted from the building.

The owner of Bridgeport Center, a gleaming, nine-story office center at 5201 Kennedy Blvd., has decided not to renew Rubio's lease. The reason: The rallies have become too disruptive to the other tenants and a costly expense for the company, said Jude Williams, president of America's Capital Partners.

"A professional office building is not a place for that," Williams said. "I understand their cause, but at the end of the day it was a security concern for us.

Rubio is now faced with the prospect of going without a brick-and-mortar office until a new location can be found. Rubio's annual lease expired in December and he has been renting on a month-to-month basis since then working to negotiate a new agreement, according to his office. The staff needs to leave Suite 530 by Friday and does not have a new location lined up. Negotiations with another building recently fell through.

Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/rubio-is-asked-to-leave-tampa-office-over-disruption-from-weekly-protests/2314829

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[Happyhippychick]

1. And let me be the first

K and R

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Suck it, dweeb.

[left-of-center2012]

3. I bet Obama is behind the eviction

[wordpix]

4. call Dump, he's got real estate to rent & he'll launder money, too!

all in one easy stop at Mar-a-Lago

[Phoenix61]

5. Awwww

He brought this on himself. Shouldn't have said his constituents were rude and stupid and then turn around and refuse to hold town halls. What did he think they were going to do. Just sad I couldn't have been a part of it.

[More_Cowbell]

6. He probably won't get another office

Until he can be guaranteed that he won't have to host his constituents there.

[TeamPooka]

19. He'll be a work from home Senator now.

[Marie Marie]

31. You are assuming that he actually works.

Given his record...

[Angry Dragon]

7. He will just go without a space........ saves money and he can blame the PEOPLE

[JudyM]

8. Way to go, Tampa!!

[katmondoo]

9. Happiness for me

Tampa is too far for me to drive and Tallahassee even further. I think he still has an office in Jacksonville. Why does he have so many places, are we the tax payers paying for this?

[ToxMarz]

15. I wondered that too, isn't he from Miami?

[The Polack MSgt]

20. Senators have more than one office so that they can be more easily reached by their constituents

Especially in a large state like Florida.

Which makes the irony delicious.

He has the office so his constituents can reach him, but he avoids them like the plague.

This causes them to protest.

And the protests lead to him losing his office.

[CatWoman]

10. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

[Occulus]

11. And THIS is why we should not merely ignore the people who complain about the disruption protesters

cause to others near to the object of the protest, but to sneer at them, laughs at them, and very aggressively deny their opinion any legitimacy of any kind.

Don't like it? Do something about the object of the protest and the protest stops.

I have very little sympathy toward those "inconvenienced" by protesters. THAT'S. THE. POINT.

[gopiscrap]

26. totally agree

[chillfactor]

12. that is hilarious.......

serves the idiot right....what an asshat he is.

[bucolic_frolic]

13. Little Marco, couldn't you pray them into submission?

Bag of black magic out of tricks?

[luvMIdog]

14. suck on that & think about how poor people and immigrants are being evicted from their needs

[Siwsan]

16. This is what Democracy looks like!!!

[mitch96]

17. I think they have a place for him @ Mar-a-Largo

Only $200,000/year.. The constituents of florida won't mind paying for a secure place..
m
Hollyweird Florida

[turbinetree]

18. Hey, Rubio, your right wing fascist lackeys in the cities and legislature upheld that if a homeless

person shows up in the "Florida cities" they can force them to leave the city, because you know its all about those tourista dollars, and all.

Hey Rubio did you by chance see what Toomey your side kick is doing, he also has a problem with "voters".

You can run but you can't hide, since your ilk think party is more important than country, no matter where you go, "We the people" are going to be at your door step and his and anyone else that thinks that party is more important than country and it's people.

[KingCharlemagne]

21. He ain't

got no home.

[alfredo]

27. Ha!

[joet67]

22. Rubio only holds his seat because he jumped in at the last minute. He probably

thought he would just coast in and squat some more. I wonder if he regrets it now...

[Fritz Walter]

23. This office space is more befitting Rubio

[Phentex]

24. Hope it happens every place he goes

and to others as well.

[gopiscrap]

25. Excellent

Kick that worm to the curb

[KewlKat]

28. is he around much to need an office?

Isn't he always missing in action anyway?

[barbtries]

29. just think Rubio

if you listened to your constituents it wouldn't be this way.

[BainsBane]

30. Should have had a townhall.

[sarcasmo]

32. 2018 can't come soon enough.