# Tampa mayor catches cocaine in the Florida Keys **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-mayor-catches-cocaine-in-the-florida-keys/988335 "2023-08-09T22:12:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-mayor-catches-cocaine-in-the-florida-keys/988335/1 "2023-08-09T22:12:16Z")
While boating with her family, the mayor of Tampa, Florida caught some cocaine. Some 70 pounds worth. > **[Tampa Mayor Went Fishing, Caught 70 Pound Block of Cocaine](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/tampa-florida-mayor-70-pound-cocaine-fishing-1234803091/)** > > Mayor Jane Castor caught a surprise haul while fishing off the coast of Florida in late July ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-mayor-catches-cocaine-in-the-florida-keys/988335/2 "2023-08-09T22:13:30Z")
It wasn’t in season. Did she release it? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-mayor-catches-cocaine-in-the-florida-keys/988335/3 "2023-08-09T22:15:51Z")
That’s a much better story than Marion Barry had, I’ll tell you that much. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-mayor-catches-cocaine-in-the-florida-keys/988335/4 "2023-08-09T22:18:04Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > That’s a much better story than Marion Barry had, I’ll tell you that much. - Not your version with M.B. but that was my first thought. I do want to know what bait she was using. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-mayor-catches-cocaine-in-the-florida-keys/988335/5 "2023-08-09T22:22:31Z")
If it isn’t a setup to make some point about law and order, the federal government and immigration, I’m southern republican. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-mayor-catches-cocaine-in-the-florida-keys/988335/6 "2023-08-09T23:13:57Z")
I see a movie here - _Cocaine Mayor_. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-mayor-catches-cocaine-in-the-florida-keys/988335/7 "2023-08-09T23:18:00Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It wasn’t in season. Did she release it? Yes, or was it undersized? Should have thrown it back, agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-mayor-catches-cocaine-in-the-florida-keys/988335/8 "2023-08-10T03:50:21Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I see a movie here - _Cocaine Mayor_. Time for Pat Travers to come out with _“Huntin’ Whiskey, Catchin’ Cocaine”_ Is that guy even still alive? ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-mayor-catches-cocaine-in-the-florida-keys/988335/9 "2023-08-10T04:23:15Z")
Why would a Democrat do such a thing? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-mayor-catches-cocaine-in-the-florida-keys/988335/10 "2023-08-10T12:14:21Z")
I have heard that this is so common that guides tell tourists, “If you catch a ‘square fish’, just turn it in to the police. It’s no big deal.” ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-mayor-catches-cocaine-in-the-florida-keys/988335/11 "2023-08-10T12:43:48Z")
Sometimes it comes from the sea, [sometimes the sky](https://youtu.be/z7eD2PFBhlE). ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tampa-mayor-catches-cocaine-in-the-florida-keys/988335/12 "2023-08-10T19:22:07Z")
> [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Why would a Democrat do such a thing? No doubt there will be a Fox News chyron with an “inadvertent” typo reading **Dem. Mayor Caught _with_ 70 Pound Block of Cocaine**