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What Happened<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Pressed Books & Coffee:<\/strong> Before the scheduled stop, the Fishback campaign publicized an event at Pressed. The shop posted on social media clarifying that the event was never approved<\/strong> and would not be taking place. Owner Kaylin Fowler stated that Pressed maintains a strict policy against hosting events aimed at promoting specific political campaigns or parties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Black & Brew:<\/strong> Following the cancellation at Pressed, the campaign updated its event location to Black & Brew on short notice. Owner Chris McArthur stated that a campaign coordinator had reached out earlier that morning asking for permission to host a “meeting,” without disclosing that it would involve a large gathering of political supporters or speeches. Black & Brew attempted to notify organizers that the event was unapproved and posted warnings on social media, emphasizing that while they welcome open dialogue, they do not host political rallies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    The Gathering & Pivot to Munn Park<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Despite the lack of authorization and rain in the area, around 100 supporters showed up near Black & Brew.<\/sup> Management allowed Fishback inside to avoid forcing people into a thunderstorm, but strictly prohibited filming, photos, or campaign speeches inside the caf\u00e9.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    As the crowd continued to grow on the patio, staff asked the group to move away from the entrance.<\/sup> The campaign then crossed the street to Munn Park<\/strong>, where Fishback held an impromptu rally, gave a speech, and met with supporters.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Campaign Context:<\/strong> Unannounced or guerrilla-style pop-ups have become a signature tactic for Fishback’s campaign across Florida\u2014including a previous “Waffle House Tour” that was altered after corporate policy prohibited political activities at their locations.<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    What Happened The Gathering & Pivot to Munn Park Despite the lack of authorization and rain in the area, around 100 supporters showed up near Black & Brew. Management allowed… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL0dlbWluaV9HZW5lcmF0ZWRfSW1hZ2VfbWRlazJmbWRlazJmbWRlay53ZWJwP2ZpdD0xMDI0JTJDNTU5JnNzbD0xIiwidHh0IjoiR3ViZXJuYXRvcmlhbCBjYW5kaWRhdGUgSmFtZXMgRmlzaGJhY2smIzgyMTc7cyBjYW1wYWlnbiBhdHRlbXB0ZWQgdG8gaG9zdCBsYXN0LW1pbnV0ZSwgdW5hcHByb3ZlZCBzdG9wcyBhdCB0d28gcHJvbWluZW50IGRvd250b3duIExha2VsYW5kIHNwb3RzIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkb2lzIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.10oJrNQZ0jNmM7IFjbc28sfrJgGTU-HVnB2n2yKpoe0MQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDdcL0dlbWluaV9HZW5lcmF0ZWRfSW1hZ2VfbWRlazJmbWRlazJmbWRlay53ZWJwP2ZpdD0xMDI0JTJDNTU5JnNzbD0xIiwidHh0IjoiR3ViZXJuYXRvcmlhbCBjYW5kaWRhdGUgSmFtZXMgRmlzaGJhY2sncyBjYW1wYWlnbiBhdHRlbXB0ZWQgdG8gaG9zdCBsYXN0LW1pbnV0ZSwgdW5hcHByb3ZlZCBzdG9wcyBhdCB0d28gcHJvbWluZW50IGRvd250b3duIExha2VsYW5kIHNwb3RzIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkb2lzIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.Dw6B4Q1JydxQre-5uCf7Fm3N3lCTf3IvgxlXPr9_l-UMQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[15149,15150],"class_list":["post-74425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-gubernatorial-candidate-james-fishbacks-campaign-attempted-to-host-last-minute","tag-unapproved-stops-at-two-prominent-downtown-lakeland-spots"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74429,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74425\/revisions\/74429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}