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Brandon Rally Draws Hundreds of Protestors Against Recreation Cutbacks
The public rally at the Brandon Recreation Center was held to protest action to halt after-school programs at Hillsborough recreation centers and to close a majority of centers countywide.
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More than 300 people turned out in Brandon tonight, Aug. 11, for a raucous rally to support the county's after-school program and to protest the closures of a majority of recreation centers.
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"This is a revival tonight. We are going to take back our government," said Jack O'Grady, one of the rally's organizers.
A petition protesting the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners' vote to abandon after-school programming and to close recreation centers drews hundreds of signatures.
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More than 2,000 people have now signed the petition, according to rally organizers.
All seven county commissioners were invited to attend the rally. None of the commissioners were in attendance.
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