San Marco’s Politico Ghosts Still Lingering at The Towne Pump

Posted on January 29, 2017 | 1 Comment

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After the editor downed 27 shots of Wild Turkey, the Towne Pump hung a plaque on the wall in his honor.

When the mayor’s press aide was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated after speeding away from the Towne Pump three sheets to the wind early one October afternoon in 1977, Tanzler held a press conference saying he’d ordered his staff to stop drinking on their lunch hours.

The ghosts of politicos and newspapermen bleed through to our time. Sometimes we notice.

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One response to “San Marco’s Politico Ghosts Still Lingering at The Towne Pump”

Mark Plunkett | March 12, 2017 at 4:34 pm |

Tim,

Do you have any pictures of the Giant Fan blades at the dairy in Green Cove Springs? If so, would you share them? Great article…..thanks for sharing.

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