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ROAD TO THE CUP
17 ARE KILLED,
11 MISSING IN
WEEKEND FLOODS
Lightning 3
Rangers 7
COLLAPSE
Almost a foot of rain
swamps Houston, forcing
NBA fans to spend the night
in the arena. Austin floodwaters recede, but11 people
remain missing after a
vacation house was washed
away. Nation, 2A
Deal shakes up
bay area cable
Charter Communications
announces a merger with
Bright House Networks and
a $55 billion deal to acquire
Time Warner Cable. Charter
says it’s committed to Bay
News 9. Business, 4B
The loss sends the series to N.Y. for the decisive Game 7.
Hurricane hunters
to get an upgrade
The two planes based at
MacDill Air Force Base —
“Miss Piggy’’ and “Kermit’’
— are getting new engines,
new wings and better radar
for $42 million. Local,1B
Times Staff Writer
The City Council approves
a three-year lease for $10 a
year to give the former Pier
Aquarium a new space in
the visitor terminal of the
city’s mostly empty port.
Local,1B
Rays rally in 9th,
only to lose in 10th
Ex-Rays closer Fernando
Rodney blows a save, but in
extra innings, Brad Boxberger gives up a home run. The
Rays lose 7-6. Sports, 3C
An ambitious take
on ‘The Tempest’
The Tempest: Esta Isla Es
Mia, a one-man show at
Freefall Theatre, blends
Shakespeare and Cuban
history. Review, 2B
Lives well-lived
deserve to be told
Everyone has a story to tell,
and writing memoirs has
become a movement. Get
started with tips from local
writers in LifeTimes.
TODAY’S WEATHER
DIRK SHADD | Times
Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop loses his stick and Alex Killorn goes down as the New York Rangers
score during the third period of Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday at Amalie Arena. The Rangers
led the entire game, but it was within reach until the final period, when New York opened the floodgates. With
the Lightning losing 5-1, Bishop was pulled from the game. Wraparound coverage in Sports, 1C
Hot and humid
8 a.m.
77°
Noon
85°
4 p.m. 8 p.m.
90°
83°
10% chance of rain
More, back page of Sports
.
Game 7: 8 p.m. Friday, Madison Square Garden; NBCSN. In the Western
Conference finals, the Anaheim Ducks are leading the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2.
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Senate tweaks its health plan
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Four months after
her firing, she’s the
state’s education
commissioner.
BY MARLENE SOKOL
Old Pier Aquarium
to get new home
.
Elia
lands
job in
N.Y.
9A, F
The Florida House isn’t receptive, nor is Gov.
Scott. The special session begins Monday.
BY STEVE BOUSQUET
Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
TALLAHASSEE — Hoping to
break the Legislature’s worst budget stalemate in two decades,
the Senate tweaked its Medicaid
expansion plan Tuesday in the
face of continued opposition from
the House and Gov. Rick Scott.
It didn’t work.
House Speaker Steve Crisafulli,
R-Merritt Island, slammed the
idea and Scott stepped up his criticism of what he called the Senate’s
“Obamacare Expansion Plan” and
accused his fellow Republicans of
trying to impose higher taxes on
Floridians.
Medicaid blitz
Tampa Bay business leaders
push Gov. Rick Scott to support
expanding Medicaid. Local,1B
The Senate changes, subject
to committee and floor votes in
next week’s special session, would
drop the requirement that people
would first have to be enrolled in
a Medicaid HMO for six months.
Instead, they could use federal
money to buy subsidized insurance on the private market, in
what appeared to be an effort to
head off House criticism of Medicaid as a “broken system.”
In addition, a job-seeking provision for people in the revamped
Senate plan would require them
to seek work by using the state
workforce portal, Career Source.
Patients also could enroll in insurance plans on a federal health
.
See MEDICAID, 4A
Clearwater at 100
Here’s a primer for the party
From cattle ranchers to a signature jazz fest, see how a city took shape.
BY MIKE BRASSFIELD
Times Staff Writer
Courtesy of George Fulmer
This undated photo shows a view of Fort Harrison Avenue, now
a major downtown thoroughfare.
CLEARWATER — The first
humans who lived in this place,
the bronze-skinned Timucuan
Indians, called it Pocotopaug,
meaning “clear water.”
The name stuck when white
settlers arrived here in the 18th
century, building pioneer homes
along a bluff overseeing what
they called Clear Water Harbor.
They chartered a city government on May 27, 1915 — exactly a
century ago today.
Happy 100th, Clearwater.
Tampa Bay’s third-largest city
is marking its centennial with
a slate of events throughout
the year, mainly with a parade
and public celebration Saturday. Beginning at 6:30 p.m., the
100-entry parade starts at Drew
Street and Highland Avenue and
heads west, finishing at a block
party with a fireworks finale at
.
See PARTY, 4A
TAMPA — MaryEllen Elia,
fired four months ago as superintendent of Hillsborough
County Public Schools, was
named New
York’s state
education
commissioner on Tuesday.
Elia, 66,
will replace
John B. King
Jr., who left MaryEllen
in Decem- Elia will earn
ber to take $250,000
a job at the annually in
U.S. Depart- her new job.
ment of Education.
She will be paid $250,000 a
year.
The vote in Albany was
unanimous, and vice chancellor Anthony Bottar said Elia
impressed the search committee with her candor and
accomplishments.
The Board of Regents,
which controls New York’s
public schools, colleges and
universities, then endorsed
the committee’s recommendation.
“I am thrilled to be selected,”
said Elia, who is expected to
start her new job around July
6.
“I think we have a lot of work
to do. But it is great work and it
will support teachers and staff
.
See ELIA, 4A
One man
and hope
restore a
sad town
An Orlando hotelier
spends millions to
help Tangelo Park.
BY LIZETTE ALVAREZ
New York Times
ORLANDO — Two decades
ago, Harris Rosen, who
grew up poor on the Lower
East Side of Manhattan and
became wealthy in the Florida hotel business, decided to
shepherd part of his fortune
into a troubled community
with the melodious sounding
name of Tangelo Park.
A quick snap from Orlando’s
tourist engine, this neighborhood of small, once-charming
houses seemed a world away
from theme park pleasures as
its leaders tried to beat back
drugs, crime and too many
shuttered homes. Nearly half
its students had dropped out
of school.
Twenty-one years later, with
an infusion of $11 million of
Rosen’s money so far, Tangelo
.
See ROSEN, 5A