Most of you probably already have your weekend plans set. But if you do not it might still be possible to catch a flight to Hinckley, Ohio in time for Sunday’s great Buzzard Day event. As they have since 1957, the people of Hinckley will be holding a pancake breakfast along with dozens of other events to celebrate the return of the buzzards to Hinckley.
The thing about it is, those are our buzzards.
Those same turkey vultures who spread out over Tampa’s skyscrapers in the winter have left for Ohio and won’t return until November. We’re missing a bet here and if the chamber was worth its salt would put together a “Welcome the Buzzards back to Tampa’’ day sometimi next November. My buddy Bob Bishop has been trying to drum up interest for years but there is a lack of imagination around here that doesn’t recognize how the buzzards could put us on the same map as Hinckley. Somebody needs to call the mayor; tell her this could be bigger than the Super Bowl.