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The Hillsborough County Chapter of the NAACP celebrated 100 years of service to the community by holding its Freedom Fund Dinner on February 8, 2018 in downtown Tampa. Tampa Trial Lawyer Tom Scarritt was named Honorary Chairman for the event, which drew over...
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Tom Scarritt's Favorite Christmas Memories
Attorney Tom Scarritt was featured in a recent article in the "Holiday Section” of "La Gaceta," the country's only trilingual newspaper, concerning his favorite Christmas memories.
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Tampa Attorney Tom Scarritt Elected Tampa Ybor Rotary Club President
Tampa Attorney Tom Scarritt was elected President of the Tampa Ybor City Rotary Club, one of the largest, oldest, and most diverse Rotary Clubs in its District. The Club practices "Service Above Self” by funding local and international academic...
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Tom Scarritt Serves as Master of Ceremonies for SLC Banquet
Tampa lawyer Tom Scarritt served as Master of Ceremonies for the Fortieth Anniversary Southern Legal Counsel Banquet held on October 21, 2017 in Gainesville, Florida. Mr. Morris Dees, the founder of Southern Poverty Legal Center, was the keynote speaker...
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Best Voice in the Monument Debacle

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Best Voice in the Monument Debacle
No, not Tom Skerritt — that’s the rugged-hero movie guy from Top Gun and Steel Magnolias. This is Tom Scarritt, Tampa lawyer and activist and real-life hero guy: the man who led the crusade to take down the Civil War monument in Tampa and...
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With the Confederate Statue Now Moved, Tom Scarritt Looks Back with Pride
While most people were focusing on getting their power restored and cleaning up debris after Hurricane Irma barreled through the region, a maintenance crew hired by Hillsborough County physically removed the controversial 106-year-old Confederate monument that has stood in front of the county courthouse...
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Carlton: People Ponied Up to Move the Confederate Statue. Now, How Do We Spend the Extra Money?
So what do you do with more than 30 grand in goodwill from your friends and neighbors, the happy result of citizens doing the job of their elected officials? In our own messy contribution to a conversation going on across America, Hillsborough County commissioners last month tied themselves in knots over moving a divisive Confederate soldier monument from outside a public courthouse to...
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Tom Scarritt's Speech at St. Pete Candlelight Vigil for Charlottesville Victims
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280K Needed to Move Tampa Confederate Memorial
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Statue Goal: Done Deal

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Statue Goal: Done Deal
Hillsborough County commissioners gave an ultimatum to the people who want a Confederate monument moved from downtown Tampa: Raise half the money yourselves or it stays. You have 30 days. It took 24 hours. A campaign to relocate the statue topped $180,000 by Thursday afternoon, well past the $140,000 goal, confirmed Tom Scarritt, the Tampa lawyer who organized the...
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