TAMPA — Supporters of presidential candidate
Ron Paul are negotiating to hold a three-day festival of music,
entertainment and activism at the Florida State Fairgrounds immediately
before the Republican National Convention.
Paul Festival 2012 would run from Aug. 24-26, ending the day before the convention begins.
Details like ticket prices and who would be on stage have not been
announced, but the festival could draw 20,000 or more people a day,
estimated Deborah Robinet, an organizer who lives near San Diego, Calif.
"Ron Paul supporters are very enthusiastic, and there's going to be a
bunch of them in Tampa," said Robinet, one of five directors of the
nonprofit group Liberty Unleashed, which was incorporated this month in
Florida to make arrangements for the festival.