The morning started out cooler than your typical September day in Tampa. It was a Tuesday, but unlike any other Tuesday, the future of the bay area’s football team was hanging in the balance.
The Bucs broke in their new coach, an unknown named Tony Dungy, the Sunday before. Like so many Sundays in those days, the Bucs were taken to the woodshed by the Green Bay Packers, losing 34-3.
“I was nervous because I thought we’d blown the whole deal,’’ Dungy had said.
He wasn’t the only one. Opposition of the Community Investment Tax was very strong.