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However, Goldner in 1966 angered a black militant, Omali Yeshitela (born Joseph Waller in 1941), who in a letter  questioned the placement of a [[mural]] at City Hall which depicted black musicians serenading white partygoers. Goldner replied, "I find nothing offensive in the portrayal of strolling troubadours and picnickers at Pass-a-Grille Beach. ... I think you know that I, personally, am not a racist. I think ... that all of our [[minority group]]s must mature to the point where self-consciousness is not a motivating factor for complaints."<ref name=ameacham>{{cite web|url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/obituaries/mayor-packed-ideas-pipe-tobacco-in-rich-public-life/1121765|author=Andrew Meacham|title=Mayor packed ideas, pipe tobacco in rich public life|date=September 15, 2010|publisher=''The Tampa Bay Times''|accessdate=June 1, 2014}}</ref>Goldner's reaction was comparable to that of [[Governor]] [[Spiro Agnew]] of [[Maryland]], who gained national attention when he lectured black activists in 1968 following the 1968 assassination of [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teaching.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000000/000061/html/t61.html|title=Streets of Fire: Governor Spiro Agnew and the Baltimore City Riots, April 1968|publisher=teaching.msa.maryland.gov|accessdate=June 1, 2014}}</ref> Waller soon spent more than two years in prison after he tore down the mural.<ref name=ameacham/>

However, Goldner in 1966 angered a black militant, Omali Yeshitela (born Joseph Waller in 1941), who in a letter  questioned the placement of a [[mural]] at City Hall which depicted black musicians serenading white partygoers. Goldner replied, "I find nothing offensive in the portrayal of strolling troubadours and picnickers at Pass-a-Grille Beach. ... I think you know that I, personally, am not a racist. I think ... that all of our [[minority group]]s must mature to the point where self-consciousness is not a motivating factor for complaints."<ref name=ameacham>{{cite web|url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/obituaries/mayor-packed-ideas-pipe-tobacco-in-rich-public-life/1121765|author=Andrew Meacham|title=Mayor packed ideas, pipe tobacco in rich public life|date=September 15, 2010|publisher=''The Tampa Bay Times''|accessdate=June 1, 2014}}</ref>Goldner's reaction was comparable to that of [[Governor]] [[Spiro Agnew]] of [[Maryland]], who gained national attention when he lectured black activists in 1968 following the 1968 assassination of [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://teaching.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000000/000061/html/t61.html|title=Streets of Fire: Governor Spiro Agnew and the Baltimore City Riots, April 1968|publisher=teaching.msa.maryland.gov|accessdate=June 1, 2014}}</ref> Waller soon spent more than two years in prison after he tore down the mural.<ref name=ameacham/>

===1968 U.S. Senate primary race===

===1968 U.S. Senate primary race===