TAMPA, Fla. — The hallway buzzed with the sounds of anticipation: nervous foot taps, deep inhales and shuffled papers echoed from the tiled floors of the Edgecomb Courthouse annex in downtown Tampa, the home of Florida’s 13th Judicial Circuit Court.
When the doors to a second-floor courtroom swung open at 8:55 a.m., a rush of people poured in, filling seats until the room was full and a tall security guard blocked entry.
It was the first day of Operation Green Light, an annual event hosted by the Hillsborough County Clerk’s Office — working with other state and local agencies — to help people with traffic violations and suspended licenses pay off fines and get back on the road.
