ST. PETERSBURG — Buzzing leaf blowers woke up Eric Sumpter around 2:50 a.m. Sept. 2.
Peering out of his apartment above Pin On Grand restaurant, he immediately knew why workers were there in the dead of night.
After Hurricane Helene flooded Sumpter’s home last year, he chose that apartment in part because the colorful Progressive Pride street mural signaled he was in a gay-friendly area. It was his landmark…