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Originally Posted by SierraPilot123 
1. How are other A/C legally flying the pattern while maintaining 500 ft below the clouds, putting them at 400 ft AGL? Don't you need to be at TPA and a safe altitude?
2. What was the logic behind this controller not allowing me special VFR?
3. What should I do differently next time?
Thanks for your help
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I think it was a poor decision to decide to do touch and goes with clouds at 900 feet AGL at a busy Class D airport. Next time, remain VFR and leave the area or don't go at all (like you did). They don't have to give you a SVFR.