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From an email:

Blogger, Please share this humorous piece.

 

Last night my wife and I were watching the news and every station had a piece on the
South Tampa and Bayshore Neighbors boo-hooing about Gasparilla. They were shouting and making threats that if things did not change “arrest would be made.” The thing that seemed almost comical was the gentleman that was extremely demanding and firm. As he says “you people do not understand. We have drunks, public urination and public sex in alleys.” By this time I am rolling on the floor. I welcome him to our daily lives.

 

For one day a year Bayshore experiences what Seminole Heights sees on a daily basis. Try stepping over condoms on an almost daily or weekly basis. Pick beer cans out of your yard consistently. Chase the drug dealers of the corners every weekend…then come crying to the media. As he stood there, looked in the camera and said “you will be arrested” I am thinking BY WHO? Shall we send him the non-emergency line and see what kind of response he will get?  Maybe if these people had the opportunity to experience the prostitution, drugs and other issues that our neighbors face daily, they will lighten up on their ONE DAY!

Mayor Pam Iorio will host her second town hall meeting of the year on Tuesday, May 12, 2009. The meeting will be held at Shaw Elementary School in the multi-purpose room next to the cafeteria, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Shaw Elementary School is located at 11311 North 15th Street, next to Copeland Park. All town hall meetings are free and open to the public and are organized to make city government more accessible to Tampa’s residents. City administrators and department representatives will be available to answer questions on a variety of topics. For additional information, please contact Neighborhood & Community Relations Director Shannon Edge at (813) 274-7835 or via e-mail at shannon.edge@tampagov.net.

The following are the city officials scheduled to attend:

• Chief Steve Hogue, Tampa Police Department
• Major John Bennett, Tampa Police Department
• Chief Dennis Jones, Tampa Fire Rescue
• Santiago Corrada, Administrator of Neighborhood Services
• Cynthia Miller, Director of Growth Management & Development
• Karen Palus, Director of Parks & Recration
• Tonja Brickhouse, Director of Solid Waste
• Brad Baird, Director of Water
• Jake Slater, Director of Code Enforcement & Business Tax
• Irv Lee, Director of Public Works
• Shannon Edge, Director of Neighborhood & Community Relations, along with Carla Jackson, Neighborhood Liaison
• Randy Kramer, District Supervisor Clean City Division will be in the audience
• Rebecca Heimstead, Mayor’s Youth Corps Coordinator will be in the audience