in case you missed it
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This week’s Newsbits:
Tom Scott will be the new chairman of the Tampa City Council. Gwen Miller goes from chair to vice-chair.
Bob Henriquez got a new gig as an administrator for the state Department of Children & Families. He was the only applicant for the unadvertised position which pays $105,000 per year.
County Commission Chairman Jim Norman is gonna run for the State Senate in 2010.
New Beginnings wants $125,000 from Hillsborough County for 1,000 voice-mail accounts and 1,400 identification cards for the homeless. The County Commission seems fairly receptive.
The American Institute of Architects picked Tampa for their Center for Communities by Design Long-term Sustainability project. The idea is to create a plan for communities to meet environmental, economic and social needs of today without harming future generations.
Brandon residents have had enough with the suggestion of a bypass through their area, but it continues to come up time and time again.
Ybor City wants to completely do away with panhandling.
Muscovy Ducks are causing rifts in a Town ‘n’ Country neighborhood.
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April 5th, 2008 at 10:18 am
True story: My wife and I had our wedding in Ybor about two years ago. There was food left over from the reception and my sister, kind soul that she is, put together a takeout box for a panhandler who kept hanging around the hotel. Instead of saying thanks, he scolded her for not giving him a fork to go with it. Wonder what kind of utensils that guy uses when he’s eating out of a trash can? GET ‘EM OUT!!!