The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) says Tampa ranks second to Brooklyn in the number of questionable insurance claims investigated last year. Los Angeles, Orlando and Miami round out the top five. Three of the top five areas are in Florida. National Insurance Crime Bureau spokesman Frank Scafid says Florida is a popular state for fraud [...]
In Tampa, a small group of neighbors have created a single blog to convince the city to react quickly on a specific allegedly problematic property.
In a mystical survey of 100 cities by Children’s Health, Tampa ranks 94th in the “Best (and Worst) Places to Raise a Family.” Burlington, VT is ranked number 1. VT is short for “Vermont,” which is somewhere past Canada, I think. If it exists at all – I’ve never heard anyone claim to be from [...]
Modeled after the Amber Alert, the Silver Alert is an emergency system in which law enforcement can broadcast regional or statewide alerts for missing seniors and/or other adults with Alzheimer’s or other cognitive disorders. Times reporter Emily Nipps says that some folks wonder if the Silver Alert program is worth our time & effort, so she [...]
Instead of a secure courthouse, we got a three hour attempt to cover ass. It may be time to kill the county security force and just hire the Sheriff's office.
In St. Pete, selling from a pushcart after 9pm or before 7am violates a city ordinance. Sure sounds like a silly rule. But until the rule is changed, we can’t sell our t-shirts from a pushcart at night. Unless the St. Pete Times was in charge. A recent editorial says that if an ordinance is silly, [...]
In the case of child abuse and neglect, instead of sensationalizing how terrible boyfriends are, the focus ought to be on helping parents understand what it means to be a parent.
Called by Neighborhood Scout as Amelia Ave. @ Tampa St., the study says that area of Tampa Heights has a violent crime rate of 116.99 per thousand: Neighborhood: Amelia Ave./Tampa St. Found Within ZIP Code(s): 33602 Predicted Annual Violent Crimes: 179 Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 116.99 Chances of Becoming a Victim Here (in one year): 1 in 9 That makes [...]
Editor’s note: South Tampa resident Irene Potter was visiting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum with her family on Wednesday when a terrorist opened fire. Here are her words: On Wednesday, I found myself both on the inside and on the outside while touring the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. Our tickets were for 11:15, [...]
