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From Today’s Tampa Tribune:
TAMPA – A firefighter was injured and a Dalmatian was killed in an apartment-building fire in southeast Seminole Heights that erupted Thursday afternoon from an electrical short, Tampa Fire Rescue said. The blaze in the five-apartment building at 5210 N. Nebraska Ave. caused at least $100,000 in damage and displaced an unspecified [...]

Tampa City Council has scheduled a Special Public Hearing on Thursday, November 6th, at 6:30pm to discuss the TECO Franchise Agreement for the City. Please come to express your concerns about this proposed 25-year agreement.

Recently, we have been seeing many trends throughout our neighborhood. Some good. Some bad. For example, many homes are on the market, yet the traffic of new buyers is not flooding to purchase. Therefore, many home owners have decided to rent their properties. Other trends include homes that have been foreclosed upon are taken over [...]

Here are the newly elected board for OSHNA.
Pres -Jeff Harmon
VP -Evan St. Ives
Treas- Susan Long
Sec- Christie Freeman
Trustee: Doreen, Bill, Eric, Tommy, Shawn
Did they get it right?

Want to learn more about Form based Zoning? Make Plans to attend
WHAT: Stakeholder Review & Open House for Draft Vision Plan
WHEN: October 29, 2008, between 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm (Presentation at 7:30 pm)
WHERE: City Hall, 315 East Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, Florida 33602
In coordination with the neighborhood associations, the City of Tampa Land Development Coordination [...]

Tonight is the OSHNA Election.
General Membership meeting is TONIGHT, October 28, 2008 at 7:00 PM,  at the Seminole Heights United Methodist Church (corner of Central and Hanna Avenues). Come make your vote count:

President
Jeff Harmon
Christie Hess
Vice President
Rick Fifer
Evan St. Ives

Treasurer
Carlos Gomez
Susan Long
Secretary
Gail Davis
Christy Freeman

Trustee
Randy Baron
Doreen DiBona
Shawn Hicks
Bill Hunter
Eric Krause
Jim Kwid
Tommy McNeeley

From an email: (Not sure who they will need to contact. If you know who maintains the mentioned site, please notify)
Blogger,
I have noticed that several of your topics are also  on the www.oldseminoleheights.com forum. I am not sure if these are the same sites, or are affiliated, but I have tried on numerous occasions to [...]

Finally, it’s here! Election Day for OSHNA is here. Tomorrow, we will be able to cast our ballots for our board leaders. Be sure to attend the general meeting tomorrow to make your voice heard.

From the SSH email group:
Today, in these troubled times, some of us may feel that we want to help others who are less fortunate. Some of us may attempt to assist a homeless person in need by providing them with odd jobs around our house/yard. This is in turn is compensated usually by a monetary [...]

Not that the bickering, comments and emails weren’t enough, the Tampa Tribune ran an article for the entire city to see the problems plaguing our upcoming election. Hopefully, after votes are cast, leaders can work diligently to unite us once again.
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From the Tampa Tribune: http://centraltampa2.tbo.com/content/2008/oct/24/vote-nears-tensions-divide-old-seminole-heights-gr/
As Vote Nears, Tensions Divide Old Seminole Heights Group
SEMINOLE HEIGHTS – [...]