The Official Unofficial Seminole Heights Blog

From an email:
Show support for our TPD officers by attending the TPD Roll Call for Grid 52 at 7pm tonight. Corner Sligh and 12th in Seminole Heights.

From an email:
As all of you know this is a tragic day in the city of Tampa. There will be several ways you can provide assistance to our TPD family in the coming days. The first one will be to provide food and drink to the officers who are working their normal shifts during [...]

From an email:
Blogger, please post asap. Please be alert and on the lookout.

Police suspect that they have cornered presumed cop killer, Dontae Morris in Southeast Seminole Heights.
At 3pm today, hundreds of Tampa police and Hillsborough County deputies sealed off SESH South of Hillsborough Avenue to Osborne and west of Nebraska. According [...]

Dear blogger, after weeks or wresting and becoming frustrated with solid waste my wife sent the following. She got this information from the Tampagov website. This helps a little bit but falls short on explaining what is acceptable. With all the confusion, lets hope this clears some up.
Thanks,
Michael
Read On:
Service Day Change Frequently Asked [...]

(Source: St. Petersburg Times)trackingBy Justin George, St. Petersburg Times, Fla.
Jun. 18–SEMINOLE HEIGHTS — An unusual ad appeared on Craigslist last month, offering up a Seminole Heights juice bar for $3,999.
The Organic Juice Lounge and Co-op belonged to Angelica Diaz, well-known in the neighborhood for being the former owner of Viva La Frida, a popular and [...]

The dog days of summer are upon us! With the heat continuing to rise, we are see less of the neighbors. Everyone is retreating indoors to attempt to keep cool. This weekend it is predicted to reach upper 90’s all weekend. For us bungalow admirer’s we cringe at the thought.
This weekend forum, let’s discuss [...]

Emailed from a neighbor:
Join hands for 15min @12n. Leave only your footprints.
http://www.HandsAcrossTheSand.com
The image is powerful, the message is simple.
NO to Offshore Oil Drilling, YES to Clean Energy.

Join us in creating what could become the largest gathering against offshore drilling in history
Hands Across the Sand began with a flash rally last February right [...]

I must say, I was very impressed with Mayor Iorio’s announcement yesterday. She stood before the media to announce that she will take responsibility for the Ybor fires. Realistically, I don’t think she can take blame, but is was nice to see her finally step up and pledge to act.
I feel as if [...]

Lately, it seems like there have been an unusually high volume of funerals in the area. I guess the higher concentration of funeral homes in the area skews the numbers, but still it seems busier than usual.
One thing I have noticed is the lack of respect shown by those on the road as the [...]

Recently, I received an email from a reader asking for me to submit a post to all the Realtors regarding current home trends and list price versus sales price. Many may recall the cycles our neighborhood has seen. It seems like yesterday that neighbors were “laughing their way to the bank” as they were selling [...]