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July 3, 2002

Tampa Bay: July 3, 2002 Hillsborough County news
No crisis in staffing exists, police officials say
A leaked memo written by a Tampa police lieutenant says personnel shortages are affecting service and morale.


Tampa Bay headlines
  • Fireworks take on a patriotic flair
  • Man whose calls closed Skyway is arrested
  • Police close to rules on profiling
  • Tax hike may grow for some
  • Red tape ties up dream of a home
  • 3 make PrideFest a family affair
  • Explosion of patriotism
  • Students named reading mentors
  • One commission challenger meets petition deadline

  • Howard Troxler
  • Many things to celebrate; many others to put right

  • Pinellas headlines
  • Protests stall service consolidation talks
  • Home Depot stoplight to give cars clear path
  • Kenneth City talks went well, all agree
  • On Fourth, some booms are good, and some aren't
  • Miffed, businessman puts project on hold
  • 194-page proposal lands with a big thud
  • Japanese visitors mark 40 years of sharing
  • St. Pete Beach nudged toward a trio of goals
  • Brothers stage play in their dad's memory
  • Driven to display their patriotic spirit
  • Indian Rocks Beach okays proposed sign law changes
  • Unidentified man killed in fire at Crosswinds apartments
  • Latham was a pioneer in electricity, aviation
  • Business Headlines
  • A day on the job: Alex Hebert, Homemaker
  • Lakewood High loses longtime principal
  • Final snips, after five decades of cuts
  • City to bear brunt of big insurance bill
  • Ramage happy he gave game another shot
  • Tall ship festival shows how far crews have come
  • Weather keeps Musgrave race from starting

  • Letters
  • County services are a quality bargain
  • Man receives 13 years in prison
  • Fire union wants lawyers during probe
  • Clearwater to get a jump on July 4 partying
  • Flurry of claims fly in police sex scandal
  • Commission votes to rethink library's design
  • Fasano writes Bush about sandbar dispute
  • Blaze closes coffee haunt
  • Oldsmar asks state for 2 traffic signals
  • Tall ship festival shows how far crews have come

  • Editorial
  • Synchronizing lights is a good first step

  • Letters
  • Peer review won't curb medical errors

  • News of Florida
  • Followers watch and wait for Reno's campaign to gel
  • Judges approve congressional map
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