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August 8, 2002
Tampa Bay: August 8, 2002
North Pinellas County news
Not much time left to register to vote
Monday is the deadline for those who want to vote in the Sept. 10 primary. A last-minute registration drive is under way.
Inquiry into contested arrest wrapping up
The state attorney is due to decide on charges against a man who says he is the victim of police abuse of power.
2nd rabid raccoon appears in county
Joseph Sepe doesn't see well, so when a rabid raccoon came onto his back porch in Tarpon Springs a few months ago, he initially mistook it for his son's cat.
District 11 candidate closed off by boundary
Dunedin's Janet Henderson learns her home is just outside the the redrawn district and withdraws. Mike Fasano will get the GOP nomination.
Oldsmar leaps to buy land on bay
The owner asks $2.5-million for the 6 acres and a huge home. The purchase could put a new library on the back burner, the city manager said.
City hires a new personnel director
Clearwater has a new personnel director.
Muslim, Jew to talk about peace tonight
Unity Church of Clearwater will host a peace program at 7 tonight featuring Eliyahu McLean, an Orthodox Jew who lives in West Jerusalem, and Ibrahim Ahmad Abu El-Hawa, a devout Palestinian Muslim who lives the Arab sector of the holy city.
Letters
You want good government? Then speak up
Since moving from Clearwater, I have continued to monitor the news of Clearwater; and not much appears different from when we left. One item I can recall is that some two years ago, the firefighters union president expressed the need for more money for personnel and equipment.
Tampa Bay headlines
GOP: Where are the hotels?
A day of fresh starts
Construction delays mean free parking will linger
Trial of cabdriver in bias case delayed
Video greetings shadow GOP
Letting up on the throttle for the sake of manatees
South Pinellas headlines
A branded school sees a bright future
Hillsborough headlines
Inventor of cheap hearing devices acquitted by jury
Trip to Freedom High ends in teens' arrest
Chillura, mother of ex-commissioner
Blocking backlash; brand new business
News of Florida
Prodigal pup's return has family rejoicing
Panel downplays arsenic-treated wood
Governor rolls into Chiefland to lend an ear; residents bend it
Bush endorsements rile primary opponents
Daytona weary of baring carousers
Lawsuit: Death row inmates suffering in hot cells
Women fight law requiring them to publish sexual past
Around the State
Indictments break up prostitution circuit
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