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Tent city's relocation is delayed
By AARON SHAROCKMAN
Published March 6, 2007
ST. PETERSBURG - A plan to relocate about 75 homeless people living in tents near downtown will take longer than expected, city officials said Monday. The city had hoped to move the people from First Avenue N and 18th Street to a vacant lot on 15th Street N starting this past Friday. But now that move may not happen until this Friday at the earliest, St. Petersburg Deputy Mayor Goliath Davis said. Liability issues are causing the delay, Davis said. The new site is owned by the St. Vincent de Paul charity, but will be leased to the city as part of the plan. "The lawyers are talking right now," said Davis, who said he believes a solution will be reached. City officials also must prepare the site for the influx of as many as 75 tents. Along with adding new fencing, city officials said they will level the ground on the property. That work has not started and could take three or four days, Davis said.
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by Dan
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03/06/07 05:33 PM
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Liability issues are causing the delay, Davis said. St. Petersburg Deputy Mayor Goliath Davis said the site is owned by the St. Vincent de Paul charity, but will be leased to the city as part of the plan. Who will pay for this and how much?
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by John
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03/06/07 02:10 PM
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NO MORE HANDOUTS! Ground leveling? Give me a break. Walk past tent city now - I don't see struggling poor, I see drunk by noon bums living high on the hog thanks to the professional agitators who manufactured this "crisis".
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by Kay
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03/06/07 11:02 AM
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Tax payer and Lew. I guess you would prefer we throw them in jail so that WE won't have to pay for anything. Oh wait, we pay for that too. A fence and ground leveling with charities feeding them sounds cost-effective to me.
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by Tax Payer
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03/06/07 10:54 AM
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This is riduculous - why is the city obligated to take care of these bums. We are building $700,000 condos in a town that can't house the middle class to poor - what is wrong with this picture.
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by Lew
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03/06/07 09:47 AM
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Layers are talking right now!!! Now that's scary!! What's next ? Just give my tax dollars away,And as usual raise taxes,so we can give more to these BUMS!!! How come city workers are being used to clean up! Let the hobos do it themselves.
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by Tax Payer
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03/06/07 08:34 AM
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Who is paying for the cost of relocating, leasing, and the future upkeep?
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