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Pinellas Safe Harbor is a model for Volusia homeless shelter — for good and bad

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Government leaders in Volusia County are looking to Pinellas County to answer some looming questions over how to deal with the homeless population. The Atlantic Coast county’s leaders are looking at Pinellas Safe Harbor for all its wins, but also its losses. Government officials are quickly finding that the model in Pinellas may not work for Volusia County. According to the Daytona Beach News Journal, the Volusia County Council has used Pinellas’s homeless shelter in an old wing of the…

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Hard Rock coming to Daytona Beach

Seminole Tribe of Florida-controlled Hard Rock International says it’s opening a fourth location in Florida later this year with the addition

Group protests Times’ suit against city ***Updated with photos from protest***

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Some are upset about a recent lawsuit opposing the city’s recent ban on street solicitation. About 35 people waved signs in front of the St. Petersburg Times building Sunday to protest the suit filed by the paper’s parent company against the city of St. Petersburg. “I just don’t appreciate the Times suing the city for a valid ordinance,” said Jeremiah Rohr, 56, who held a sign saying “Drop the suit or Drop the Times.” The group congregated between 10 and 11 a.m.…

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Group protests Times’ suit against city ***Updated with photos from protest***

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Some are upset about a recent lawsuit opposing the city’s recent ban on street solicitation. About 35 people waved signs in front of the St. Petersburg Times building Sunday to protest the suit filed by the paper’s parent company against the city of St. Petersburg. “I just don’t appreciate the Times suing the city for a valid ordinance,” said Jeremiah Rohr, 56, who held a sign saying “Drop the suit or Drop the Times.” The group congregated between 10 and 11 a.m.…

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Florida House adds homeless to hate crimes law

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From the 13th Juror: Despite one state representative calling the homeless “bums,” the Florida House has passed a bill that would add the homeless to the state’s hate crime law. Sponsored by Rep. Ari Porth, D-Coral Springs, the measure (HB 11) passed 80-28. “Nobody is more vulnerable,” Porth said. “If the sole reason you beat them was because they were homeless and sleeping on a bench then that deserves extra protection.” Referring to the homeless as “bums,” Rep. Paige Kreegel, R-Punta Gorda,…

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Hallelujah: Federal judge dismisses part of federal rights suit against St. Petersburg

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Federal Judge Steven Merryday has tossed out nine allegations in a federal lawsuit that accuses St. Petersburg of violating the rights of homeless people by enforcing a series of ordinances, scoring what appears to be a major victory for the city. In addition to the dismissals Wednesday, Merryday this morning denied class action status for the lawsuit, meaning the scope of those making the allegations is limited to Anthony Catron, Charles Hargis, Michael Lile, Ferdinand Lupperger, Jo Anne Reynolds and…

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State legislative candidate involved in traffic fatality

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An elderly, possibly homeless man was struck and killed as he crossed West Columbus Drive on Friday night, Tampa police say. According to a report, the man was crossing in the middle of the 2900 block about 8:30 p.m. when he stepped in front of a 2006 Ford Escape driven by Christopher Cano, 26. Cano was unable to stop in time. The man was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he died. He had no identification on him, and investigators…

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Florida’s safety net is shredded

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From Jacqueline Dowd: Florida’s safety net for people in need is shredding in the face of escalating demand and dwindling resources, says the head of the state’s United Way network. And Florida’s safety net is almong the nation’s weakest. Ted Granger, president of United Way of Florida, says social service agencies statewide are seeing more and more people who are homeless and hungry. The 211 referral hotlines are seeing increases of 50% to 150% over the last twelve months in…

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