Tarpon Springs resident sues city to prove โdeadโ tree still alive, bearing fruit
Stravos Tsalickis thought he had seen it all. That was, until Tarpon Springs Police Department Officer Steve Gassen, 48, informed the 79-year-old Tarpon Springs resident that a tree on his property was โdead.โ The tree in question, at 431 Grand Blvd. in Tarpon Springs, would need to be removed, Gassen said, as well as a shed, which the officer who was in โpoor condition.โ One problem; the tree was not dead, according to Tsalickis. Not willing to give up either…