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Any Action in County affects all taxpayers/citizens of Hillsbourgh

Actions in any part of the county affects citizens in all the county.

More citizens of Hillsborough County need to realize that
what happens in one part of the county affects ALL the county.  For example, all of the citizens of Hillsborough County paid $7m plus for a “hurricane shelter/community center” in south Brandon named The Regent Center.  To
me, a community center is supposed to be for all citizens in the county to use
for social, recreational, informative events at little or no cost to the
citizens.  After all, we paid for it.  Go to the website: www.expericentheregent.com.  Where are the events for the taxpayers who
paid for the building?

To add insult to injury, Commissioner Higginbotham, (who has
announced that he is running for county wide commissioner) obtained an
additional $500,000 from the state (yes, that is right:  half a million dollars) for the building yet when he needs a place to hold a “listening meeting” for the citizens in Bloomingdale area, none can be located that can accommodate the number of citizens expected to show up.  Higginbotham
is holding his “listening meeting”  (see my post in Bloomingdale/Riverview News Patch) at the Brandon Community Center on Sadie.  This building is small, dark
and with limited parking, yet according to news articles, that is the only
building available for the citizens. What is wrong with this picture?  Call
Commissioner Higginbotham at (813) 272-5740 and ask him.  After all, he is supposed to be “listening”.

 

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