Tampa Abandons Efforts to Evict "Romneyville" Protesters

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Source: Reuters

Tampa abandons efforts to evict "Romneyville" protesters

Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:52pm EDT

By Saundra Amrhein TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Protesters who have set up a camp dubbed "Romneyville" in a restricted area near the site where the Republican National Convention will be held later this month in Tampa can stop worrying about being evicted.

City council members agreed on Thursday to abandon their efforts to look into potential violations of land-use laws or other ordinances with a view to evicting the protesters from the restricted so-called event zone near the convention site.

City officials told the council that they had issued zoning violation notices to some property owners two days earlier, warning that camping and tents on the site were not permitted. But the property owners have 21 days to act, meaning that any actual evictions would not occur before the August 27-30 Republican presidential nominating convention is over.

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Occupy Tampa member Heidi Halsworth told the council the park would only be used as a base for protesters to get water, food or information, however, and that only several hundred demonstrators would be there at any one time.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE87G00X20120817?irpc=932

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1. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!

[freshwest]

2. +1

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3. This is not about Romneyville, This was about Voice of Freedom Park where Occupy Tampa has been camp

ed since January in West Tampa. This meeting had nothing to do with Romneyville. Reuters should have gone to the meeting or at least watched the Tampa evening news to get their story right.

I was at the meeting, The meeting was about Occupy Tampa which is not Romneyville.

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4. this is closer to the truth

http://www2.tbo.com/news/south-tampa/2012/aug/16/2/city-gives-occupy-protesters-three-weeks-to-vacate-ar-466725/

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5. Need to get the message out for 10,000 + to come to Tampa to protest

You think they could even stop a group of 10,000 there to show their appreciation of the Pubic Hairs from meeting in Tampa. I think they would shit if that many massed in force in Tampa. Now that would make the evening news. Be there peacefully handing out Obama info and bumper stickers. Heck just put one on every car in the city. That would freak out the Pubic hairs.