Code Enforcement

There has been a lot of activity on this front in the newspaper and in city council. The latest is an article in today's Trib, Fight Against Code Violators Ongoing. I have a lot to say on the matter and will do so tonight. Parot of my commentary will include the need for education, access to services and programs for the elderly, disabled, single parents and the poor and also coming down hard on eggregious violators, especially commercial properties such as the Illegal Boarding House. I dispute at least one part of the article.

"Code enforcement also is working with Tampa Homeowners, an Association of
Neighborhoods, to set up an advisory committee. Neighborhood groups, working
with the umbrella association, will select nine people to observe how code
enforcement customer service representatives handle phone calls and watch
officers carry out inspections."

It does not mention that SE Seminole Heights started a grassroots group called NICE - Neighborhood Improvement and Code Enforcement to deal with the city wide issue and that this group is composed of many neighborhoods. The article impies the City took the lead and instead it was the residents who took the lead.

Again, when I have time tonight I will add more to the complex issue