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 $7 million-plus for a “hurricane shelter/community center” in south Brandon named The Regent.
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?
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To add insult to injury, Commissioner Higginbotham, (who has announced that he is running for countywide 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 the 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 Patch) at the Brandon Community Center on Sadie Street. 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."