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Synthetic drug bans move in Tampa and St. Pete listen

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Tags: Tampa City Council, St. Pete City Council, Steve Kornell, CONA, Frank Reddick, spice, synthetic drugs, bath salts

St. Petersburg City Council members unanimously passed an ordinance Thursday that would ban the sale, use or possession of synthetic drugs. The ordinance builds on loose state regulations that make it easy for manufacturers to find loopholes in Florida law.

The ordinance includes synthetic cannabinoids or fake pot. It also includes what is commonly referred to as bath salts. St. Pete City Council member Steve Kornell is a social worker who helps h...

CONA meets to stop neighborhood crime listen

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Tags: CONA, Tom Tito, Andrea Hildrebran

City officials and neighborhood association presidents discussed economic, cultural and environmental problems at the Council of Neighborhood Associations (CONA) meeting May 20.

The neighborhood association presidents said that they want to raise public awareness about the problems in their neighborhoods. One of the problems some neighborhoods face is crime.

Tom Tito is a crime watch coordinator at Bartlett Park and vice-president of the neighborhood association. He came to the meeting...