Hillsborough County, Florida

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    responding to Tampa General Hospital and requested Detective M. Carter #181968 and I respond to the scene. Upon arrival, I observed the involved silver Honda Accord at final rest on the north shoulder of the roadway with the pedestrian guardrail impaled into the front of the vehicle. I took the responsibilities as lead detective and Detective M. Carter took the responsibilities as scene detective. Deputy J. DeVoe #78683 was on scene prior to my arrival and was completing the DHSMV crash report #86559957. I made contact with Deputy J. DeVoe and was informed the front passenger of the vehicle was removed from the vehicle by Hillsborough County Fire Rescue and flown to Tampa General Hospital with severe head injuries and a puncture to the abdomen from the intrusion of the pedestrian guardrails into the front of the vehicle. He was informed from Hillsborough County Fire Rescue that the survivability of the passenger, identified as Carter Price, was low due to the mechanism of injury and locations of the injuries. He had also spoken with Bradley Penny on scene and was informed Bradley was the driver. Bradley Penny also advised all the occupants pf the vehicle had been drinking. Deputy J. DeVoe requested a unit follow Bradley Penny to Brandon Regional Hospital. Deputy D. Bruno #249541 followed Americare SCU-1 to Brandon Regional Hospital and stayed with Bradley Penny. I took digital photographs of the scene and located a witness, Joshua Boyer. I completed a sworn,…

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    in Tampa, Florida, half-way down the west coast of Florida and 25 miles east of the Gulf of Mexico. We service Hillsborough County, which is bordered by Pasco County to the north, Manatee County to the South, Polk County to the east and by Pinellas County on the west. Hillsborough County’s geographic area boasts 1,266.4 square miles, comprised of 1,051 miles of land and 215.4 miles of water. Hillsborough County consists of four jurisdictions, three are incorporated – Tampa, Plant City and Temple…

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    Damarius Muldrow Professor Gonzalez LAH 3470 901 21 November 2014 Final Paper Tampa, Florida is home to over 330,000 people, 38 thousand business firms, and 3 major sport teams (US Census 2010). Compared to cities across the nation it’s considered one of the best places to live and to find a career. Before 1880 Tampa’s population was somewhere under 700 and was mostly inhabited by Yankees and Caribbean fishermen. Yet, by 1887 the population would quadruple in size. This increase in residents…

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    Lake Mary Description

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    Lake Mary: A top business community Located roughly 18 miles north of Orlando, just off Interstate 4, Lake Mary is considered one of the fastest growing cities in Central Florida. It serves as home to a number of high tech businesses, beautiful residential communities, superb schools, excellent eateries and shopping galore. While the community of Lake Mary dates back to the 1800s, it did not incorporate until August 7, 1973. It was named after Mary Sundell, the wife of a minister, Reverend J.F.…

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    that the truth behind historical events is influenced by those left to record them is one that is emphasized on events in the more distant past. Events that occurred more recently are less often given this scrutiny, and many times the first version of the truth, the “winner’s” version, becomes widely accepted. Furthermore, because this truth is distributed by people in positions of power, often through an official mainstream media channel, the story that is immediately told is trusted and…

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    Wakulla County History

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    Long before Wakulla County was established, the Paleo Indians called it home. This occurred around 12,000 years prior to Wakulla County existing. Shortly after in the 19th century Wakulla County came about on March 11th 1843. Wakulla County can be spotted on the Map in the United States of Florida. Wakulla is a part of Tallahassee, Florida which is approximately 736 square miles. The Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of education, and the University of South Florida state,…

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    Public Campaign Finance

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    City-states of the ancient world were one of the first political entities with democratic governance. Part of the democratic process is authorizing individuals to make decisions, holding these individuals accountable, and for these individual to be responsive to the needs of the community (Pitkin, 1957). Today, cities have low levels of democratic participation that hold elected officials accountable and authorize them to have the power to make a decision. At the same time, a majority of the…

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    the User-Friendly Budget may not create further citizen engagement based upon the research. Research has shown that by studying the budget process in all 50 states, we ended up with a wide variety of requirements. The only similarity that appears through this study was that state governments are primarily only concerned with the first step of informing the public. There is no requirement or mandate beyond this to narrow the gap between government's creation of the budget document and citizen…

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    Types of external considerations within Rutherford County are related to natural disasters, political disasters and macroeconomic shifts, including inflation, rate of growth, and unemployment. As a measure to offset natural disasters, we have relationships with other counties across the state coordinate efforts with our Emergency Management team. Indeed, the county 's mitigation planning efforts consist of local, state, and federal assistance. Unfortunately, there are few measures to plan for…

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    Pinellas County Case

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    Builders Association Of Pinellas County V. City Of Dunedin Background Context Until the 20th century, the general law in Florida stipulated that local governments could only obtain funds from public revenues as they had no authority to taxes. The local government made the realization that these funds were insufficient for running the everyday affairs of the growing county. For this reason, the county turned to private sources of revenue such as revenue obtained from impact fees for use in the…

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