LETTER FROM
THE EDITOR
HUFFINGTON
8.19.12
The Other
Tampa
ATER THIS MONTH,
Tampa will host the
Republican National
Convention, Mitt Romney will accept his party’s nomination and 15,000 credentialed media will swarm the city.
In this week’s issue of Huffington, Saki Knafo spotlights a Tampa most of the media will not see
during their stay. Hillsborough
County, which surrounds Tampa,
has 60 homeless people for every
10,000 residents—more homeless
per capita than any other American city or county. As a result,
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Tampa has become a kind of civic
laboratory, with citizens, police
and government grappling with
all the problems that accompany
homelessness.
Saki Knafo introduces us to
several of Tampa’s homeless,
as well as those who seek innovative solutions to their predicament. Among the latter is
Steve Donaldson, a Hillsborough
County Sheriff’s Department
deputy with a lifelong passion
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