Welcome to South Saint Petersburg
The South St Pete web site was inspired by three events which occurred in St Petersburg over the period from April 2008 to April 2009. Two of those events occurred in North St Pete but the perpetrators were Southsiders or had Southside connections.
"I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man."
--Mahatma Gandhi
1. The cruel beating and ultimately the killing of a pet Siamese cat in the Historic Kenwood area of North St Petersburg. The perpetrator was seen and described as someone typical of the profile of persons most commonly associated with crime, especially violent crime, in South St Petersburg. The incident happened just a three blocks north of Central Ave and the criminal was seen heading South after the crime.
2. The murder of a Bangladeshi immigrant shop keeper just a couple of blocks south east of crime number 1 in the Grand Central District. The store keeper, Mohammad Uddin, had come to the United States after winning the "Green Card Lottery" (Diversity Visa Program). The two scum bags who killed him were born here, but were apparently unable to take advantage of all that America offers.
3. The shooting of a little girl in a drive by in South St Petersburg in April, 2009.
Crime in St Petersburg
St Petersburg is #31 for violent crime in the USA
imagine if South St Petersburg was a city by itself. It may very well make the top ten, with a "bullet".
Why South St Pete will never change
Cornel West - indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself
He is the man who unknowingly got St Petersburg mayoral candidate Kathleen Ford into trouble when she quoted his HNIC in reference to Goliath Davis's position as de facto ambassador for South St Petersburg's population. Of course, the St Pete Times beat the story up, and Davis pounced on it in an effort to protect his $170,000 per year job as Deputy Mayor, one that would surely disappear if Ford triumphed.
Vote for change. If you want business as usual here, with certain people calling the shots in Downtown and certain others calling the shots in Midtown, then you know who to vote for. If you want to make a difference, then vote for the other candidate. :-)
The only way that the South Side will change is through the following agents: Lots of bulldozers, or a very well placed hurricane.
To see what is happening in South St Petersburg, see St Petersburg Police Crime Reports
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