Talk:Hillsborough County, Florida
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[edit] Discrimination
The County Commisioner, in July 2005, banned recognition of gay pride events by county government with minimal discussion (seventy two second to be pricise). The commissioners voted 5-to-1 to abstain from acknowledging, promoting or participating in gay pride recognition and events.
The Florida Library Association announced July 21 that its executive board had passed a resolution by electronic vote not to hold any official meetings in Hillsborough County until commissioners rescind the policy.
The County government has also been a subject to various racial discrimination suits.
Is there any reason for the picture on the bottom of the page showing the "entering hillsborough county" sign on the Skyway bridge? It seems an odd choice because the only part of the county you can get in to that way is over the water. That bridge goes to/from Pinellas and Manatee county. You only enter Hillsborough because there's a shipping lane under the bridge which is part of the county.
[edit] County Map
I note on the county map that the 30 CDPs are all outlined there. I think it would be a big plus for the article if we could get the image to note each CDP--just a simple number in each block, tied in to a number on the list of CDPs. I could do the changes in photoshop and repost the image, but I'd be guessing at about half of the CDPs. Anybody know which CDP goes where? Thehappysmith 22:46, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Hillsborough County Fl Seal.jpg
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[edit] Clearing out duplicate entries
I just removed a batch of unincorporated areas that had a notation "part of _________", which referenced a CDP listed in the previous section. There is absolutely no reason to have them listed twice, especially since most of the names of the communities appeared in the CDP. Horologium (talk) 20:37, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
