TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tampa residents heard from some of the candidates looking to fill a city council seat vacated earlier this year when the very popular Gwendolyn Henderson suddenly passed away.
Take it from the man selling watermelons on 29th Street. Or the woman whose family has lived in East Tampa for more than a century. They said District 5 needs a leader who will get things done.
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“For the people that are running, I hope their intentions are to do their best for the community,” said Richedean Hills-Ackbar.
“It’s real hard out here. But you got all the elected officials that get in talking about they are going to do something for the people, [but] when they get in there they don’t do nothing,” said Rome Harmon…