Column: Seminole Tribe orders mobile park residents to go

Tuesday, September 18, 2012  

"Angry and scared, soon-to-be evicted residents of the Seminole Estates mobile home community took to the streets on Monday.

"I don't think we have much recourse," said Lois Marano, 79, a 40-year resident. "But we've got to try something."

So they tried a protest. They stood along State Road 7 just past 3 p.m., holding up signs and waving to cars headed to the Seminole Tribe's two casinos to the north.

"Don't support the Indian casinos," one sign read.

"Elderly being thrown out with nowhere to go!!" read another."

Get the Story:
Michael Mayo: Residents picket Seminoles' plans to close mobile home park (The South Florida Sun-Sentinel 9/18)

Also Today:
Seminole trailer residents upset (WSVN-TV 9/17)
Seminole Tribe Evicting Nearly 1,500 Elderly From Mobile Homes (CBS Local 9/16)
Seminole Reservation Mobile Home Residents to Lose Homes (NBC Miami 9/16)
Seminole Tribe to close mobile home park near Hollywood (The Miami Herald 9/15)