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Tampa Solid Waste Department Revises Collection Schedule
Executive Decides Not To Run For Mayor
In observance of Dr. Mar- tin Luther King, Jr. Day, City of Tampa offices will be closed on Monday, January 21, 2019.
Residential Customers who normally receive service on Monday will not receive garbage, recycling or yard waste service. Customers will receive service on their next scheduled service day.
Regular Residential Solid Waste collection service schedules will resume Tues- day, January 22, 2019.
Commercial and Residen- tial Customers will not re- ceive collection service on Monday, January 21, 2019.
Commercial Customers – for the holiday week, cus- tomers who normally receive service on Monday will receive service on Tuesday. Collection service will continue to run one day behind through Sat-
urday, January 26, 2019. Reg- ular Commercial Solid Waste collection service schedules will resume Monday, January 28, 2019.
McKay Bay Transfer Sta- tion and Scale House located at 114 S. 34th St., will be closed on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Monday, January 21, 2019) and will reopen on Tuesday, January 22, 2019.
Customers may contact the City of Tampa Utilities Consolidated Call Center at (813) 274-8811, or visit the website at www.tampagov.net/solid- waste if they have any ques- tions or concerns.
NOTE: New Tampa resi- dents are serviced by Hillsbor- ough County Solid Waste Management and can call them at (813) 272-5680 for special service collection in- formation.
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
For months, residents have wondered if former State Rep. Ed Narain would run for the Mayor’s Office. He re- cently provided the answer to that question in an interview with the Sentinel.
Narain said, “Despite the encouragement of several community and business leaders, I’ve decided against running for mayor at this time.
“The needs of our commu- nity are great and there’s still alotofworktobedone.My hope is that whomever is elected, will seek good counsel and listen to the community’s concerns.
“No matter what, I will continue to address the needs of our most vulnerable citi- zens and look forward to sup- porting the next mayor in the
ATTORNEY ED NARAIN
best way possible.”
Now, a State Certified at-
torney, Narain said although the encouragement is there, he just doesn’t feel the time is right for him to seek the of- fice.
However, that does not mean he is finished with poli- tics. When asked about future opportunities, Narain said, “Don’t count me out for 2020.”
Attorney Narain moved to Tampa several years ago, to pursue a degree from the Uni- versity of South Florida. His goal was to become an attor- ney at that time.
However, other avenues presented themselves and he
entered the political arena. He served as State Representa- tive for two years. He lost the State Senate bid to Attorney Sean Shaw.
Attorney Narain contin- ued his education at St. Leo’s University, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Psy- chology. He also earned his Master of Business Adminis- tration as well. The next step was to enroll at Stetson Uni- versity, where his Juris Doc- torate Degree was earned.
After serving as an elected official, Attorney Narain once again returned to his for- mer goal of becoming an at- torney. He passed the bar last year.
He was unsuccessful the first time he took the exam. But, Attorney Narain never gave up and took the exami- nation and passed it last sum- mer. He was sworn in as an attorney by Judge Barbara Twine-Thomas.
He is the son of Pastor Aubron and Evangelist Yvonne Narain. He is mar- ried to Mrs. Monica Narain and they are the par- ents of two children. The fam- ily attends New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church.
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