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Article
and Video Courtesy of Channel 9 -- Orlando
By Ryan
Hughes
Published
October 15, 2014
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Officials may soon work to find
ways to clean up a dilapidated condominium complex on Orange Blossom
Trail.
The Blossom Park Condominiums have been plagued with problems, including
two murders within two days last month.
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County leaders may take action to fix
things for good.
Commissioners will discuss code violations and other issues
at the rundown complex during their meeting next week.
“It’s not safe. It’s really not safe. There (are) a lot of
people with kids around here,” said resident Aaron Garcia.
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Residents said it’s not just crime they’re worried
about. They’re concerned about balconies, stairways and floors, which
they said have many structural issues.
“The alleys where people walk, they fix them all the time because
there’s wood under there and the wood buckles with time,” said resident
Willie Smith.
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Channel 9 obtained a letter from the manager of code
enforcement that said necessary building maintenance hasn’t been done in
years.
It said code violations pose a health and safety hazard to the
residents.
“A lot of people here are poor. Poor families and single families with
kids. This is all we can afford,” said Garcia.
The Sheriff’s Office has responded to four other shootings at the
complex this year.
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One was fatal, bringing the homicide total to three.
Channel 9 contacted the manager of the condo complex, but has not heard
back.
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