Trailer owners in Bradenton Beach sue over park-wide evictions
10 Tampa Bay
[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '3.919', 'text': 'First tonight, homeowners in limbo.'}, {'start': '2.080', 'end': '6.240', 'text': 'Dozens of mobile homeowners in Bradenon'}, {'start': '3.919', 'end': '8.400', 'text': 'Beach may have to leave in just a couple'}, {'start': '6.240', 'end': '10.719', 'text': "of months. But as 10 Tampa Bay's Chris"}, {'start': '8.400', 'end': '12.800', 'text': 'Hurst explains, now a new lawsuit may'}, {'start': '10.719', 'end': '14.880', 'text': 'get them answers.'}, {'start': '12.800', 'end': '17.199', 'text': 'It was romance right right from the'}, {'start': '14.880', 'end': '19.039', 'text': "start. It's cliche because it's true."}, {'start': '17.199', 'end': '22.000', 'text': 'Everybody was so welcoming. This is'}, {'start': '19.039', 'end': '25.039', 'text': "Elaine Armenia's slice of paradise."}, {'start': '22.000', 'end': '27.199', 'text': "There's just um fun everywhere you turn."}, {'start': '25.039', 'end': '29.760', 'text': 'She lives at Pines Trailer Park, steps'}, {'start': '27.199', 'end': '31.840', 'text': 'from the Gulf and Bradenton Beach. at'}, {'start': '29.760', 'end': '35.280', 'text': "least for now. And I've been tenaciously"}, {'start': '31.840', 'end': '37.840', 'text': 'fighting for for our park owners to do'}, {'start': '35.280', 'end': '39.840', 'text': 'right by us ever since the hurricanes.'}, {'start': '37.840', 'end': '41.680', 'text': 'Most of the 86 units flooded, but'}, {'start': '39.840', 'end': '43.440', 'text': 'residents were relieved when they got'}, {'start': '41.680', 'end': '45.680', 'text': 'this letter from the owner, prominent'}, {'start': '43.440', 'end': '48.000', 'text': 'developer Shan Ketta, saying, "We are'}, {'start': '45.680', 'end': '49.840', 'text': 'proud to own Pines Park and are excited'}, {'start': '48.000', 'end': '52.960', 'text': 'for its recovery and long-term'}, {'start': '49.840', 'end': '54.719', 'text': 'existence. We just all believed that'}, {'start': '52.960', 'end': '56.960', 'text': 'that\'s what was going to happen." But'}, {'start': '54.719', 'end': '58.879', 'text': 'then in January, another letter. This'}, {'start': '56.960', 'end': '61.039', 'text': "time saying they're all being evicted"}, {'start': '58.879', 'end': '64.479', 'text': 'because the owner wants to file for a'}, {'start': '61.039', 'end': '67.680', 'text': "land use change. It's been so up and"}, {'start': '64.479', 'end': '69.760', 'text': "down. It's been really horrendous on"}, {'start': '67.680', 'end': '71.920', 'text': 'everybody. And instead of promised'}, {'start': '69.760', 'end': '74.640', 'text': 'restoration of common spaces, paid for'}, {'start': '71.920', 'end': '76.640', 'text': 'with monthly lot fees, mud and sand are'}, {'start': '74.640', 'end': '78.799', 'text': 'still in the clubhouse and showers.'}, {'start': '76.640', 'end': '81.920', 'text': "Weeds are taking over. It's very"}, {'start': '78.799', 'end': '83.680', 'text': "frustrating. It's very frustrating. I I"}, {'start': '81.920', 'end': '85.520', 'text': 'have never in my life experienced'}, {'start': '83.680', 'end': '87.439', 'text': 'anything like this. Two weeks ago,'}, {'start': '85.520', 'end': '89.680', 'text': "Ketta's associates were served this"}, {'start': '87.439', 'end': '91.680', 'text': 'lawsuit from the Homeowners Association,'}, {'start': '89.680', 'end': '94.000', 'text': "saying they're violating state law by"}, {'start': '91.680', 'end': '95.840', 'text': 'not acting in good faith with residents,'}, {'start': '94.000', 'end': '99.920', 'text': 'including an offer to sell them the'}, {'start': '95.840', 'end': '103.040', 'text': 'park, but for $75 million. They forced'}, {'start': '99.920', 'end': '105.759', 'text': 'all the locals off because nobody can'}, {'start': '103.040', 'end': '108.479', 'text': 'afford it here. If the suit fails, their'}, {'start': '105.759', 'end': '110.560', 'text': 'paradise will be lost in Bradenton'}, {'start': '108.479', 'end': '112.079', 'text': 'Beach. Chris Hurst, 10 Tampa Bay. Now,'}, {'start': '110.560', 'end': '113.920', 'text': 'we did reach out to the park owner to'}, {'start': '112.079', 'end': '116.560', 'text': 'ask what the future use of the park will'}, {'start': '113.920', 'end': '118.159', 'text': 'be, but did not hear back. They do have'}, {'start': '116.560', 'end': '121.759', 'text': 'to respond to that lawsuit though and'}, {'start': '118.159', 'end': '121.759', 'text': 'have until the end of the'}]