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From Elizabeth Howard, Coordinator “… This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco, this ain’t no foolin around.” (Talking Heads 2004) Dog days are here again … a hot July bringing with another Tent City eviction. Home Van Pet Care Project started up seven years ago on an eviction that sent homeless people over “across the pipe,” the upper part of the well known area called “Tent City.” Gradually everyone was removed from that area which has been turned into a transit facility. Now everyone has been evicted from Tent City, along with the companion animals that were left, only dogs were transported this time. OUR DEAR FRIEND SPARTAN, TAKEN FROM TENT CITY AHEAD OF THE EVICTIONS. SPARTAN NEEDS A HOME RIGHT NOW. HE IS AT ALACHUA COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES, 352-264-6870, #A491973. The prior eviction was seven years ago and this year’s eviction, while carried out with much more kindness from GPD, still left the area looking like a disaster area. This time there was somewhere to go … the new G...