Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Flames consume Robert E. Lee Elementary in Tampa Heights
Tampa Bay Times ^ | 9/12/17 | Marlee Sokol, Ben Montgomery and Dan Sullivan

Posted on 09/14/2017 6:31:51 AM PDT by Redmen4ever

Robert E. Lee Elementary School is no more. The oldest magnet school in Hillsborough County, which some school board members were trying to rename as part of a nationwide movement to remove Confederate symbols, burned down on Tuesday night as hundreds of residents watched and children cried.

(Excerpt) Read more at tampabay.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: arson; confederate; dixie; florida; kneejerking; purge; robertelee; tampa
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-98 next last
As they say, you can't negotiate with terrorists.
1 posted on 09/14/2017 6:31:51 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Redmen4ever

Odds on arson?


2 posted on 09/14/2017 6:34:59 AM PDT by ealgeone
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ealgeone

110%


3 posted on 09/14/2017 6:35:34 AM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Redmen4ever

“Power was restored Tuesday evening, residents said, then they saw smoke coming from the roof and fire engines racing in.”

“Penny said the fire did not appear to be suspicious, but the investigation had not yet started.”

“The school at 305 E Columbus Dr. was built in 1906”

Salt water in an old electrical system?


4 posted on 09/14/2017 6:36:40 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ealgeone

TV picture this AM show the building completely consumes in fire. Must be leftist arson.


5 posted on 09/14/2017 6:37:25 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: ealgeone
Odds on arson?

Maybe 200 to 1?

6 posted on 09/14/2017 6:37:43 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Redmen4ever

Yep.

Al-Qaeda has nothing on our own home grown leftist terrorists. You might as well make Bill Ayers their Ayatollah.


7 posted on 09/14/2017 6:40:17 AM PDT by fwdude (Democrats have not been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Redmen4ever

Contempt for so-called “Confederate monuments” is merely a proxy for leftist hatred of everything American. Look at how they treat our Flag.


8 posted on 09/14/2017 6:41:46 AM PDT by fwdude (Democrats have not been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Texas Fossil

Certainly an older building that could have had electrical problems after the storm, but someone could have used the current state of chaos to perform their dirty deeds as well. Fire investigators should be able to figure it out.


9 posted on 09/14/2017 6:42:13 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Texas Fossil

No suspicious....Water, water everywhere...and a building burns to the ground.


10 posted on 09/14/2017 6:42:18 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Redmen4ever

11 posted on 09/14/2017 6:43:52 AM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Redmen4ever

Madness


12 posted on 09/14/2017 6:44:34 AM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Redmen4ever
... as hundreds of residents watched and children cried.

I find it hard to believe any tears were shed by kids over this. If my elementary school had burned to the ground, we would have been celebrating for weeks. LOL.

13 posted on 09/14/2017 6:45:36 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: exit82

From the article:

“He said investigators were considering whether the fire could be linked to restoration of electrical power in the area.

The school district’s history of the building said it was built in 1906 by neighborhood volunteers. It was called Michigan Avenue Grammar School then, but renamed for the Confederacy’s most famous general in 1943, when the street was renamed Columbus Drive. It became Hillsborough’s first magnet school in 1993 with a focus on technology. The world studies program was added in 2008.

Claitt, like many in Tampa, was aware of the controversy surrounding the name.

“It was named after an inappropriate person,” she said. “It should have been changed years ago.”


14 posted on 09/14/2017 6:48:04 AM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Alberta's Child

When they removed an very old elementary school near me to build a new one... you’d be surprised at how many ES kids (and middle school/high school kids that had gone there)... were in tears. Even with the “new” building, many felt they “missed” the old one.


15 posted on 09/14/2017 6:48:33 AM PDT by momtothree
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Redmen4ever

They should rebuild it, and give it the same name.

Must also frost the leftist terrorists that it’s on Columbus Dr...


16 posted on 09/14/2017 6:48:44 AM PDT by Pravious
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ealgeone

How queer,


17 posted on 09/14/2017 6:49:48 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Redmen4ever

Nancy Pelosi will blame it on the Alt Right.


18 posted on 09/14/2017 6:51:01 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Let Trump Be Trump. Would you rather have Hillary?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Redmen4ever

I hope this was some accident due to the hurricane.

Hell the KKK at least burn wood they bought themselves!


19 posted on 09/14/2017 6:52:00 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Alberta's Child
I find it hard to believe any tears were shed by kids over this. If my elementary school had burned to the ground, we would have been celebrating for weeks. LOL.

Within weeks you'd bemoan the new FEMA-trailer classrooms.

8^(

20 posted on 09/14/2017 6:52:02 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-8081-98 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson