DADE CITY RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES for the past 2 years we have been dealing with a SEWAGE SMELL EVERY NIGHT! For a while we did not know where it was coming from we could only assume.

But now the business causing the smell finally stepped forward the name is Citrus Springs Utilities located in the Dade City Business Center off of 301. 

They are mixing their SEWAGE WASTE with EXPIRED Coca-Cola drinks, expired orange juice, other expired drinks, & ON TOP OF THAT GALLONS OF CHEMICALS "TO CONTROL THE PH BALANCE". Every time they flush a toilet, use the sinks, and drain expired drinks they all go to the same two ponds. AND NOW THEY ARE ASKING DEP FOR PERMITS TO ADD A 3RD POND!

So where is the smell coming from if the ponds are always there? Well they have fans that they can turn off and on to ventilate GASES OF SITTING SEWAGE INTO THE AIR.

So what are we smelling we are smelling HUMAN POOP mixed with EXPIRED Coca-Cola products AND CHEMICALS.

YOU ARE HURTING OUR HEALTH, LOCAL BUSINESSES, POTENTIALLY OUR PROPERTY VALUES! 

WE HAVE NEW DEVELOPMENTS POPPING UP IF POTENTIAL HOME OWNERS FIND OUT ABOUT THIS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE THEY'LL SIT EMPTY. $$$$ Commissioners I don't think your development friends will be too happy.

THE DADE CITY BUSINESS CENTER SITS IN DADE CITY AND THE PONDS SIT IN PASCO COUNTY. So when you call the County they say call the City and when you call the City they say call the county. Recently the response we get is call PRESTON AT THE DEP. When you call them it goes straight to Voicemail. 

At the last Dade City Commissioner meeting the City Manager Leslie Porter merely brushed the issue off saying "it is not Dade City's problem to fix. It is up to the business to fix the problem." I am sure that is easy for you to say since you GET PAID TO MANAGE A CITY YOU DON'T EVEN LIVE IN!

I personally have reached out to THE DEP, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, RON OAKLEY'S SECRETARIES, THE DADE CITY COMMISSION, THE DADE CITY MAYOR, FOX 13 ACTION NEWS, NEWS CHANNEL 8 ON YOUR SIDE, TAMPA BAY'S 10 NEWS, ABC ACTION NEWS TAMPA, UNIVISION TAMPA, TAMPA TRIBUNE, AND OTHERS. 

ONLY ONE PERSON HAS REACHED OUT TO ME FROM THE NEWS AND THEIR BOSS DOESN'T FEEL IS NEWSWORTHY YET. NONE OF THESE PEOPLE DO SO THEY WON'T COVER IT.

WHY IS IT THAT PEOPLE AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO US I THINK IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE WE ARE MOSTLY AFFECTED IN THE POOREST AREAS OF DADE CITY. I CAN'T SAY IT'S THE RACIAL THING BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS AFFECTED BUT IT HAS BECOME A POOR AND RICH THING. THE ONLY TIME YOU HAVE A VOICE IS IF YOU HAVE MONEY AND YOU BROWN NOSE YOUR WAY INTO POLITICS. 

DADE CITY WON'T ANNEX US INTO THE CITY HERE ON LOCK STREET ALTHOUGH WE ARE ONLY A MERE COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN DADE CITY. PASCO COUNTY ONLY TOLERATES US BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. 

FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS LOCK STREET HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY THE SMELL BUT NOW IT SEEMS TO BE SPREADING AND MORE PEOPLE ARE NOTICING IT. 

SOMEONE REACHED OUT AND SAID THEY SMELLED IT IN THE NURSING HOME THEY WORK AT. THAT MEANS THE ELDERLY IN OUR COMMUNITY CANNOT ESCAPE THE SMELL. 

PEOPLE ARE WALKING OUT OF BUSINESSES IN OUR AREA SPECIFICALLY IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY. BECAUSE WHO WANTS TO EAT FOOD WITH THE SMELL OF HUMAN WASTE LINGERING IN.

A CITY COMMISSIONER DID REACH OUT AND ACTUALLY DROVE OVER TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HERE ON LOCK STREET. TAIT AVE TO BE EXACT. AND SHE SMELLED IT HERSELF BUT THE ISSUE IS THAT ALTHOUGH THE BUSINESS IS CONSIDERED A CITY ZONING LOCK STREET IS CONSIDERED COUNTY. SO IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE IN THE CITY BUT DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY THEY DON'T REALLY MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT. 

I HAVE BEEN WOKEN UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT DUE TO THE SMELL LINGERING INTO MY HOME. 

I HAVE HAD PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME TELLING ME THAT THEY HAVE WOKEN UP WITH SORE THROATS DUE TO SEVERITY OF THE SMELL.

I HAVE HAD PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME SAYING THAT THEY'RE CONSTANTLY THROWING UP BECAUSE OF THE SMELL.

PEOPLE CAN'T LET THEIR KIDS PLAY OUTSIDE ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN!!! BECAUSE WHAT THIS BUSINESS DOES IT WAITS FOR THE CITY TO CLOSE TO DO THEIR DIRTY WORK LITERALLY.

WE CAN'T HAVE THE AIR QUALITY TESTED BECAUSE DEP ONLY WORKS DURING THE DAY AND THESE PEOPLE TURN THEIR FANS ON ONLY AT NIGHT.

IF YOU ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THE SMELL NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE AT IN DADE CITY OR ZEPHYRHILLS OR LACOOCHEE PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION! IF IT'S HARD FOR YOU TO GET UP AND GO TO THE MEETING PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION! IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE AFFECTED BY THIS SEWAGE SMELL PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION! 

THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT TALK THE TALK THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO WALK THE WALK!

WE ARE HUMAN TOO AND ALTHOUGH WE MIGHT NOT HAVE FANCY CARS OR FANCY HOMES WE STILL DESERVE QUALITY AIR JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE NO ONE NEEDS TO BE EATING DINNER AND SMELLING POOP AT THE SAME TIME!