Inside jokes at the Tower

Over the years, Tower residents have suffered though their share of jokes and wisecracks - usually stemming from management rules regarding pets.  At one point, the joke even made it to the St. Petersburg Times satire column written by Jaoquin Sanders. Several fake letters from management have been known to float around the building from time to time.  These letters and memos have been contributed to our history project by longtime resident, Bill Mills, Jr.



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We're not sure when this column was printed in the St. Petersburg Times, but it had to be sometime after 1985 because it mentions racecars. The first St. Pete Grand Prix was in November 1985.  Jaoquin Sanders, a popular columnist for many years at the Times was responsible for this tidbit of humor.





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It seems this 1998 memo to pet owners kicked off quite a humorous kerfuffle in the building.


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Security guards circulated this bogus letter from management.  It looked real enough to light up the phone lines and give more than a few owners an instant case of heartburn.







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The fake letter from management caused such an uproar it ended up in this
St. Petersburg Times article from 1981.

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Then there was also this 1982 fluff up over pet birds.  It seems this letter came about when a talking parrot was banned from the premises.
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This letter was sent to Bill Mills, Jr. regarding a pair of Eagles he kept in his condo.



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Bill responded with this letter to management.






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All the fun ended up in the Times again. This article appeared in the St. Petersburg Times, May 14, 1982


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And finally there's this 1981 shot at condo associations from the St. Petersburg Times editorial board.








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