Source: St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/News/022701/Hernando/Family_fights_bigotry.shtml
On February 27, 2001, the St. Petersburg Times reported that, "for nearly a year, a Jewish family has found anti-Semitic vandalism around their Ridge Manor home." David Bar-Lev of the Jewish Defense League "called the acts against the MacNaughtons one of the most serious hate crimes against Jews he has seen in the Tampa Bay area in the past year." Hate crimes are rare in this county, but "statewide numbers show 307 hate crimes were reported in Florida in 1999, with about half based on race and 15 percent based on religion. Nationwide, almost 7,900 hate crimes were reported in 1999, with slightly more than 1,100 of them being anti-Jewish." Mrs. MacNaughton said, "We're going to stay and put up a fight. I won't be driven out."