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Scott PowersOctober 7, 2016

Republican state Rep. Scott Plakon will be declared re-elected to his seat in Florida’s House District 29 at 5 p.m. Friday because the Florida Democratic Party will not nominate a replacement candidate for Fred Marra, who dropped out last week. Plakon has been in limbo for seven days since Marra dropped out Sept. 30 for […]

Scott PowersOctober 7, 2016

Those who want to see Republican state Rep. Mike Miller win re-election in his tough battle with Beth Tuura for Florida House District 47 are coming to the table. The Orlando incumbent raised more than $52,000 in the last two weeks of September, not including another nearly $30,000 worth of in-kind services such as research, […]

Scott PowersOctober 7, 2016

Volusia County has gone almost entirely dark, and Flagler and Indian River counties are not far behind, because of Hurricane Matthew. The latest power outage reports provided by Gov. Rick Scott‘s office show 78 percent of power customers in Volusia were without electricity as of noon, while 69 percent of Flagler customers, 67 percent of Indian […]

Scott PowersOctober 7, 2016

Democratic House District 49 nominee Carlos Guillermo Smith never drew a political party opponent in his quest to win Florida House District 49 back from the Republicans, and he’s not taking lightly his lone rival, independent candidate Shea Silverman. Smith, who has pushed one of the strongest fundraising campaigns in Florida of any non-incumbent running for […]

Scott PowersOctober 6, 2016

Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs has ordered a countywide curfew starting tonight and running through Saturday morning, and Sheriff Jerry Demings said his patrols will be making sure only essential emergency drivers are on the roads. The curfew will run from 10 p.m. Thursday through 7 a.m. Saturday. Earlier, Seminole County declared a curfew running […]

Associated PressOctober 6, 2016

Voldemort couldn’t stop Harry Potter, but Matthew did. Three of the world’s most popular tourist attractions, Universal Studios (home to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter), Walt Disney World and SeaWorld all made a rare decision to close their theme parks Thursday ahead of Hurricane Matthew’s arrival. Soggy tourists rushed to cram in a few […]

Scott PowersOctober 5, 2016

Cautioning that “we’ve been through this before” — a reference to the dark period during and following 2004’s Hurricane Charley — Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs advised Central Florida residents Wednesday to prepare for major Hurricane Matthew damage and the prospect of several days with limited services, including power, afterwards. Jacobs was joined by U.S. Rep. John Mica […]

Scott PowersOctober 5, 2016

Political yard signs are probably not great things during a 100-mph wind and at least one candidate, state Rep. Rene Plasencia, is scurrying Wednesday to pull his before Hurricane Matthew menaces Florida’s Atlantic coast. Plasencia, a Republican from Orlando running in House District 50 — which covers far-east Orange and north Brevard County all the […]

Scott PowersOctober 5, 2016

Betsy VanderLey has won the endorsement of the International Drive Chamber of Commerce in her bid to win a seat on the Orange County Commission in the Nov. 8 election. The chamber picked VanderLey over her opponent, Bobby Olszewski, for the District 1 seat covering western Orange County. “The International Drive Resort Area Chamber of Commerce […]

Scott PowersOctober 5, 2016

Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh is under attack by a new electioneering communication organization alleging he may be involved in a variety of misconduct ranging from nepotism to perjury. The allegations, mostly based on old legal actions involving Singh, are being spread on a website called trickyrick.com, sponsored by an ECO formed in Orange […]

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Scott Plakon to be declared winner of HD 29 seat

Mike Miller collects $52K cash plus $30K in services from RPOF

Power outage in Volusia approaches 80%; 826,000 statewide and rising

Carlos Guillermo Smith not taking independent opponent Shea Silverman for granted

Teresa Jacobs declares curfew for Orange County

For tourists, storm is Hurricane Who Shall Not Be Named

Teresa Jacobs advises all to prepare for Matthew and 3 days of post-hurricane ‘in-home sheltering’

Rene Plasencia pulling yard signs in preparation for Hurricane Matthew

Betsy VanderLey picks up I-Drive Chamber endorsement in Orange commission race

Orange Property Appraiser Rick Singh under attack from shadowy ECO for past legal issues, name change