Orlando

Scott PowersAugust 11, 2016

After having promised to help following the Pulse massacre, U.S. Sen Marco Rubio has turned his back on Orlando’s pain and added to it by appearing at a controversial conference laced with anti-gay speakers, protesters charged outside that conference Thursday. “Shame on you Marco!” was a message repeated by speaker after speaker, including by Barbara […]

Scott PowersAugust 11, 2016

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Former Orlando Police Chief Val Demings‘ support from Washington D.C.’s Democratic leaders continues to draw angry backlashes and clashes with her three Democratic rivals in Florida’s Congressional District 10 race. According to The Orlando Political Observer, a private meeting Demings held Wednesday with black clergy, featuring U.S. Congress Democratic Black Caucus PAC Chair U.S. Gregory […]

Scott PowersAugust 10, 2016

A political action committee associated with George Soros has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on television commercials and other advertising to get Aramis Ayala elected state attorney in the Orlando-based 9th Judicial Circuit. Florida Safety & Justice, which shares the “Safety & Justice” name and its chairwoman, Whitney Tymas, with other Soros-funded political committees, […]

Larry GriffinAugust 10, 2016

Betsy VanderLey has never run for public office before her bid for Orange County Commission District 1, and she doesn’t plan to go any further than that. This is the end of the line for her. She’s doing it only out of a sense that it’s time for her to make her mark and help […]

Associated PressAugust 10, 2016

More than a third of the 49 patrons killed during the Pulse nightclub massacre were shot in the head, and most of the victims had multiple bullet wounds, according to autopsy reports released this week. Only two victims had traces of soot, gunpowder or stippling, meaning most of the victims were likely more than 3 […]

Scott PowersAugust 9, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Val Demings is releasing a new television ad for Florida’s 10th Congressional District that features rapid-fire clips of platitudes paid her while she served as Orlando’s chief of police. The 30-second ad, “Impressive,” features clips and voices, many from Orlando television stations’ reports on her over the years, usually stating only one, […]

Scott PowersAugust 9, 2016

Democratic candidate Valleri Crabtree has launched a TV commercial on Bright House Networks cable channels in her bid for Florida’s 9th Congressional District. The ad, “Crabtree Shows Up,” pushes Crabtree’s longtime campaign theme, that she is the candidate who shows up and will continue to show up if elected to Congress in the Kissimmee-based district. […]

Larry GriffinAugust 8, 2016

Eleven months ago, Amanda Gammisch was rushed to the hospital, unconscious and having seizures, and she learned she had Grade 3 brain cancer. On Monday, she became the first Orlando patient to receive CBD Oil, a therapeutic cannabis product from Surterra Therapeutics, which will hopefully be able to fight the cancer and extend her life. […]

Scott PowersAugust 8, 2016

A new commercial from Democratic congressional candidate Bob Poe is headed for TV in Orlando declaring that he’s avoiding owing anything to special interests by funding his own campaign. Poe, a self-made millionaire businessman from Orlando and a former chairman of the Florida Democratic Party, has poured more than $1.7 million into his campaign for […]

Scott PowersAugust 8, 2016

Susannah Randolph is the only Central Florida congressional candidate to get endorsed by the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida and Rick Roach the only Florida Senate candidate from the Orlando area. The group also endorsed both Florida House Democrats running in the House District 48 race, Amy Mercado and Alex Barrio; and also backed Carlos Guillermo […]

Orlando
Gold Coast Eagle Distributing;s Javier Bermudez and Chad Fraser bring water to Helene victims in Bradenton. Image via Gold Coast.

Orlando’s LGBT community calls shame on Marco Rubio

Val Demings’ support from D.C. leaders continues to boil in CD 10 campaign

George Soros-related PAC spending big to elect Aramis Ayala as state attorney

Betsy VanderLey doesn’t want to be a politician, and thinks that’s an asset in county race

Autopsies: A third of Pulse nightclub victims shot in head

Val Demings fast-paced TV ad hits Orlando in CD 10 race

Valleri Crabtree up with cable TV commercial in CD 9

First Orlando-area cancer patient gets access to therapeutic marijuana products

New Bob Poe TV ad on special interests: ‘That’s why I’m funding my own campaign’

Susannah Randolph, Rick Roach get progressive Democrats’ backing