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Scott PowersNovember 15, 2018

Orange County Mayor-elect Jerry Demings is expecting to start making announcements about his transition no earlier than next week, and, so far, he has been keeping his staffing choices close to his vest while his administration’s core values and agenda still are being openly debated. Demings won the Mayor’s job in the Aug. 28 election and […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 14, 2018

Local business leader Nicholas Glover announced his bid for Tampa City Council District 2 Wednesday. Glover is the Florida Market Manager for Gas South, a firm that works with businesses to lower their energy and operating costs. Glover is the third candidate to file for the citywide seat currently held by council member Charlie Miranda. […]

Scott PowersAugust 22, 2018

Democrat Chris King started his run for Governor in his own back yard — literally — declaring he would run a race based on ideas and detailed plans for a progressive governorship. On Wednesday, he came home where it started, back to the Hillcrest Hampton House Senior Center he owns in Orlando, still pushing those ideas. […]

Scott PowersAugust 17, 2018

When asked Thursday night about what they want to do with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, the three candidates for Florida’s 9th Congressional District had a wide range of opinions. Either keep it as is, reform it, or throw it out. Speaking at one of four debates at the packed Political Salsa hobnob […]

Scott PowersAugust 9, 2018

With only a few moments of minor disagreements about how to address broad issues such as affordable housing or transportation, Orange County mayoral candidates Rob Panepinto, Jerry Demings, and Pete Clarke instead clashed Thursday evening over styles: Clarke with heart, Demings with trust, and Panepinto with innovation. Throughout the mayoral debate hosted by WOFL Fox […]

Scott PowersAugust 7, 2018

Orange County mayoral candidate Rob Panepinto is launching his second television commercial, this time highlighting his commitments for a diverse economy, affordable housing and public safety. The 30-second ad, “Vision,” picks up where his first commercial left off, first providing a human-side for the Winter Park entrepreneur, with shots of him and his family, and […]

Scott PowersAugust 1, 2018

Calling affordable housing one of the two most critical issues facing Orange County, mayoral candidate Rob Panepinto laid out a detailed housing plan Wednesday and pledged to push for $20 million a year in funding. Panepinto, a Winter Park entrepreneur and leader among Central Florida’s business and nonprofit groups, declared that, as a critical issue […]

Scott PowersJune 11, 2018

Four leading Democratic candidates actively running for Governor stopped taking shots at each other Monday night, instead saving their punches for Republican leadership, mainly on how they spend money from the Florida Lottery, affordable housing fund and land conservation fund. During the third 2018 Democratic gubernatorial debate, a two-hour forum Monday at the Miramar Cultural […]

Scott PowersMay 18, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham accused the Republican-led Florida government of neglecting the needs of affordable housing and vowed to change that with full funding of the state’s Sadowski Affordable Housing Trust Fund and efforts to get housing money quickly into communities. “When I get into office I am going to take a hard look […]

Drew WilsonMay 4, 2018

Former HUD secretary and U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez said the business community needs to play a much more active role if Florida is to confront and overcome challenges faced in the modern economy. Martinez, now J.P. Morgan’s chairman of the Southeast U.S. and Latin America, spoke on the state of homelessness, employment, and wages during […]

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Jerry Demings keeping Orange County mayoral transition plans close to vest

Third candidate enters race to replace Charlie Miranda on Tampa City Council

Chris King still pushing ideas as campaign end appears to loom

Alan Grayson, Darren Soto, Wayne Liebnitzky spread on ICE in ‘Political Salsa’ CD 9 debate

Orange Co. mayoral debate more about style than substance

Rob Panepinto’s new Orange County mayor ad focuses on jobs, housing

Rob Panepinto unveils $20 million per year housing proposal in Orange mayor’s race

Democrats play nicer in Freedom Forum debate

Gwen Graham vows to get housing money into communities

Mel Martinez: Corporate responsibility is the way forward