Gabrielle RussonNovember 20, 2024
9min0
Litigation threats were the backdrop Tuesday when Orange County leaders spoke about Gilzean for the first time at a public meeting.
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Gabrielle RussonNovember 20, 2024
Scott PowersJuly 7, 2022
4min0
Sandra Fatmi-Hall in Orange County among those getting endorsed.
Scott PowersJune 22, 2022
6min0
Five candidates vying for the open Orange County District 6 seat debate growth, affordable housing strategies.
Scott PowersNovember 13, 2018
6min373
The most dramatic power change Orange County has seen in a generation in county government began Tuesday with jokes, gifts, and tributes to the three outgoing members of the Board of Commissioners and only a slightly uncomfortable air of wonder of what Mayor-elect Jerry Demings and his Democratic-controlled board will bring next month. In their […]
Scott PowersSeptember 10, 2018
2min285
BusinessForce, a political committee supporting the business sector of Central Florida, on Monday announced a dozen endorsements for the general election including all six Republicans seeking re-election to Florida House seats. The organization that spun off from Orlando Inc., the Orlando area Chamber of Commerce, recommended the election of Republican David Smith in Seminole County’s […]
Scott PowersAugust 2, 2018
5min494
Two gubernatorial candidates running behind in the polls heading toward the Aug. 28 primaries and in need of good news, Democrat Chris King and Republican Adam Putnam, tied for first in a straw poll taken at a political mixer hosted by the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce Thursday night. King, a hometown favorite as a […]
Scott PowersJanuary 25, 2018
3min858
An Orange County School Board race is demonstrating how well it can pay to know the right people in political circles. The campaign for Melissa Byrd, running for the District 7 seat in Orange County, is holding an early campaign fundraiser next Tuesday that includes large handfuls of top Central Florida campaign contributors, business voices, […]
Scott PowersOctober 23, 2017
8min250
Democrats are looking ahead to the 2018 Orange County elections thinking it might be the year they finally take over county government. The Orange County Board of County Commissioners and the mayor’s office are officially nonpartisan, but the two main parties in Orange County don’t see it that way. So while voters have the chance […]