Scott PowersDecember 18, 2020
9min898
Officials say Florida can speed up restoration; opponents worry it can speed up destruction.
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Scott PowersDecember 18, 2020Scott PowersJuly 21, 2020
6min1035
No big developer or tourist money has appeared.
Scott PowersJuly 2, 2020
5min1484
A sneaky preemption provision in a new law threatens an Orlando environmental cause.
Scott PowersMarch 5, 20206min1712
The measure would grant unprecedented protections to the Wekiva and Econlockhatchee Rivers.
Scott PowersAugust 16, 20197min819
'You have to have parity between a natural water body and a corporation.'
Scott PowersMarch 1, 2017
5min679
As state Rep. Amy Mercado declares, Florida’s now-annual black bear hunt has become a “slaughter.” Mercado and fellow Orlando Democratic state Sen. Linda Stewart laid out bills Wednesday to ban the hunts for 10 years, as well as steps to keep bears happy enough in the forests and stop raiding neighborhoods. “The bears, we’ve encroached […]
Larry GriffinJanuary 13, 2017
4min474
Black bear activist and former Senate candidate Chuck O’Neal of Orange County is trying again with the black bear protection bill he coordinated on last year with Darren Soto – though this year he’s working with newly-elected Senator Linda Stewart, as Soto has moved on to higher planes of governance. The bill, which was only in draft […]
Scott PowersDecember 6, 2016
1min214
Apopka environmentalist and former Democratic candidate for Florida Senate District 11 Chuck O’Neal, has been appointed to The League of Women Voters of Florida’s State Board of Directors. O’Neal rejoins the board after resigning early this year to run for state office. He previously served as first vice president of The League of Women Voters of […]
Scott PowersAugust 30, 2016
2min294
State Rep. Randolph Bracy has won the Democratic nomination to the Florida Senate in the Orlando-based Senate District 11. Bracy held off three Democratic challengers including former state Sen. Gary Siplin to win in an election that all but assures he will win the seat outright in November. There are two write-in candidates, forcing a general […]
Scott PowersAugust 27, 20162min375
Democratic state Rep. Randolph Bracy ramped up his campaign spending, dropping $23,000 in the first two weeks of August in the push for a Tuesday primary win in Florida’s Senate District 11. Bracy, of Oakland, has far more money than his three opponents and spent far more in the weeks heading toward the primary. Yet […]