Scott PowersSeptember 23, 2019
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Campaign kickoff for HD 50 reelection bid set for Monday night
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Scott PowersSeptember 23, 2019Scott PowersNovember 15, 2018
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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 […]
Scott PowersNovember 13, 2018
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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 PowersJanuary 25, 2018
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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 PowersDecember 27, 2017
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U.S. Rep. Darren Soto announced Wednesday he is forming a Central Florida task force to advise on matters involving the the tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans who have fled the island for Central Florida to escape the island’s plight following Hurricane Maria. The regional Task Force on Puerto Rico Arrivals to Central Florida was […]
Scott PowersNovember 14, 2017
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Medical marijuana dispensaries will be allowed anywhere in unincorporated Orange County that pharmacies might go, thanks to a unanimous vote Tuesday evening by the Orange County Commission. After hearing scores of people testify in favor of allowing the dispensaries Tuesday and at a previous commission public hearing on Oct. 31, the board of commissioners decided […]
Scott PowersOctober 31, 2017
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Federal and state comprehensive, strategic plans are desperately needed to coordinate services for Hurricane Maria evacuees from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands so that they can best find the services wherever they’re available in Florida, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs said Tuesday. Jacobs warned that someone needs to be coordinating where tens of […]
Scott PowersOctober 3, 20179min325
Help for Puerto Rico and for Puerto Ricans evacuating to Florida is going to be best provided by the rapidly-rising group of private groups, churches, and companies and government coordination will have to be done by the state, leaving little direct power for Orange County and other counties, Mayor Teresa Jacobs said Tuesday. Jacobs and […]
Scott PowersMarch 6, 2017
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A fourth candidate has filed to run for the Orange County Commission’s District 4, with the entry of Lake Nona criminologist Nicolette Springer. Springer, 39, a Democrat, is running for the southeast Orange County district seat being vacated in 2018 by Republican Commissioner Jennifer Thompson, who is term-limted. She joins three other Orlando Democrats who […]
Frank TorresSeptember 23, 2015
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The sport of golf is on the decline in the United States, with 1,400 courses closing the last decade, including 7 here in Orange County. On Tuesday afternoon, county commissioners explored options for keeping the costs of maintenance for the large stretches of land off the backs of taxpayers. Many of these failing golf courses […]