Scott PowersJanuary 28, 2019
9min480
Orange Co. Mayor Jerry Demings urged the delegation to protect housing trust fund dollars.
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Scott PowersJanuary 28, 2019Scott PowersAugust 9, 2018
11min201
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 PowersMay 4, 2018
7min199
Orange County can expect the next mayor to create more outreach to the Hispanic community, more efforts on developing affordable housing, simplifying licensing, and focus more on coordinating public transportation, though to varying degrees. At a debate Friday morning at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando, Orange County Commissioner Pete Clarke, Orange […]
Staff ReportsApril 22, 2016
2min479
Denver Stutler, who previously served as Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and Chief of Staff for former Gov. Jeb Bush, will chair the advocacy group “Floridians for Better Transportation.” FBT President Matthew Ubben made the announcement Thursday. Stutler is CEO of Polston Applied Tech and succeeds John M. Lewis, who formerly headed LYNX, […]
Frank TorresOctober 6, 2015
3min193
At the Tuesday morning meeting of the Orange County Board of Commissioners, Mayor Teresa Jacobs slammed a bill sponsored by State Rep. Bob Cortes to expand the Central Florida Transportation Authority Board and privatize the LYNX regional bus system. “I am vehemently against privatizing,” Jacobs had said. “This board is against it. Buddy Dyer is against it. Osceola county […]
Frank TorresSeptember 11, 2015
3min201
Altamonte Springs State Rep. Bob Cortes is looking to reform the Central Florida Transportation Authority with a new bill that could eventually privatize the region’s LYNX bus system. Filed on Friday, HB 155 would change the five-person board, now made up of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, Osceola Commissioner Viviana Janer, Seminole County Commissioner Carlton […]