Scott PowersJuly 22, 2019
6min804
Robert Stuart's decades of civic involvement add credibility to his political influence
Tag: Orlando city Council
Scott PowersJuly 22, 2019Scott PowersJune 24, 2019
9min501
'My concern is he's been there long enough already,' Ings said of Dyer.
Scott PowersJune 13, 2019
4min381
Gary Siplin, Bakari Burns both easily top five-figures in cash donations in May.
Scott PowersMay 13, 2019
3min313
Siplin now has raised $53,000, Burns $16,000.
Scott PowersFebruary 12, 2018
6min347
Orlando city officials took one of the biggest steps of any Florida city in recent years to ease laws that restrict vacation rentals, approving an ordinance Monday to allow owner-occupied rentals in single-family residential zones. The move, approved 6-1, takes effect July 1, ending what has effectively been a 26-year ban on vacation rental homes […]
Scott PowersNovember 27, 2017
6min386
The city of Orlando is considering a resolution that would have the City Council and Mayor Buddy Dyer formally declare their policy that police and other city officials not get involved in immigration matters, including a policy against questioning people whether their status is legal or not. The resolution would state what already is the […]
Scott PowersNovember 7, 2017
3min624
Orlando is virtually a boomtown city and voters are seeing it that way, returning all three incumbent city commissioners, Jim Gray Robert Stuart and Regina Hill to new terms on the City Council. With all but provisional ballots counted, Gray easily won a second term, strongly defeating challenger Tom Keen in District 1, 53 percent to 40 percent. In […]
Peter SchorschAugust 1, 2017
5min418
In modern politics, faith has always been somewhat of a double-edged sword. For most voters, a candidate who embraces faith — no matter which faith that would be — is seen as a positive. But in the case of Asima Azam, a real estate attorney vying to be the first Muslim-American elected to the Orlando […]
Larry GriffinMarch 14, 2016
4min458
At a council meeting Monday, protesters of a proposed development compared the city’s actions to those of officials presiding over the water crisis in Flint, MI. The item before the city was the first reading of an ordinance for the annexation of a 9.6-acre plot at 3604 West New Hampshire Street from the county into the city. […]
Scott PowersFebruary 8, 2016
4min232
The University of Central Florida proposed downtown campus has its $67 million commitment from the city of Orlando, but that doesn’t mean the university has what it takes yet to get state approval. Orlando City Council voted unanimously Monday afternoon to approve a deal that would donate land, a building and infrastructure improvements toward UCF’s […]