Tag: Orlando

Scott PowersJuly 1, 2016
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State Rep. Victor Torres posted his second-straight five-figure cash haul for his Senate District 15 campaign, opening up a gulf between him and his opponent in the Aug. 30 Democratic primary. Torres, a retired police officer, brought in $13,125 in the period running from June 1 to June 24, and his campaign finished the period […]

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Matt Hudson is taking aim President Barack Obama in a new television advertisement. The 30-second spot — called “The Right Call” — was released Wednesday in response to the attack on an Orlando nightclub, according to his campaign. The advertisement criticizes Obama for playing “politics with gun control.” “It’s shameful,” he says in the ad. “Here’s […]

Scott PowersJune 28, 2016
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Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is working double-duty this week for fundraisers for Florida’s 9th Congressional District Democratic candidates, with a planned appearance Thursday at one for state Sen. Darren Soto. The Democratic mayor, who is not picking Democratic sides in the race, will be joined at Soto’s $100-per-person fundraiser by Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh, […]

Scott PowersJune 28, 2016
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Orlando City Commissioner Patty Sheehan, the city’s political voice for the community’s LGBT community, blasted Gov. Rick Scott and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio Tuesday during a national satellite radio talk show, according to a report on Huffington Post. “You loaded those bullets with hatred,” Sheehan reportedly said of Rubio, Scott and other conservative Republicans. Her […]

Associated PressJune 27, 2016
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Curators have begun collecting signs, flags, artwork and photos left behind at several makeshift memorials for the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. Curators from the Orange County Regional History Center started collecting the items on Monday. Memorials have been left behind at Orlando’s new downtown performing arts center, at the hospital […]


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