Scott PowersJanuary 8, 2020
5min332
José Rodríguez, Carlos Smith seek to roll back state preemption
Tag: Teresa JacobsImage via Palatka Main Street.
Scott PowersJanuary 8, 2020Scott PowersDecember 27, 2019
25min891
Dyer, Demings, Demings, Simmons, Jacobs, Mina, Eskamani, VanderLey, Murphy, La Rosa
Scott PowersOctober 3, 2019
8min545
But early support offered for new Orange County Ethics Commission
Scott PowersJuly 25, 2019
6min594
Jacobs remains powerful and popular despite eschewing the usual power bases.
Scott PowersJune 12, 2019
7min543
'Florida will always remember these precious lives,' the Governor wrote.
Scott PowersApril 18, 2019
13min553
The Supreme Court of Ron DeSantis reversed the court of Rick Scott.
Scott PowersJanuary 23, 2019
9min279
The Supreme Court may have created a whole new election scenario in Orange County.
Scott PowersJanuary 4, 201911min518
On Friday, Florida’s Supreme Court upheld an Orange County charter amendment to make the county’s constitutional officers nonpartisan, a decision that could open partisan and nonpartisan debates in other counties. By a 4-3 vote, the court quashed a lower-court ruling that had kept Orange County’s elections partisan for the constitutional offices of sheriff, tax collector, […]
Scott PowersDecember 3, 2018
10min421
Orange County Mayor-elect and still-Sheriff Jerry Demings has made no announcements yet on any of the imminent changes the county’s government will undergo on matters ranging from his chief of staff to departmental reorganizations when he is sworn into office Tuesday. But that doesn’t mean he’s not looking ahead. He says he is looking far […]
Scott PowersNovember 16, 2018
8min509
The Orange County mayoral transition team appointed by Mayor-elect Jerry Demings has finished work on its report to him, outlining scores of proposed changes in county government focusing on such things as affordable housing, mass transit, green initiatives and more business culture. The 60-page draft report was reviewed for a final draft Friday morning at […]