The issue of Earned Sick Days just got real in Orange County – and set a little local history at the same time, maybe. It’s already been quite the campaign and process to secure the 43,605 necessary petitions from registered County voters, but leaders of the coalition are signaling they… [read more]
Yet again, local elected Democrats Orlando Commissioner Patty Sheehan and Mayor Buddy Dyer have turned their backs on our party and our minority candidates. Sheehan and Dyer endorsed Damiani over fellow Democrat Michael Aviles for Orange County Commission, District 3. Aviles is the ONLY Democrat in the race. Read more… [read more]
Universal Orlando Resort, now owned by Comcast, is investing heavily all thanks to a boy wizard named Harry Potter. The huge increase in cash flow from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter is practically forcing Comcast to spend even more money expanding the theme parks, also possibly saving them a… [read more]
Earned Sick Days is a movement spreading the country with localized campaigns aiming to shift policies and help protect workers and families. I was able to attend a conference on Paid Sick Days last year in Washington DC sponsored by the National Partnership for Women and Families and learned a lot about… [read more]
Remember the Citrus Bowl deal? Where Mayor Jacobs and Mayor Dyer signed a football and cheered a new era of cooperation (yeah right). The rain storms couldn’t prevent this bad deal from going through, although it did force the mayors off the field and prevented the “touchdown” they were hoping… [read more]
Today I read this amazing message from Saint Louis University President Father Lawrence Biondi, S.J. Not only did his message make me even more proud to be an alumnus but it is a message that all of us can reflect on and one that should be spread.
Hey everyone – sorry for the lack of posts lately. I took a quick little getaway for a Cantone family vacation. It was much-needed and a great trip! Now I’m back…and there’s a lot of work for us to do. Coming up: Citrus Bowl deal struck between Mayors as money… [read more]
Today marked the first meeting between our county and city mayors (yes here in Orlando we have a County Mayor and a City Mayor and they are two different people). While there was no breaking news coming out of the first public one-on-one between Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and… [read more]
Wekiva Parkway, also known as the most expensive highway in Central Florida history, has now passed all hurdles and the $1.66 billion road will be built. And it’s going to be a toll road once completed on top of the extreme price tag. Meaning, we the taxpayers are helping front… [read more]
In an almost unexpected (but we knew it would have to happen) kind of way, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer will actually meet in-person! This is big news considering the county and city mayors have not spoken face-to-face in nearly 16-months. The meeting on the… [read more]