In the City of Orlando, voters will have the chance to weigh in on municipal elections taking place much earlier than originally planned. Mayor Buddy Dyer and the Orlando City Council moved up the planned April 2016 elections to November 3rd of this year, creating a snap election. Absentee ballots have… [read more]
A Dyer administration cover-up related to a $175,000 city asset continues to deepen as the story coming from Orlando City Hall becomes more convoluted. According to newly obtained records, city officials violated policies and procedures defined by its own Risk Management department in the aftermath of the destruction of the… [read more]
Community leader Lawanna Gelzer is turning up the heat on incumbent Orlando Commissioner Sam Ings ahead of the upcoming municipal election. Gelzer, who is challenging Ings in the District 6 race, slammed Ings for his excessive spending and raised questions about whether the longtime city commissioner uses public tax dollars… [read more]
Veteran and businessman Paul Paulson is running for Orlando Mayor against Buddy Dyer with a vastly different vision for the city. Paulson also is not holding back on defining the differences between himself and the longtime incumbent mayor. “I’ve never been arrested or indicted like Mayor has been,” Paulson said at… [read more]
(new updates found below, this is an ongoing investigation) After an exhaustive investigation, a cover-up by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer’s administration has been exposed involving the $175,000 sculpture, falloffstone, by artist Peter Shelton. When confronted earlier today with new information obtained exclusively by myself, Dyer’s top city officials finally changed… [read more]
There’s been a lot of talk around town about the way some Orlando City Commissioners are spending public tax dollars as their own personal slush fund, despite the fact the City Council raised property taxes and cut public services to address an ongoing budget crisis. The matter is becoming a… [read more]
Despite Orlando City Hall’s ongoing budget and spending problems, it appears Mayor Buddy Dyer is getting ready to reward City Commissioners by increasing their controversial district operating budgets to $125,000/year, up from around $90,000 this year. City Commissioners Sam Ings and Regina Hill were the two worst offenders in terms of… [read more]
In a very telling deposition, Orlando Venues Director Allen Johnson told lawyers “I don’t recall” about 70 times, including questions about colleagues’ names he works with every day. The responses raise serious questions about Johnson’s leadership, knowledge and ability, especially considering he makes $180,000 per year at the Orlando Venues.… [read more]
There was more public outcry at the Orlando Municipal Planning Board meeting today from Parramore residents and business owners. The target: the Orlando Rescue Mission relocation plan being pushed by Mayor Buddy Dyer. A very large crowd, about 20 people, spoke out against the proposed relocation of the homeless shelter… [read more]
When star college running back Graig Cooper entered the Citrus Bowl to play in the 2009 Champs Sports Bowl game, he never imagined his football career would take the turn it did. The University of Miami player was a highly sought recruit and led his team in rushing yards in 2007,… [read more]