Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer has drawn a second challenger in this year’s snap municipal election to be held November 3, 2015. Linda “Sunshine” Grund becomes the second registered Republican to enter the race against Dyer, a Democrat. Sunshine Grund flirted with running for Orlando Mayor in 2011, even releasing a… [read more]
(UPDATED information below) Republican Paul Paulson has qualified to run for Orlando Mayor against incumbent Buddy Dyer and is reportedly ready to self-fund his campaign to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Paulson will need every dollar, as Dyer has pulled in nearly $300,000 in contributions for his… [read more]
Orange County officials are wasting no time preparing to expand popular Barber Park after the City of Orlando finally voted to allow a recreational easement on city-owned property adjacent to the park. The land deal had been stalled for nearly two years as Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, who originally offered Orange County… [read more]
It took nearly two years, but Buddy Dyer has finally come through on his word and community residents will finally get additional soccer fields and an expanded Barber Park. Dyer put the item on the consent agenda today for the first time since he verbally committed back in 2013. For… [read more]
Despite constantly touting Orlando as a hub of technology and innovation, the war between Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft is about to enter a new phase. “With the transportation networking companies here, it’s a whole new ballgame, so we’re going to have to evaluate… [read more]
It has been nearly two years since Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer boldly promised city-owned land adjacent to Barber Park and Lake George to Orange County for new youth soccer fields. The Conway neighborhood has long wanted – and needed – an expansion to the very popular and usually overcrowded park, but Mayor… [read more]
Orange County and Mayor Teresa Jacobs are celebrating a proclamation naming today, July 24th, as “John Green Day” to recognize Green’s latest book-turned-movie Paper Towns. Orange County’s proclamation aims to “extend best wishes for a spectacular movie premier, but also to encourage residents to watch Paper Towns and read the book… [read more]
There were two very different sets of attendees in the City of Orlando and Orange County skybox suites when the Rolling Stones rocked the Citrus Bowl last month. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer enjoyed the tunes in the free skybox suite with some of Dyer’s top political and business supporters. Orange County… [read more]
It’s been more than a year and a half since the Florida legislature passed a law to put an honorary plaque along Semoran Boulevard, between the 408 and the 528, in recognition of veteran and local Hispanic civil rights leader Elias “Rico” Piccard. But Mayor Buddy Dyer still refuses to hold a vote… [read more]
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and the City Council are still refusing to address an ongoing – and expensive – problem regarding the use of excessive force by the Orlando Police Department. Facing new lawsuits and growing community concerns, Mayor Dyer had Police Chief John Mina deliver a public relations presentation to… [read more]