The pressure is building on Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and City Commissioners to comment and respond to the latest excessive force allegations against the Orlando Police Department. Noel Carter joined his attorney Natalie Jackson as well as several community organizations and concerned citizens at City Hall this week to respond to… [read more]
State Representative Bruce Antone is weighing in on the Orlando Union Rescue Mission homeless shelter relocation as the proposal remains in jeopardy ahead of an Orange County Commission meeting next month. In letters sent to Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and all County Commissioners, Rep. Antone agreed with concerned residents… [read more]
Local residents will gather tomorrow evening for a town hall meeting to discuss the proposed zoning ordinance regarding the Orlando Union Rescue Mission relocation to a site off Old Winter Garden Road. In March, the Orange County Board of Zoning Adjustment voted against OURM’s planned move by a vote of 5-2; however, OURM… [read more]
It has been nearly a week since the shocking Bloomberg News headline declared the poverty rate in Orlando was nearing 20%, as Orlando was once again named the lowest paying metropolitan area in America. According to U.S. Labor Department data, almost 40% of jobs in Orlando pay less than $25,000 per year… [read more]
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer’s secret debt is about to come due, meaning the City’s finances are in even more trouble than we think going into this year’s budget hearings. This month, the City Council will be discussing Orlando’s $52 million budget crisis and will have to vote on increasing taxes, cutting public… [read more]
Despite our city’s budget deficit and the ongoing local fiscal crisis, Orlando City Commissioners are spending public tax dollars pretty much as they please, according to a new investigative report from WFTV’s Daralene Jones. In just weeks, Mayor Buddy Dyer and the City Council will vote on raising local taxes and… [read more]
The City of Orlando is finally admitting they have a problem: a $52 million budget gap. Mayor Buddy Dyer’s years of mismanagement and out of control spending have finally reached a level the City can no longer deny. And as bad as this budget crisis is, these numbers do not… [read more]