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]
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]
Even as All Aboard Florida got mentioned by Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs in today’s “State of the County” address, the billion dollar high-speed rail line continues to face major community opposition which could threaten the whole project. Just this week, the St. Lucie County Commission approved a plan for crafting a… [read more]
The City of Orlando’s financial pressures are finally forcing Mayor Dyer and the Council to admit the budget crisis is far worse than they have been saying. In fact, Mayor Dyer said in the state of the city address there is a “structural imbalance” in the budget that is unsustainable.… [read more]
As I was looking into state funding sources connected to the Citrus Bowl renovations as a way to possibly stop or delay the destruction of historic Tinker Field, I happened to find some very concerning details of Buddy Dyer’s secret debt connected to the Orlando Venues projects. In fact, to… [read more]