There may be a big reason why Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and city officials have been quiet about any details surrounding the latest “deal” involving the Major League Soccer stadium. In fact, Buddy Dyer’s blunders are adding up and his latest plan to convince the team owners to privately finance… [read more]
The City of Orlando plans to use public dollars to subsidize a private business once again, this time in order to help the Grand Bohemian Hotel downtown offer discounted room rates for a Major League Soccer conference bid. The 2016 Major League Soccer Operations Seminar is considering Orlando as the… [read more]
The division and further destruction of the Parramore community was outlined visually for the first time in an official map during a presentation by Project DTO at City Hall, an appointed committee of Mayor Buddy Dyer. The map further illustrates the gentrification efforts of Mayor Dyer and the City of Orlando… [read more]
The City of Orlando has officially closed a significant portion of Parramore Avenue, the core of the city’s historic African-American community, in order to clear the way for the new Major League Soccer stadium. However, city leaders continue to hastily push through Mayor Buddy Dyer’s controversial stadium even without a traffic impact… [read more]
Today, state legislators delivered a major setback for Mayor Buddy Dyer and the Orlando City Lions who are trying to use state funds to complete plans for their new Major League Soccer stadium. The Joint Legislative Budget Commission met today with an agenda to decide how to award $7 million in… [read more]
How do more bars and party terraces compliment or benefit the historic Parramore neighborhood? That’s exactly what Mayor Buddy Dyer and the City want to build in the heart of Parramore using millions in state funding, in addition to more luxury suites and a roof, based on the Orlando City Soccer stadium application to… [read more]
Orlando City Commissioner Regina Hill’s “Parramore Task Force” has still failed to provide any suggestions towards incorporating Parramore’s history and culture into the controversial Major League Soccer stadium. Now City officials are also admitting even if Hill’s Task Force produces any suggestions, the input will likely not be included in the project… [read more]
After breaking the news about the October 16th City of Orlando Appearance Review Board’s major opposition to the proposed MLS stadium design, audio recordings from the first meeting further show this is the wrong stadium, in the wrong location, at the wrong time. But just two months later, the same Appearance Review Board… [read more]
While elected officials may talk “jobs jobs jobs” as they spend hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds, reality tells a different tale. The latest example is the planned Major League Soccer stadium in Parramore, which will create just 60 permanent jobs after spending millions of public dollars. The… [read more]
The Parramore Task Force set up by the future Major League Soccer team and Commissioner Regina Hill appears to be nothing more than a sham, as more lies are being pushed about the committee in official press releases. The Orlando City Soccer team issued a press release about the first meeting… [read more]