In Orlando, many people wonder why the community does not have a strong and positive relationship with the police force locally. First of all, Orlando PD is often used by Mayor Dyer and the local establishment in absurd ways (think arresting people feeding the homeless and needy at Lake Eola,… [read more]
The Orlando Weekly alternative paper is going up for sale as its parent company tries to shed all its alternative weekly papers. The shrinking size of the weekly has been noticeable and the latest move puts the paper on the market with Orlando’s daily newspaper, the Orlando Sentinel. News must not… [read more]
Fifty years ago in Orlando, it was the “summer of schools and pools.” Doug Head and West Orlando News have published an important and timely series of articles focusing on the momentous local changes and events in the civil rights struggle, 50 years ago in Orlando.
Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs concluded public comments from her critics with a commanding and at times emotional response slamming the Orlando Sentinel for an article this past weekend that was “totally false.” The article focused on text messages of the Mayor and County Commission in the aftermath of the… [read more]
Local Orlando news coming out of the DNC Convention in Charlotte included numerous media reports covering Mayor Buddy Dyer’s comments that he was considering a run for governor. During my run for Mayor, we knew Dyer had ambition for higher office and I tried to get him to sign my pledge… [read more]