Ahead of the August 30th elections, some races on the ballot are considered to be non-partisan. Here’s a quick recap of all the Orange County candidates running in the August 2016 non-partisan elections along with their party affiliation and a link to their campaign websites and/or social media. UPDATE: 2016… [read more]
The attitude and arrogance of Buddy Dyer’s administration is evident once again, as the highly paid city attorney Mayanne Downs dismissed well-liked Orange County Commissioner Pete Clarke as a “rogue commissioner” in newly obtained emails. Downs emailed several senior Orlando City Hall officials, including Dyer’s Chief of Staff Frank Billingsley, urging… [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]
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]
The following proposal to save Tinker Field was presented to Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and all County Commissioners in December during an official Board of County Commissioners’ discussion on the fate of Tinker Field. The proposal was also delivered to City Commissioners Sheehan, Hill and Ings. Dear Mayor Jacobs and Commissioners,… [read more]
Around Orange County the community is in the midst of a week’s worth of events celebrating the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission will host and participate in a variety of events to commemorate the legacy of MLK, at the same time Dyer… [read more]
The year-long controversy surrounding the fate of Tinker Field, the most historic of Orlando’s public venues, will be revisited by the Orange County Commission in an official discussion at an upcoming January meeting.
Historic Tinker Field is still in big trouble. Earlier tonight, WFTV Channel 9 News aired an interview where Mayor Dyer admitted the Tinker Field demolition will move forward as planned. Dyer said the demolition was just delayed, not prevented. Tinker Field has been a part of Orlando history for 100 years… [read more]
The fate of historic Tinker Field is set to be decided on Monday by the Orlando City Council according to word from City Hall. Mayor Buddy Dyer will also host a presentation on “Why the City should demolish Tinker Field” during a workshop at the Agenda Review meeting starting at 10am… [read more]