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 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]
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer flew out of the country just before the Easter holiday weekend with no announcement. And our Mayor will not fly back into the city until the end of the month. Maybe Dyer thought nobody would notice. Do you know where your mayor is? If you guessed… [read more]
Remember when our local elected officials insisted Orlando had to build a soccer-specific stadium in order to become a new Major League Soccer city? Remember as Mayors Buddy Dyer and Teresa Jacobs held hands proclaiming their support in giving millions in public dollars to build a stadium just for the… [read more]
It’s a known business model. Owner wants new stadium to make more money and increase value of franchise (or to join the MLS). Owner threatens to move. Politicians save face by pretending they won’t offer millions of dollars in subsidies (enter Mayor Teresa Jacobs). Politicians eventually offer millions of dollars in… [read more]
As the debate continues on funding the controversial new stadium in Orlando, there have been many misrepresentations by Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and the soccer team in their presentations and support for the proposal. Many of the concerns have been outlined in memos to the Commissioners, but here are… [read more]