The local Orange County GOP is boasting about achieving 9 out of 10 of their specifically defined goals prior to the elections last week. The local Democratic electoral disaster was beyond a fiasco this year and it is another reason why on the left, it is time for change. This also raises… [read more]
Election Day 2014 was nothing short of a complete local disaster for the Orange County Democratic Party, with major losses and a lack of leadership that signals significant change is not only needed, it will be required. It is clear the “clique politics” in Orlando, implemented by Scott Randolph and… [read more]
Earlier this morning, Val Demings shocked Orange County by ending her campaign for Orange County Mayor against incumbent Teresa Jacobs. The move seemed to catch most by surprise, including local Democratic Party leadership and Demings’ closest supporters. West Orlando News broke the story first locally, where you can see Demings’… [read more]
Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs did it again – stealing the show, flipping the issues and winning the day at the County Commission meeting this week. It’s no surprise that Mayor Jacobs quickly sent out a “Special Edition” Orange County Connect email where she began her victory lap. At the… [read more]
I’m not sure how comforting it must be for Orange County taxpayers to learn that Tax Collector Scott Randolph is using some fuzzy math, with wrong numbers that simply don’t add up. In a newly recovered record that Randolph presented to the Board of County Commissioners, it appears he is… [read more]
WFTV 9 Investigates continued digging into Orange County Tax Collector Scott Randolph‘s use of public funds to hire a high paid lobbyist yesterday. They finally got Randolph on camera, along with comments from Commissioner Fred Brummer and Mayor Teresa Jacobs. And now even more questions are being raised.
The controversial Orange County Tax Collector is in more hot water after a WFTV Channel 9 investigation found that Scott Randolph has been paying tens of thousands of dollars to a high paid lobbyist. Randolph hired Republican lobbyist Angel de la Portilla at a rate of $5,000/month to lobby local… [read more]
The “Top 10 Scrooges of 2013” list from West Orlando News seems to put all of the principal suspects just where they should be. It’s a great reminder of all the nonsense that went on locally in 2013 and how our elected officials consistently fail the people (which is something people around… [read more]
As some important local issues heat up as summer ends, one question rings louder and louder: why are local elected Democrats so silent?! Even outside of the specific issues, like Sick Time, there are clear First Amendment and principles of democracy at stake and we need our Democrats’ voices. Why would… [read more]