Despite construction not being complete, the Orlando City Soccer team will actually play their first match in the new stadium on Sunday. The current setback is just another in a long list that has plagued the stadium project for years since Buddy Dyer and the MLS team forced it through,… [read more]
A three-part request for proposed improvements to Lake Lorna Doone Park is seeking approval later this month at the City of Orlando Municipal Planning Board. There are 11 specific proposed park improvements included in the plan. According to the proposal, additional improvements will be made in the future, including donor-driven items.… [read more]
According to legal documents filed with United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, sitting Orlando City Commissioner Regina Hill’s character has been called into question as her ongoing foreclosure problem continues. In the court documents, Commissioner Hill’s behavior is described as “implicating a scheme” and her actions show… [read more]
It’s a distinction Orlando can’t seem to avoid year after year. Number one in tourism, yet Orlando remains the lowest paying metropolitan area in America, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sadly, the recognition is nothing new. For several years in a row, Orlando ranked as the lowest paying… [read more]
Sunday’s candlelight vigil for Orlando at Lake Eola is expected to draw nearly 30,000 people, according to RSVPs made on its Facebook event page. The vigil is the next step in the healing process for Orlando in the aftermath of the Pulse attack, the nation’s deadliest mass shooting. With a… [read more]
Orlando is one of the best communities in the world. You don’t have to live here to know it either, as we are also the #1 tourist destination and tens of millions of people love to visit every year. In the aftermath of the terror attack at Pulse, our country’s deadliest mass… [read more]
It’s official. Orlando’s famous Citrus Bowl is changing names to Camping World Stadium. Officials wasted no time implementing the new naming rights deal. Signs are up and the new name is already being used in promotions for events at the stadium. “Effective immediately, the stadium formerly known as the Orlando Citrus… [read more]
The City of Orlando is planning to move forward with a new marijuana policy today, but what does it really mean locally and why are some groups like Organize Now claiming the proposal is something more than it really is? To be clear, the data does not match the rhetoric surrounding… [read more]
A damning letter sent by the Orlando Citizens’ Police Review Board is putting new pressure on the Orlando Police Department as well as Mayor Buddy Dyer over ongoing problems of excessive force in addition to the city’s failure to properly investigate its own and provide answers to the public. In the scathing letter sent… [read more]
The spending of public tax dollars by Orlando City Commissioners was under scrutiny again as WFTV Channel 9 News investigated credit card spending on food, events and travel. The controversial spending has been going on for years, even irking some on the City Council to call out their fellow Commissioners… [read more]