Orange County Watch (FL)

Police halt Parramore football game, citing no proper permit

"I knew the police would come," Griffin said Thursday afternoon. "I think this is pathetic."

Florida Is Battleground for Tea Parties -- Against Themselves

Calls for candidate Peg Dunmire to quit the 8th Congressional District race have unleashed a new round of tea party infighting that threatens to dilute the movement's political power across Florida.

Tea partyers clash, accuse each of other of intimidation

The alliance of local leaders in the Tea Party movement called the news conference to renounce the newly formed Florida Tea Party as a front group meant to help Democrats.

Gas stations near airport fight city over posting prices

The owners of gas stations near Orlando International Airport that charge nearly double the going per-gallon rate say they'll go to court to avoid having to post their prices where passing drivers can see them.

$200,000 study said oil spills would be small, rare: Famous last words

Less than two weeks before oil began jetting from the ocean floor in the Gulf of Mexico, a state-commissioned report proclaimed the risk of drilling was extremely minimal. It said a major spill should be expected only once every 100 years.

Orange Commissioner Bill Segal didn't fully disclose his ties to developer

Segal's failure to disclose his land dealings with Rossman came even as he opposed adopting stronger financial-disclosure rules during the past three years.

Mildred Fernández's rise to power was swift

Modern politics often attract the wealthy, but Mildred Fernández doesn't fit that mold.

New Orlando performing-arts center takes next big step

A downtown fire station will be demolished today to make way for the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, a long-awaited first step delayed for months while the city cemented a financing plan.

County Commissioner Mildred Fernandez arrested

Orange County Commissioner Mildred Fernandez went to jail Tuesday, accused of accepting campaign contributions in exchange for helping a developer move his project ahead.

'Ghost contractor' not really on the job at Magic arena

If you check reports compiled by Orlando city officials to track the jobs created by construction of the Orlando Magic's new $480-million arena, you'll see that last fall Russell Henderson's company had as many as 17 employees building the stairs that fans will use to get to thei …

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