Convenience Big Store: Worrell appeal rejected | Osceola land preservation tax | Elections chief got $20K a month in consulting deal

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Friday, June 7, 2024

Worrell appeal rejected | Osceola land preservation tax | Elections chief got $20K a month in consulting deal

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Florida Supreme Court rejects Worrell's appeal of suspension by DeSantis

The court majority ruled the governor had the authority to remove Worrell for incompetence and neglect of duty.

Osceola's controversial land preservation tax is back on the ballot

A once-contentious tax aimed at preserving land from development in Osceola County is back on the ballot after nearly 20 years — and residents say it's more controversial than before. County commissioners Monday approved drafting an ordinance for a referendum on the November ballot to continue funding the environmental land conservation program with a 0.25 […]

Elections chief Gilzean got $20K-a-month consulting deal with Disney district

Florida's Disney World oversight district is paying Orange County Elections Supervisor Glen Gilzean $20,000 a month through December as part of a consulting agreement quietly inked when he stepped down as administrator.

Son of ex-Orange elections chief Cowles works for key voting machine vendor

Ahead of Bill Cowles retirement, Orange County approved a sole-source agreement to buy $3.5 million in voting equipment from a company that employs the election chief's son. But Cowles said his son played no role in the deal.

Orlando Museum of Art defends chairman's statements in lawsuit rebuttal

Former Orlando Museum of Art director Aaron De Groft amended his lawsuit, after a judge dismissed the original version. The museum has responded.

Orlando jettisons traditional route for Pulse Rainbow Run, irking neighbors

Saturday's run will launch from City Hall Plaza rather than its seven-year home in Wadeview Park. This is the first Pulse remembrance event since the onePulse Foundation that led the memorial efforts went belly up last year.

Hamburger Mary's starts move to Kissimmee but exact location still secret

Co-owner Michael Rogier, reached by phone Thursday morning at the closed Orlando restaurant, confirmed relocation efforts were underway but wouldn't reveal the new location.

New details in deadly Winter Springs carjacking say victim had drug money in car before kidnapping

Newly released federal court filings in the deadly April 11 carjacking in Winter Springs say the victim had $170,000 of drug money in the car that she picked from a man who put the wheels in motion for her killing.

Editorial: Review Trump's right to vote, just like any other felon

By law, a mandatory review of Donald Trump's eligibility to vote in Florida as a convicted felon should have begun by now. It hasn't, and the trail of questions leads straight to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Commentary: The crisis at the border is not a security crisis

The situation at the Mexican border is a crisis of human suffering and is due to the inaction of our elected officials, writes a local pastor who once resided in Texas near the situation.