News that President Trump is packing up his truck and moving permanently south to Florida might be ironic, but it’s not surprising. The 2018 federal tax law instituted a $10,000 cap on state and local…
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Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: PRICE OF PROGRESS
One by one, they’re coming down. As I read David Whitley’s article on the legacy of Ronnie’s Restaurant, which closed in 1995 after 39 years, the razing of the Ice Cold Auto Repair Shop behind…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: ELDER FRAUD
The most recent report from the FTC’s Consumer Sentinel Network showed that median losses as a result of fraud increased in 2018 for victims in all age categories from age 60 and above. Most telling,…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: BACK IN THE HOOD
It is not surprising that Mister Rogers, recently heralded by Tom Hanks some 16 years after he left us, in the documentary, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” is back with two upcoming productions. On stage,…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: TABLE TALK
Mark Brewer, CEO of the Central Florida Foundation — a mainstay of neighborhood civility for over 25 years — is launching a forum for civil engagement which it calls Table Talk. Designed to provoke civil…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: RENT CONTROL
As Central Florida begins another economic cycle breaking through affordable housing rent barriers, Representative Anna Eskamani’s call for local jurisdiction over rent control is understandable. Affordability matters and with average rent now exceeding $1,200 per…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: LAKE COUNTY’S K-8 E-STEM
Lake County School District’s planned investment of $33 million in a three-story, 160,000 square-foot K-8 E-STEM School represents a targeted and focused investment in work force development for Central Florida. Recognizing that Florida is projected…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: The Insanity Continues
Under the misleading name of “Constitutional Carry,” Representative Anthony Sabatini filed a bill this past Tuesday legalizing the right to openly carry weapons without a license where concealed weapons are currently allowed. Claiming that residents…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: Florida’s White Collar Playground
Announcements this week of two federal actions against alleged wrongdoers — the first, a $2.1 billion Medicare scam and the second, a $31 million Ponzi scheme leaving 56 investors high and dry — showcase two…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: LOCO PARENTIS
While the appalling arrest of two 6 year-olds by an Orlando police officer, disciplined 7 times along with 16 independent citizen complaints, made national news characterizing Orlando in less than a favorable light, it potentially…