When President Biden and President Xi Jinping met in Beijing, the prominent photo which identified their mutual agendas showcased outstretched hands as the President approached the Chinese Leader with a double handshake. It is no…;
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Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: STARTUP WEEKEND ORLANDO
While thousands flocked to Orlando for the Electric Daisy Carnival and to Winter Park for the Cows ‘n Cabs Annual Event, there was another very different setting attracting its own unique audience. Startup Weekend Orlando…;
Orlando Sentinel: When did the Republican Party lose its way?
On a state level, Cord Byrd, our new secretary of state, refused to acknowledge that President Biden was the constitutionally elected president of our nation. In Central Florida only two out of 27 Republican congressional…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: RENTAL PRICING
Rent prices fell in September by 1.51% for the second month in a row. Annualized, that would represent 18.12%. Nationally, prices took a 2.51% monthly dip, the first time since early 2021. Since rent control…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: AIRPORT GRIDLOCK
I came across an interesting comment the other day. A user mentioned he no longer flies via MCO to visit their Disney timeshare but instead prefers landing in Tampa. Having returned from a weekend trip…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: SUBSIDIZING HURRICANES
Florida has a significant interest in keeping real estate insurance affordable since real estate generates one-fifth of the state GDP. And, for obvious reasons, hurricane insurance underlies the political and economic structure of the state….;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: FOREIGN INVESTMENT
Good news for Florida from the Financial Times and Nikkei: Miami, Orlando and Tampa were ranked No. 1, No. 2 and No. 11 in their most recent ranking for foreign investments in America. The ranking…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: THROWBACK CANDIDATE
Jared Moskowitz, a Fort Lauderdale Democratic candidate for Congress, said that the worst thing President Biden did is signing off on a new law adding 87,000 more IRS agents. Whether Jared is right or wrong…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: SPACE EVOLUTION
SpaceX had a record-breaking 31 launches in 2021. By July of this year, it had already passed that number, is scheduled to hit as many as 60 launches by the end of 2022, and doubling…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: DISNEY TAKES A STAND
Disney’s CEO, Bob Chapek, defended company leaders in the “don’t say gay” standoff with Gov. Ron DeSantis. While the governor attacked “woke corporations” addressing the national conservativism conference in Miami, Chapek felt a need to…;