Diverse Grassroots Coalition Stands Against Corporate Welfare, Soccer Stadium
A diverse group is standing together to fight corporate welfare in Orange County and to stop Orlando’s attempt to spend tens of millions of dollars on a new soccer stadium, which will only further...
View ArticleGentrification Concerns Reach ESPN National Coverage of Orlando
By now, most are aware of Mayor Dyer and Mayor Jacobs fast-tracking a new soccer stadium proposal, spending millions of public tax dollars which will only lead to the further gentrification of historic...
View ArticleSoccer Stalling? Commissioners Weighing In Through Memos
Despite Mayor Jacobs holding hands with Mayor Dyer in a ceremony that didn’t quite make sense, soccer appears to be stalling at the county level. Orange County Commissioners are weighing in through...
View ArticleDon’t Visit Orlando While They Gentrify Orlando Campaign Ready to Fight Back
Will Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs really jeopardize Convention Center funding and local tourism in support of her gentrification and corporate welfare soccer stadium debacle? A new “Don’t Visit...
View ArticleSoccer’s Supermajority Problem in Orange County
As Orange County Commissioners begin weighing in on a soccer stadium proposal by Mayor Teresa Jacobs and Mayor Buddy Dyer, Major League Soccer has yet another hurdle to jump: a supermajority vote is...
View ArticleMayor Jacobs Wrong on Gentrification & Displacement in Parramore in Interview
In an interview with WFTV today, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs said she is in favor of the proposed Parramore location for a soccer stadium because it will not displace any residents. The Mayor...
View ArticleEvery Academic Report: Orlando’s Latest Stadium Gambit Makes No Economic Sense
There’s really no other way to put it. No matter what Buddy Dyer, the city of Orlando or the soccer team says, the latest stadium gambit makes no economic sense. In fact, every academic economic report...
View ArticleOrlando Matters with Keith Landry Discusses Soccer Stadium Proposal
On October 12, Keith Landry of My Fox Orlando took on the soccer stadium proposal on Orlando Matters featuring Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer — and me rebutting some of...
View ArticleMy Remarks to the Orange County Board of Commissioners Today
Today, at 2pm, the Orange County Board of Commissioners will hold the public hearing and vote on the venues package, which includes the soccer stadium proposal. Here are my written remarks for today’s...
View ArticleICYMI: My Comments to the Orange County Commission from October 22, 2013
Here is the video of my comments to Orange County Commissioners and Mayor Teresa Jacobs on October 22 (which was also my birthday). Click here to read the text of my comments.
View ArticleOrlando City Soccer PR Stunt Misses the Goal in Parramore
Looks like Buddy Dyer and the city of Orlando finally are catching on that the dialogue shift in Parramore is here to stay. They can no longer blatantly lie about the gentrification or outright ignore...
View ArticleAnother Payoff in Orlando City Soccer MLS Stadium Deal by Dyer: Quid Pro Quo...
As another investigative report shines more light on the Orlando City soccer stadium deal, it is becoming clear that Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer used payoffs and questionable promises to secure money and...
View ArticleBreaking: Commissioner Pete Clarke Calls on Mayor Jacobs to Stop Tinker Field...
Orange County Commissioner Pete Clarke is calling on Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs to halt the planned demolition of historic Tinker Field. Since the announcement this week by Orlando Mayor Buddy...
View ArticleCounty Watch Sends Letter Demanding Preservation of Historic Site
County Watch, a bi-partisan political watchdog group for transparency and responsibility in local government, voted over the weekend to send a letter to the Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and the...
View ArticlePublic Demands Action, Urges County Commission To Save Historic Tinker Field
At the February 11th Board of County Commissioners meeting, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and Commissioners heard from many concerned citizens about the demolition of historic Tinker Field. One...
View ArticleNew Performing Arts Center Rendering Just Another Façade of “Green Space”
Once again our community witnessed local leaders put up a façade to cover the real plans for development downtown — this time related to the financially struggling Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center...
View ArticleUpdate: Performing Arts Center Model Shows Development, Not Green Space
Many are starting to take notice that in Orlando, “green space” in renderings is code for “more development.” Two weeks ago, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, and other...
View ArticleMore Proof Orlando Duped by Major League Soccer
Remember when our local elected officials insisted Orlando had to build a soccer-specific stadium in order to become a new Major League Soccer city? Remember as Mayors Buddy Dyer and Teresa Jacobs held...
View ArticleControversy: Commissioner Edwards Says Orlando “Absolutely” Duped by MLS
Ever since I broke the story exposing more proof that Orlando was duped by Major League Soccer on Saturday, the controversy has been heating up around town. WFTV Channel 9 News had a huge lead story...
View ArticleCommissioner’s Memo Slams MLS for “Fraudulent Statements”
Orange County Commissioner Ted Edwards has re-ignited the soccer stadium controversy with a harsh memo to Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs, where the Commissioner ended saying: “I am concerned about...
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