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In Vegas, tourist taxes help pay for cops — Orlando should follow suit
Like Orlando, Las Vegas lives on tourism. Unlike Orlando, Las Vegas uses tourist taxes to help pay for schools, cops, roads and more. There's a simple reason for the Las Vegas logic: Locals know that, although tourists bring money to town, they also...
Tags: Politics, Local Government, Lee Constantine, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Orlando Magic
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Junior Achievement opens first high school academy at Oak Ridge
Fourteen-year-old Sharrell Bailey wouldn't be starting ninth grade at Oak Ridge High School on Monday if it weren't for the new Junior Achievement Academy opening there. The magnet program, which will focus on leadership and entrepreneurship, is Junior...
Tags: Bill Gates, Human Interest, Schools, High Schools, Teaching and Learning
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Killing Florida pork could seriously help federal budget
Enough talk about cutting the federal budget.
Let's start the job in Florida, beginning with Jacksonville's pork.
Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio want to move a nuclear aircraft carrier from Norfolk, Va., to Jacksonville. This would cost as much as...Tags: Bill Nelson, Florida, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Mike Thomas, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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Fiesta Bowl BCS turmoil=Another blown opportunity for Orlando
En Fuego - Orlando SentinelThe Fiesta Bowl’s misery is ours too. The bowl imploded in scandal Tuesday. CEO John Junker was fired after an internal report found “an apparent scheme” to reimburse employees for political contributions and “an apparent... -
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Buddy Dyer wants another term as Orlando’s mayor
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBuddy Dyer filed election papers Wednesday to run for his third full term as mayor of Orlando in 2012. Though Dyer is routinely mentioned when names are bandied about for higher office, he's made no secret of his desire to remain mayor. He told the... -
Outgoing-Orange Mayor Crotty toasted, roasted for ‘cheap’ ways
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelWhen out-going Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty traveled through 18 countries over the years with his Chief of Staff George Rodon, his long-time friend discovered just how frugal his boss was when they lost their luggage on a flight. Crotty was dismayed... -
Orlando's new arena opens after years of talks, millions of dollars
The ribbon will be cut on the gleaming new Amway Center today, but the Orlando Magic's fight for a new arena started nearly a decade ago, with years of political horse-trading and hundreds of millions of dollars in the balance.
Building a new arena...Tags: Politics, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Amway Center, Rich Crotty, Richard DeVos
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Gambling foes start anti-slots campaign through e-mails, voter guides
Staff writersActivists involved in the March 8 referendum on slot-machine gambling launched a counterattack this week with e-mail blasts and voter guides responding to the pari-mutuel industry that so far has dominated debate. The Broward County Council of Parent-...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Lotteries, Justice System, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics
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2004 Most Powerful People in Central Florida
We're down to the final day of Taking Names' ranking of The 25 Most Powerful People in Central Florida. When we started tallying ballots, our panel of 15 plugged-in and diverse judges cast more than 375 votes for more than 140 people. Now we're down...Tags: Margot Kidder, David Siegel, Colleges and Universities, Restaurants, Politics
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Early voting starts despite storm damage
Sentinel Staff WriterForgetting the fallen magnolia tree and the damage to the roof of his Orlando home caused by Hurricane Charley, Richard Haury voted Friday in the primary election. Encouraged by reports that Secretary of State Glenda Hood, a former Orlando mayor, voted...Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Bob Graham, Florida, Hurricane Damage, Daytona Beach
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Death toll, cleanup costs still mounting
Sentinel Staff WriterAs Floridians faced their second week of living with the aftermath of Hurricane Charley, hundreds of thousands spent their eighth night without electricity, and the hurricane's death toll and cost estimates of the cleanup continued to climb. Statewide,...Tags: Bill Nelson, Meteorological Disasters, Politics, Hurricane Damage, Mike Brown (ice hockey)
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