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Oct 23, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

Dyer, Jacobs slated to attend mayoral, ballot amendment luncheon

Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs are scheduled to attend The West Orange Chamber of Commerce's Mayoral and Amendment Luncheon Wednesday in Gotha. The advance-ticketed event is not open to the public but will include talks...

Oct 3, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

Jacobs hosts branding summit with business, elected leaders

Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs hosts a branding summit later today with area chambers and other elected and business leaders to confab on ways to market the Central Florida region. The effort picked up steam after a recent trip Jacobs made to Austin, a...

Oct 4, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

Final also-ran backs Clarke over Damiani for open Orange seat

Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
Five candidates ran in the Orange County Commission District 3 primary that Lui Damiani and Pete Clarke emerged from, but as of this morning, two of three folks who failed to make that voter cut are backing Clarke. Third-place finisher Lydia Pisano had...

Oct 24, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

Orange Mayor Jacobs picks new fire chief from El Paso

Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
El Paso fire chief Otto Drozd III has been tapped as Orange County's new fire chief, a spokesman for Mayor Teresa Jacobs announced this morning. The Florida native rose through the ranks in South Florida, becoming the chief in Hialeah, before taking the...

Aug 30, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

Orange County government website lands top award

Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
Orange County government has long maintained a top website, just take a look here. But this year it topped all of its peers, taking the top prize in The Center for Digital Goverment's Best of the Web awards for all counties nationwide. Sure, this is...

Aug 30, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

Jacobs thanks workers, labor group just wants fair sick-time vote

Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
As she does on most holidays, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs wished local workers a happy Labor Day today. The mayor looks forward to “another season filled with productivity and many proud accomplishments.” That's not exactly what a labor-...

Aug 30, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

Small business survey: mandatory sick time not critical issue

Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
A recent small business survey by the powerful National Federation of Independent Business found that mandatory sick leave was not a critical concern, although fear of government action and “unreasonable regulations” ranked high. The survey...

Sep 13, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

Orange leaders take harsh lumps for keeping sick-time off ballot

Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
Orange County leaders Tuesday tried to snuff out a citizen-petition drive aimed at putting a sick leave measure on the Nov. 6 ballot. A 4-3 majority voted to delay it, which would basically push it well past ballot printing deadlines, and keep voters from...

Sep 6, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

Teresa Jacobs, social media on ‘Central Florida Spotlight’

The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel
In public-affairs programming this weekend: ***Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs visits “Central Florida Spotlight” to discuss the importance of social media in reaching out to the community. WFTV-Channel 9 legal analyst Bill Sheaffer explains...

Sep 17, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

Judge tells county to act on sick-time. It should

Taking Names the Blog - Orlando Sentinel
Well, news broke tonight that the courts have ordered Orange County to do what it should've done in the first place — put the sick-time initiative on the ballot. However, the ruling also had some wiggle room, allowing the county time to offer the...

Nov 14, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

Winners and losers in the aftermath of Chris Dorworth’s defeat

Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
Seminole County elections officials on Monday finally confirmed Democrat Mike Clelland’s razor-thin victory over state Rep. Chris Dorworth. So now it’s time to declare a few winners and losers – plus someone who was a little of both &#...

Nov 27, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

Orange takes up space issue for courts, tax collector, appraiser

Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
Orange County leaders are going to wrestle again today with how to find more court space for big trials and take on the politically-sensitive issue of where best to house its public tax collection and property appraiser operations. Orange-Ocsceola Chief...