Politics

Up in flames

Out of a 60-person force, 33 Ocoee firefighters called it quits in the last three years — including 14 since January. Why isn’t the city fighting harder to keep its first responders?

Black women’s felon-voter-restoration case in FL draws sympathetic hearing during 11th Circuit arguments

This story was originally published by the Florida Phoenix.

The case could turn on whether the court needs to look for a specific intent by the Florida Legislature to discriminate against Black women ex-felons who face extraordinary financial barriers against required court-ordered fines, fees, and restitution.

Groundbreaking Waste Management

Pictured, from left: Town manager Steven Koontz; Commissioner Joseph McMullen; Mayor Kathy Stark; Public Works Director Michael Parker; and Commissioners Rick Polland and Salvador Ramos. 

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The Oakland Town Commission broke ceremonial ground for its West Hull Avenue Septic-to-Sewer Conversion Project at Pollard Park on July 16. Within the next nine months, 44 homes, two churches and eight vacant lots will be on the town's sewer system, according to Mike Parker (third from right), the town's public works director.