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    Mar 9, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  1. In Vegas, tourist taxes help pay for cops — Orlando should follow suit

    Like Orlando, Las Vegas lives on tourism.
    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: Orlando Magic, Crime, Law and Justice, Lee Constantine, Orlando Hotels, Hotel and Accommodation Industry

    2. Aug 17, 2012 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  2. 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.
    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: Schools, Teaching and Learning, Bill Gates, High Schools, Human Interest

    3. Aug 8, 2011 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  3. Killing Florida pork could seriously help federal budget

    Enough talk about cutting the 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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sandy Adams, Armed Forces, Disasters and Accidents, Bill Nelson

    4. Mar 30, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel

  4. Fiesta Bowl BCS turmoil=Another blown opportunity for Orlando

    En Fuego - Orlando Sentinel
      The 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...
    5. Mar 2, 2011 |Story| Orlando Sentinel
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    6. Jan 19, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel

  6. Buddy Dyer wants another term as Orlando’s mayor

    Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
    Buddy 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...
    7. Dec 14, 2010 | Orlando Sentinel

  7. Outgoing-Orange Mayor Crotty toasted, roasted for ‘cheap’ ways

    Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando Sentinel
    When 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...
    8. Sep 30, 2010 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  8. 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.
    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: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts, State Budgets, Regional Authority, Rich Crotty

    9. May 4, 2008 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  9. Festival of Faith celebrates history of Catholic Church, Diocese of Orlando

    The Catholic Church has been a presence in Florida for centuries, since the days of Spanish exploration in the early 1500s, and a presence in Orlando at least since Bishop John Moore arranged the 1881 purchase of a block facing Orange Avenue at Robinson Street for $1,050. From today's perspective, that was some good deal. On that downtown corner now sits St. James Catholic Cathedral, next to offices of the Diocese of Orlando, which this week is celebrating its 40th year with a big Festival of Faith -- a full program of events from Thursday night through Saturday at the Orange County Convention Center. At the festival, a history pavilion will feature a display about the whole history of the Catholic Church. The presentation was created by the Diocese of St. Augustine, which for almost a century encompassed the entire state of Florida. That's one of the things I learned from a DVD, Forty Years of Faith: The Diocese of Orlando's 40-Year History, prepared for the anniversary. <b>Inspired by growth</b> Florida's St. Augustine-based diocese was established in 1870, but the state's dramatic growth after World War II inspired the creation of the Diocese of Miami in 1958. Ten years later, in June 1968, the Diocese of Orlando was formed to serve nine counties in the state's center. By the way, as you might have guessed, the bishop who bought the block of what's now downtown in 1881 inspired the name of the Orlando area's Catholic high school, Bishop Moore, built in 1954. Born in Ireland in 1834, Moore immigrated to Charleston, S.C., as a teenager in the late 1840s. He served as Florida's bishop from 1877 until his death in 1901 and worked to expand Catholic schools in Florida during the late 1800s. But that's much earlier than the period covered in Forty Years of Faith, which focuses on the growth of the diocese since 1968, from 50 parishes and about 128,000 church members to 80 parishes and 10 missions serving more than 800,000 people. <b>Churches with history</b> From the DVD, I learned that St. Charles Borromeo Church in Orlando's College Park neighborhood was originally named the cathedral of the diocese, but after a devastating fire at the church on Oct. 1, 1976, St. James became the cathedral in 1977. The first St. James Church, a wooden building of American Gothic design, was begun in 1887 and completed in 1891; it served the parish until 1952, when it was replaced by the modified Romanesque building that remains today, according to church history at stjcc.net. Another historic church in the diocese, St. Paul in Daytona Beach, is only the second Florida church to be named a basilica, being honored with that designation by Pope Benedict XVI in January 2006. Florida's other basilica, in St. Augustine, received the designation many years ago. "Churches are selected as basilicas because of their historical significance and their liturgical life and example," according to the basilica's Web site, basilicaofsaintpaul.com, which contains a detailed description of the building at 360 N. Ridgewood Ave. in Daytona Beach. St. Paul in Daytona traces its beginnings to the 1880s; the current Spanish mission-style basilica was built in the 1920s for nearly $250,000. The first Mass was celebrated in 1927. At 181 feet long, 80 feet wide and 123 feet tall, it was the highest building on the mainland when it was built and seated 1,150 people. The walls are 3 feet thick, and it was one of the first buildings in the area with a central heat and air-conditioning system. The basilica is open to visitors daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to its Web site. Guided tours may be arranged for groups of 10 or more; call the office at 386-252-5422. For information about the Festival of Faith, go to orlandodiocese.org or call 407-246-7196. Copies of the Forty Years of Faith DVD are available at orlandodiocese.org/festival in the "store" section.
    Sentinel Staff Writer
    The Catholic Church has been a presence in Florida for centuries, since the days of Spanish exploration in the early 1500s, and a presence in Orlando at least since Bishop John Moore arranged the 1881 purchase of a block facing Orange Avenue at Robinson...

    Tags: Daytona Beach, Orange County Convention Center, Death, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Festive Events

    10. Feb 24, 2008 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  10. Profile: Georgia Nell Woodley

    Sentinel Staff Writer
    About a week before Georgia Nell Woodley died, Ann Brown stopped by the house on Lee Avenue to visit. It was not unusual for people to come by unannounced to see Georgia Nell. They came not only to see her, but to find out what was going on in...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Death, Activism, Demonstration, Georgia

    11. Feb 24, 2008 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  11. Profile: Mavis K. Starke

    Sentinel Staff Writer
    Mavis was determined to leave. Her husband was just as determined to stay. And that's how Mavis Starke's first marriage ended. It was 1951, and Mavis wanted to move back to Florida, where she was born, where her family still lived. Her husband, William...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Martin Luther King Jr., Activism, Demonstration, Education

    12. Feb 23, 2005 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  12. Gambling foes start anti-slots campaign through e-mails, voter guides

    Staff writers
    Activists 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: Political Fundraising, Referenda, Economy, Business and Finance, Casino and Gambling Industry, Broward County

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