Central Florida this year may elect its first father-daughter duo to the Florida Legislature and they also would happen to be Latino, a sign of the growing politicization of Orlando-area Hispanics. Amy Mercado got the ball rolling recently when she tossed her candidacy in the ring for Florida House […]
It’s not surprising that Osceola County schools has hired a new superintendent. Melba Luciano, the first Hispanic to hold a top education post in Central Florida, is leaving the district effective July 31. The Osceola County School Board has been looking to “retire” Luciano for a while. It was almost a […]
The watchword for 2016 economic growth in Central Florida is “deceleration.” The latest forecast by University of Central Florida economist Sean Snaith calls for mostly less growth, compared with 2015, but with a few bright spots. Snaith’s report, delivered at the annual Orange County Economic Summit, stated it’s likely that […]
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz will never live down his insult to fellow candidate Donald Trump for “embodying New York values” and then doubling down adding, “Everybody knows what that means.” The next day the New York Daily News gave Cruz the Statue of Liberty’s middle finger on its front […]
Here we go again. Another mega Powerball lottery week, only this time the jackpot has jumped to $1.5 billion, an all-time record. Go ahead and play – I plunked down the princely sum of $2, plus $7 the week before. But understand that it’s highly, highly, highly unlikely you’re going […]
The watchword in 2016 is going to be Hispandering, a mix of two words, Hispanic and pandering, that some research shows dates to 2002. What an irresistibly delicious term! In this heavy-duty year of presidential politics, some candidates will try to make a connection with Latinos, but many will stumble […]
