May 2013 - Orange County Democrats

Soto asks for records on DEP lawyer firings

Sen. Darren Soto is asking questions about the departures this month of four Department of Environmental Protection lawyers, one of whom suggested the firings and resignations were made to the detriment of conservation goals. The Orlando Democrat sent a letter to DEP Secretary Herschel

Central FL Dems receive high marks from Orlando Sentinel for 2013 session

Florida voters send 160 of their fellow citizens to the Capitol in Tallahassee for 60 days each year. But power and wisdom aren’t apportioned equally among Florida lawmakers. Usually only a handful of them shape events, for good or ill, during legislative

Lydia Gardner, longtime Orange County Clerk of Courts, dies

Longtime Orange County Clerk of Courts Lydia Gardner has died. According a source with the Clerk of Courts, Gardner died Wednesday night at Winter Park Hospital. She was 68. Gardner had battled breast cancer for years, the source said. Gardner

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