Bill Segal Joins Mayor Dyer to Promote ‘Buy Local Orlando’
Orange County mayoral candidate Bill Segal and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer will be behind the counter of an Orlando coffee shop Wednesday afternoon to promote “Buy Local Orlando,” a program that boosts the economy by encouraging citizens to shop at locally owned stores.
Falconer Decries County Policies, Promises Change
Mayoral candidate, Matthew Falconer believes the policies which have been put in place in Orange County need to change and he says that “taxpayers, not special interests, should come first.”
AirTran Unveils Operations Center, Plans Pilot Base
AirTran Airways unveiled on Tuesday the Orlando company’s new System Operations Control (SOC) Center. The company also used the occasion to announce plans to open a pilot base in Orlando this fall.
Police searching for Pawn Shop Robber
Orlando Police are looking for a man, armed with a handgun, who robbed a pawn shop on Semoran Boulevard at mid-day on Tuesday.
First Signs go up at Amway Center
On Monday, the first Amway Center sign was completed on the east side of the facility. The sign, which was based off design drawings from RipBang Studios, Inc. and was locally fabricated and installed by Design Communications Ltd., faces I-4 and is 83’11” wide, while the ‘A’ in Amway stands 12’ tall.
Florida makes the Cut in Race to the Top, Again
Florida is among 19 states named as finalists for more than $3 billion available in the second round of funding in the Race to the Top program, a release from the U.S. Department of Education stated on Tuesday.
Scott is Anti-Gay Adoption, Abortion
Newcomer and Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott told reporters on Monday that he is against gay adoptions, is pro life and would have signed off on the controversial abortion measure passed by Florida Legislature requiring most women wanting an abortion to pay for an ultrasound first.
Broke Americans Cut Back on Little Things to Save Money
There are many big changes people can make to save money – cut back on all entertainment, for example. But there are also a number of smaller things people can do to save money, and with the economy not yet turning around, it seems many Americans have opted for this approach.
Is the FCAT Program a Failure? (Part II)
An interesting aspect I didn’t see discussed often, but found during my research is the possibility of the test causing a higher rate of dropouts. According to a white paper published way back in 1996 by Bryan W. Griffin of Georgia Southern University and Mark H. Heidorn of the Florida Department of Education called “An Examination of the Relationship Between Minimum Competency Test Performance and Dropping Out of High School” (http://coe.georgiasouthern.edu/foundations/bwgriffin/research/bg_mct.htm) there are concerns about the test contributing to the dropout rate.
