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Published July 1849 Pulse victims commemorated at Winter Garden church on 10th anniversary of mass shooting | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
Bells rang out 49 times to commemorate those killed in the country’s deadliest LGBTQ+ hate crime.
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Published July 18Proposed property tax amendment challenged in court | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
Lawsuit claims the ballot language is “misleading and materially false.”
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Published July 18Pulse survivors want to be sure the next generation knows what happened there | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
A decade after the nightclub shooting left 49 dead and dozens more wounded, survivors and advocates are working to keep the memories of those who perished that terrible night alive.
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Published July 18Winter Garden proclaims June, long associated with LGBTQ+ Pride, as “Faith and Family Month” | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
“The far right doesn’t have a monopoly on faith or family. We have many religious communities that embrace their LGBTQ members, and many LGBTQ people who choose to build loving families in the state,” says Equality Florida.
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Published July 18How will the new anti-DEI law impact West Orange municipalities? | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
Ahead of the Jan. 1, 2027, effective date, city officials are parsing the new law to figure out which events and activities can continue and which need to be cut.
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Published July 18Barbie Harden Hall ends campaign for Congress, citing illness | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
Announcement takes supporters, opponents by surprise.
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Published July 18Johns Lake Urban Village scores Winter Garden re-zoning victory despite neighbors' traffic concerns | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
“We don’t want to limit development, but does the infrastructure support these residents?” asks American Society for Civil Engineers board member and Winter Garden resident.
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Published July 18Winter Garden mulls toll road at Lake County line | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
8,200-plus daily trips on Marsh Road originate in Lake County. Mayor John Rees would like to zero-out that number.
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Published July 18Oliver’s early campaign signs violate Apopka, Ocoee ordinances | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
“I might have put them out a little soon,” says D2 Orange County Commission candidate.
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Published July 18OC Clerk of Courts Tiffany Moore Russell resigns in time for voters to choose successor as she runs for mayor | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
"They have the right to select who they want to serve them," candidate says.
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Published July 18Developer Scott Boyd shaped Winter Garden re-zoning ordinance he requested for Johns Lake Urban Village community | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
Government legal expert says practice is “pretty darn normal.”
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Published July 18Boathouse lawsuit judge denies Windermere request to reconsider granting owners attorneys fees | Vox Populi - Winter Garden, FL
Town attorneys argued the fee entitlement ruling was based on “improper grounds.” The court shot that down the following day.