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8 Dec 2006, 5:56 am
From The Orlando (Florida) Sentinel "Taking Names" Blog: Orange-Osceola Public Defender Bob Wesley has a unique and worthy charity event this weekend -- one that has attracted help from other local pols in the past. [read post]
7 Dec 2006, 9:12 pm
The quote in the headline for this post is from tribe Vice Chairman Max Osceola (note: The Seminole Tribe was not the tribe who sold the island). [read post]
7 Dec 2006, 5:26 am
The Orlando Sentinel reports: A 17-month-long battle over how Osceola elects county commissioners could come to a close in federal court today. [read post]
30 Nov 2006, 4:36 am
But the problem is even bigger than the Sentinel's numbers suggest.The Florida Department of Children and Families' Office of Homelessness estimates (in its 2006 report) that there are 6,500 homeless people in Orange County, 1,300 in Osceola, 1,500 in Seminole and 1,600 in Brevard.Florida law (Section 420.621(4)) defines "homeless" as an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence or an individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is… [read post]
28 Nov 2006, 7:18 am
And this month, a 9th Circuit judge gave DCF, the public defender's office and the jails 60 days to move mentally-ill inmates out of Orange and Osceola jails.DCF officials said they didn't have enough money to create more treatment beds. [read post]
17 Nov 2006, 6:00 am
"This is the biggest problem DCF could ever have, aside from a lost kid in foster care," Orange-Osceola Public Defender Bob Wesley said. [read post]
13 Nov 2006, 5:37 am
Central Florida News 13 reports: Tonight, Osceola County Commissioners hope to get comments from people on how the board members should be elected. [read post]
8 Nov 2006, 5:34 pm
Osceola County, 2006 U.S. [read post]
8 Nov 2006, 6:01 am
Osceola installed a similar system in its new courthouse in 2001.Every other county in Central Florida also uses electronic court reporting.The systems, which include both microphones and cameras, are designed to take the place of courtroom stenographers and are already the sole record keeper at many kinds of hearings, such as those involving misdemeanors, juvenile delinquents and some civil matters.They are being expanded to cover many routine felony hearings -- those not likely to… [read post]
5 Sep 2006, 10:15 pm
After the rain began to fall, people gathered under the overhanging roof at the corner of Osceola Avenue and Central Boulevard, adjacent** to the park.Members of Journey and Discovery churches, East Orlando Food Not Bombs, Students for a Democratic Society, Orlando CodePink Women for Peace, the Young Communist League, First Vagabonds Church of God (a ministry by the homeless for the homeless) and the Central Florida chapter of the ACLU also participated in the food-sharing.The purpose of… [read post]
23 Aug 2006, 9:09 am
The food was served on the side of a downtown street, near the intersection of Church Street and Osceola Avenue, about 2 ½ blocks from Lake Eola Park. [read post]
