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Sappytown: my last column for Orlando Weekly

by Billy Manes

Jun 17, 2015

Odds ... and ends Four score and seven million years ago (OK, like a decade), in some front-of-the-book whimsy fit, Orlando Weekly decided to condense its seven-day news-blotter blurbathon into a thing with a voice and a hangover...

Sappytown: my last column for Orlando Weekly

Disney imports cheap overseas help to replace local workers because they can

By Erin Sullivan
Jun 10, 2015
Republican House defies logic and Medicaid expansion (again)

By Billy Manes
Jun 10, 2015
Rubio's campaign has bigger issues than jokes about his days in an Osmond lip-syncing group

By Billy Manes
Jun 3, 2015
Orlando Magic owner Rich DeVos could learn something from Orlando City's new privately funded stadium

By Billy Manes
Jun 3, 2015
Gov. Scott's chair admits he has no idea what he's doing with Healthcare Commission

By Billy Manes
May 27, 2015
Rick Scott and the icy makings of a Florida government shutdown

By Billy Manes
May 20, 2015
Somehow Gov. Rick Scott wants federal money for health care ... but also doesn't want federal money for health care

By Billy Manes
May 13, 2015
Here's what was left unresolved when the Florida House called it quits three days early

By Erin Sullivan
May 6, 2015
After being sued to oblivion, Grooveshark finally bites it

By Erin Sullivan
May 6, 2015
Florida legislature passes 24 hour wait period for abortions

By Erin Sullivan
Apr 29, 2015
Though he hasn't announced his candidacy, Jeb Bush raised a record amount in his first month of fundraising

By Erin Sullivan
Apr 29, 2015
Gov. Scott threatens to sue Obama over program he was informed would be canceled a year ago

By Erin Sullivan
Apr 22, 2015
Ivanhoe development project the Yard proceeds

By Erin Sullivan
Apr 22, 2015
President Obama to make Earth Day speech in the Everglades

By Erin Sullivan
Apr 22, 2015
Florida House passes adoption discrimination bill, cooler heads prevail in Senate **UPDATED**

By Erin Sullivan
Apr 15, 2015
The firing of two local daycare workers could violate Orange County's human rights ordinance

By Erin Sullivan
Apr 15, 2015
Waves of homophobia are crashing through the Florida House in an effort to guise bigotry as religious freedom

By Billy Manes
Apr 8, 2015
Good night. And good luck.

By Billy Manes
Apr 1, 2015
Why elections matter: A rundown of all the evil stuff being pushed through the Florida Legislature this session

By Billy Manes
Mar 25, 2015
Gov. Scott seems to think the best way to deal with global warming is to just not talk about it

By Billy Manes
Mar 18, 2015
Former congressman Tom Feeney comes out in support of a privatized healthcare exchange

By Billy Manes
Mar 18, 2015
Gov. Scott suddenly not happy about the possibility of not receiving federal funds

By Billy Manes
Mar 11, 2015
Transgender discrimination bill passes committee

By Billy Manes
Mar 11, 2015
Gov. Scott has had a series of unfortunate incidents when it comes to preserving records he was required to preserve

By Billy Manes
Mar 4, 2015
The federal Securities and Exchange Commission starts investigating the Central Florida Expressway Authority

By Billy Manes
Feb 25, 2015