Hood’s attorney still in legal limbo
On Monday Mayor Hood will try and get three Council members to install Scott Gabrielson, a good lawyer and a nice guy, as city attorney. Just the fact that she has to try is remarkable; the mayor has long regarded the council members as an afterthought. But try she must, because as of this writing,…
Trust us, Part Two
In an experiment in local governmnet last month, Florida gave five communities, including Orlando, a sort of planning carte blanche. This month, at least 24 more towns and countys who want the same are crying: We’re better than them! It was a political fix! Ain’t Florida great? Of course, it was a political fix. And…
Outside Arena, a sign of the times
In America the air is free and so’s the speech, but not outside the O-rena. This surprised Doug Head, who heads the Orange County Democratic Party. But Orlando officials think it shouldn’t have. The arena has been a One Party state since its inception. It’s for everyone’s safety. The question came up, as these sorts…
Science by the numbers — and pounds
This past weekend marked the opening of the new Orlando Science Center. The $40 million-plus facility is state of the art and will be a center of science and math learning for people throughout the state. ;;Lest we take this for granted, let’s consider a cautionary tale of two Floridians for whom the center opened…
The Force is upon you
When “Star Wars” came out in 1977 I went to see it 11 times and made my mother take me to get Darth Vader’s autograph, even though she said, “It’s not really him, it’s just some guy in a suit.” It had everything a 12-year-old could want: It didn’t take place on earth like junior-high…
On this ‘Planet,’ words are wise
David Greenberger, with Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Disney Institute, February 9, 1997 At the “Duplex Planet” logic takes many forms. Sometimes it is profound or disturbing, while at other moments the light of surrealism illuminates answers with an otherworldly wisdom. David Greenberger is the shaper of the “Duplex Planet” as a newspaper, a book and…
Power surge
Soon you can choose a utility company – just like long distance and, um, cable TV. Doesn’t that sound great?;;The noted futurist Leland Kaiser has said: “the future is not something we predict … it is something we invent.” We are inventing our future so we can continue to safeguard the interests of our stakeholders:…
