The color of money
They exercise veto power over a highway’s path. They arrange for members’ swamp land to be purchased by the state. They abandon thousands of laid off farmworkers to the marketplace while advocating — reluctantly, they say — a $91 million taxpayer payoff to a dozen millionaires. ;; And for this they stand to reap millions…
Teach your workers well?
The Orange County Public Schools system is in the education business, but learning has taken a back seat to budget constraints in its handling of an employee-training program.;;This was made clear in an Aug. 8 letter from the district to the Orange Educational Support Personnel Association, which represents about 8,000 non-teaching district employees.;;In May 1996,…
The art of collaboration
Some of those happiest about the hugely-hyped run of the “Imperial Tombs of China” show oversee museums miles away from the exhibition’s temporary resting place at the Orlando Museum of Art.;;The exhibit, which ended Sept. 15, drew fewer people than originally expected by the museum, which conveniently lowered those expectations as the four-month run wore…
Sounding the alarm
Barbara Husar was just getting started when a fire alarm sounded, ending the final community meeting on the proposed extension of Apopka-Vineland Road.;;For months, Husar had been cornering Orange County officials and analyzing reports dealing with the $2.5 million road project, which would add a third north-south route, while leaving east-west traffic no less congested.…
