Subject: City Commission Dodges CRA Accountability

City Commission Dodges CRA Accountability

September 22nd, 2026 at 5:42 am EDT

View onlineFellow Winter Park Residents, Please share with friends and neighbors. My prior email recommending closing the CRA was addressed to the City Commission. Many of you received a response from the City Manager because commission members ask ...

City Commission: END THE CRA NOW

September 15th, 2026 at 6:08 am EDT

View onlineFellow Winter Park Residents, Please share with friends and neighbors. Ending the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) will put over $70,000,000 into our General Fund over the next ten years where it can be used to serve Winter Park r ...

Get to Know Chris Messina – Candidate for Orange County Mayor

September 13th, 2026 at 6:10 am EDT

View onlineFellow Winter Park Residents, Please share with friends and neighbors. I am voting for Chris Messina for Orange County Mayor on November 4th. GET TO KNOW CHRIS HERE. If you like what you see send Chris a donation and get a yard sign. Did ...

City Commission: END THE CRA NOW

September 13th, 2026 at 5:46 am EDT

View onlineFellow Winter Park Residents, Please share with friends and neighbors. Ending the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) will put over $70,000,000 into our General Fund over the next ten years where it can be used to serve Winter Park resi ...

Commission Modifies Budget But Misses The Point

September 3rd, 2026 at 5:42 am EDT

View onlineFellow Winter Park Residents, Please share with friends and neighbors. Mayor DeCiccio sent another email recently detailing commission approved revenue and spending changes planned for the 2026-2027 budget to be formally adopted on Septe ...

Mayor DeCiccio Does It Again!

August 9th, 2026 at 5:37 am EDT

View onlineFellow Winter Park Residents, Please share with friends and neighbors. Mayor DeCiccio recently sent an email highlighting possible spending reductions should the state wide referendum intended to rein in property taxes pass in November. ...

Time To Reduce City Spending!

July 11th, 2026 at 5:30 am EDT

View onlineFellow Winter Park Residents, Please share with friends and neighbors. Let the commission know you want to see material spending reductions as they move to approve the final 2027 budget in September. Winter Park city management is propos ...

A Real Opportunity For Property Tax Reform

June 6th, 2026 at 5:23 am EDT

View onlineFellow Winter Park Residents, Please share with friends and neighbors. Squirming over the property tax referendum has started. Numerous local officials, editorials, and bloggers are crying over the strong likelihood that passage of the p ...

UPDATE: Blue Bamboo Withdraws Sublease Request

May 13th, 2026 at 1:00 pm EDT

View onlineFellow Winter Park Residents, Please share with friends and neighbors. This updates my message of May 11, 2026. NOTE: The Blue Bamboo has withdrawn its sublease request. The following is from an email from the Blue Bamboo President: The ...

Will the Commission Represent Your Interest?

May 11th, 2026 at 6:01 am EDT

View onlineFellow Winter Park Residents, Please share with friends and neighbors. The city commission is considering a sublease proposal related to the old library building on New England Ave this coming Wednesday. I sent the commission the message ...