VOTE TUESDAY, MARCH 9th – find your polling place The public face of the Winter Park Mayoral election is one of the typical platitudes with an occasional soap opera thrown in. What matters, however, is policy. Sarah Sprinkel has a strong record of reasonableness and sound policy judgment in her previous nine years of service on the commission. As a person of proven character and accomplishment, she has rightly earned the endorsement of six Winter Park mayors and deserves our vote. The current four commissioners have each been promoted and financially supported by Jennifer and Phil Anderson. All four commissioners…
Month: March 2021
Out of Their Minds
They have been out of control, now they are out of their minds. On February 24th the city commission voted to spend $750,000 of your money for the 0.16 acre property at 901 W. Fairbanks ($4,800,000 per acre). They also voted to negotiate the purchase of the 1.0 acre property at 929 – 957 W. Fairbanks for $3,000,000 more of your money. These purchase prices are more than $2,100,000 greater than the Orange County Appraiser’s estimated market values, and exclude costs for demolition, potential environmental abatement, and improvements (there has been no appraisal). These purchases exclude the connecting 0.13 acre…
Winter Park Playing Field Issues
I endorse quality playing fields for Winter Park children participating in non profit sports leagues. Such fields should be of a quality at least as high as the best fields used generally available for youth sports leagues in nearby municipalities. The commission never looked at the facts when voting to spend $1,600,000 on two artificial turf playing fields outside the annual budget process. Please see the 2018-2019 field comparison and usage statistics prepared by city staff that were not part of the public meeting agenda packet. We are significantly subsidizing other municipalities demand for playing fields. Winter Park has one…