Month: October 2021

Please contact the Winter Park City Commission and tell them to stop their current effort to buy the 2 acre USPS property on New York Avenue for an estimated cost of $15,000,000 or initiate a voter referendum to accept or reject their plan. When the US Postal Service is ready to sell its land on New York avenue, the city can leverage the public use zoning and acquire the property at a fair market value via eminent domain. Why is the city commission trying to pay $15,000,000 for the land now when the latest formal appraisal is less than $2,000,000?…

When the current commission killed the original OAO codes in March 2020, I noted that their effort to revise the OAO codes was a performance without an audience. Well, they have now spent 18 months in seclusion from their constituents, completing a revised set of Orange Avenue codes that do nothing but spend more of our money on a superfluous park that will not be used. Further, no private investment is expected in the corridor. A recent video from former Mayor Steve Leary and three involved citizens confirms the current commission does not have a representative perspective. That is, they…