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The group Orlando Food Not Bombs (OFNB) held its regular Monday food sharing in this morning in an irregular spot—the steps of City Hall. The group is taking Mayor Buddy Dyer up on his invitation to “let Food Not Bombs gather in front of City Hall any time they liked, saying he’d even donate...
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Two more activists affiliated with the group Orlando Food Not Bombs (OFNB) were arrested yesterday at Lake Eola Park, bringing the toll of those arrested for holding unpermitted food sharings at the park to 27 since June 1. Though the arrests have occurred with an almost tedious regularity, yesterday marked an important shift in...
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Not guilty. That pair of words, uttered three times, sent dozens of onlookers into a hooting, sobbing frenzy, as the Orlando Weekly, having no official media credentials, watched the verdict of the Casey Anthony trial from a restaurant located at the ground floor of the Orange County Courthouse building. The jury ruled that Anthony,...
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First things first: John Kurtz, the libertarian ringleader of the newly reformed police watchdog group Copwatch, was convicted yesterday on charges of resisting a law enforcement officer without violence for a tussle with Orlando Police Department officer Adam Gruler which occurred early in the morning on New Years Day. Kurtz was sentenced to 30...
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The Winter Park/Maitland Observer reported yesterday that a mailer from outgoing Winter Park city commissioner Beth Dillaha sharply criticizing then-candidate Sarah Sprinkel was deemed to be in violation of state election law by the state attorney’s office. Any political expenditure which costs over $500 and is funded by two or more individuals–such as Dillaha’s...
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Two more people affiliated with the group Orlando Food Not Bombs were arrested yesterday at Lake Eola Park for holding an unpermitted food sharing with over 25 people. Those arrested were Samantha Simpson and Eric Montanez, who are both 25 years old. The arrests were notable given that Montanez was the first and only...
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Though Mayor Buddy Dyer has accused the group Orlando Food Not Bombs of orchestrating recent cyberattacks on the websites of the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce and Universal Studios, today’s events should serve as evidence that “Commander X” and his/her cohorts are likely not residents of Orlando, or even Florida, for that matter. That’s...
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After we watched Central Florida News 13 prattle on about Judge Belvin Perry’s blinking habits, we were intrigued to see how many other “body language experts” were raking in cash off of Perry’s eyelids, Casey Anthony’s quivering lip, and/or Jose Baez’s outstretched arm. But when we typed in “casey anthony body language” into our...
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The Ledger reports that the legal coordinator of the group Atheists of Florida, EllenBeth Wachs, is suing Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, alleging that her own arrest in March on charges of falsely posing as a licensed Florida attorney was in fact Judd’s way of punishing her for her vocal opposition to his religiously-charged...
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The group Orlando Food Not Bombs (OFNB) has petitioned the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court today for an injunction against the city of Orlando “from violating… administrative order and from omitting first amendment language from Orlando Police Department trespass warnings.” The administrative order in question, number 2003-39-17, states that arrests for second degree misdemeanors—like violating...
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