Remember how we posted a few weeks about about the letter Westgate Resorts’ David Siegel sent to his employees filled with thinly veiled threats to fire people if Obama was re-elected? Well, this Las Vegas businessman who called into his local radio station claims to have one-upped Siegel. Like Siegel, he also told his...
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Many thanks to the good folks at Bullitt Bar, which hosted our election night party this evening!
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Send your Election Day photos to esullivan@orlandoweekly.com and we’ll post them to this blog or a gallery on our site. Please identify where the photo was taken and let us know who to credit for the image. Note: Please do not try to take photos inside polling places. That’s not legal in Florida. Above...
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Just when we were starting to find the last days winding down to Election Day completely unappealing and unappetizing, we found this website, Binders Full of Burgers. It measures the U.S. presidential campaigns in infographics illustrated in ketchup, mustard, burgers, hot dogs and fries. Suddenly, the fact that Obama spent $457 million in advertising...
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Whether you’re buying the tense-faced Everyman-isms and vagaries of Republican Mitt Romney (Red Rumble Romney shots for you!) or the professorial deconstructions and juiced-up practicalities of Democrat Barack Obama (Obama Mama shots for you!), you’d be wise to join us for the point when they all blur together at Bullitt Bar.
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Popluar Hispanic civic organization Mi Familia Vota Education Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to increase Latino participation in elections across the country, will hold a rally tomorrow at the Bravo Supermarket on Semoran Boulevard to encourage Latino voters to not just vote, but to take advantage of Florida’s early voting opportunity. “Early voting gives Americans...
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Updated below with response from the Jim Huckeba campaign. For all of the bizarro grave-dancing that did and didn’t occur when 96-year-old Earl K. Wood passed away early Monday – thereby becoming unlikely to fulfill his duties as Orange County Tax Collector should he have won in November – there was an equal amount...
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By now you’ve heard that Mother Jones magazine outed Romney for his rather callous and off-the-mark comments about the 47 percent of Americans who allegedly pay no income tax. If you haven’t seen it already, here’s video, which was secretly taped at a fundraiser for Romney at the Boca Raton (sigh) home of private...
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OW political scribe Billy Manes will preside over a speed-dating-style rotation of voters interviewing up to 10 candidates each, one on one.
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OK, so yesterday we were all atwitter about the Obama For America press call we were on in which Obama’s deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter dropped the “felony” bomb with regard to Mitt Romney’s now questionable involvement with outsource kings Bain Capital. That bit of campaign red meat came via an explosive piece of...
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Lizz Winstead bites back Arts & Culture: The political pundit and creator of The Daily Show discusses the feminist elite, slut-shaming, and the difference between essay and memoir By Billy Manes 5/8/2013
Orlando City Soccer's goal rush News: The Brit, the Brazilian and their (not so?) crazy scheme to make Orlando soccer capital of the Southeast By Jeffrey Billman 5/8/2013
Food & Drink - Reader' Picks BOO 2012: Best Caribbean 1st Bahama Breeze, multiple locations, bahamabreeze.com 2nd Mama Millie's, 12273 University Blvd., 407-382-3570, mamamillies.com 7/18/2012
Fringe Fest 2013 shows Arts & Culture: Some choices for geeks, gamers, those who prefer to fly solo, kids, oldsters and more By Seth Kubersky 5/15/2013
Attorney John Morgan backs marijuana legalization News: Local celeb-attorney is new chair of statewide marijuana advocacy organization United for Care By Billy Manes 4/24/2013
Not to be upstaged Arts & Culture: The Free Outdoor Stage on the lawn at Fringe is not what you might expect By Ashley Belanger 5/15/2013