In case you missed it: The Apopka news week in review

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With less than 5,000 votes and a 12% turnout, it's time to bury the March elections in Apopka
In an election that decides who will make decisions for a city of 60,000 residents and a budget eclipsing $165 million, it's disheartening that only 12% of registered voters participated. more
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Outdoor workers in a field in Miami-Dade County.
The Florida Legislature doesn’t care how hot outdoor workers get
Some Florida lawmakers have proposed bills requiring everyone who employs outdoor workers to educate them about heat illness and provide workers with adequate drinking water, access to shade, and 10-minute recovery breaks in extreme heat. more
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Everything you need to know to participate in the Apopka City Charter Review
To determine your opinion, you will want to watch the previous meetings. Then, attend the March meeting to speak during the public comment period.  more
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Farmworkers push back on Florida Legislature's Heat Preemption Bill
Farmworkers got scorched yesterday by the passage of SB 1492, a bill that preempts local governments from passing even the most basic workplace protections. more
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Photo of a deer on the Lightsey Family Ranch, via a Conservation Florida press release. The state recently secured a conservation easement on the ranch.
Florida conservation easements preserve land – until a developer needs it
These lucrative land deals are supposed to preserve the property in perpetuity. But Kimberly Buchheit, a Central Florida land surveyor and environmental activist, told me, “Perpetuity has reached an expiration date: as soon as it is no longer convenient to protect land or restrict development.” more
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Three statements that can resolve conflict
While ideally, in a perfect world, conflict would never occur – it does. So when it does, how can it be nipped in the bud so everyone can play well in the sandbox together? more
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Sidewalks: A cost-effective way to save lives
The county is committed to the federal Vision Zero Plan, which states as its goal, that even one traffic fatality is too many. The plan lists adding sidewalks as the most effective the lowest cost remedy for saving lives. more
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Everything you need to know to participate in the Apopka City Charter Review
You can tell your city council, the mayor and commissioners, how you want the charter improved. Don’t wait. The next meeting is less than two weeks away. more
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Becker's candor on City Council opens a debate on millage rate, reserves, investment, and critical needs in Apopka's upcoming budget
It's rare when an elected official or candidate talks about why it's important to weigh investment and critical needs with tax rates and reserves, but I, for one, applaud any of them who do. more
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Mock and Nesta clash over core issues
But now, with only 28 days left until election day, the gloves are off, and Eric Mock vs. Nick Nesta has turned into a fistfight. more
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The high cost of doing nothing about homelessness
In “A Tale of Two Tent Cities“ the authors state, “Local governments have essentially three choices in responding to the presence of homeless encampments.” more
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The Florida Capital
How to know what's happening in Tallahassee and how to let them hear from you
As a Republic form of government, we elect our sitting officials to represent us, and we must give them our opinions of how we want our society to run. We didn’t send them to their seats for them to run the various levels of government as THEY see fit.  more
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Apopka City Hall.
Manley's crusade against Apopka's Investment/Portfolio Policy: A solution looking for a problem
In 2023, the Apopka City Council took the first steps toward transitioning from a local bank-heavy portfolio to a more diversified investment plan. more
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The Art of the Argument: Central Florida Soccer Club and Apopka Parks and Recreation Department reach an accord
A perfect example of conflict resolution took place in the last couple of weeks when a local youth sports organization and the Apopka Parks and Recreation Department butted heads before ultimately finding resolve. more
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The Econlockhatchee River is one of the last unspoiled rivers in Central Florida.
To beat Florida developers, community activists learn to be persistent
Save Orange County is a Central Florida organization that has repeatedly had to fight off developer assaults on its rural community adjacent to the Econlockhatchee River. … more
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Apopka watches over its fallen heroes with the eyes of a hawk
Communities that come together to honor their fallen heroes show gratitude for their service and foster a sense of patriotism and unity. more
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The Northwest Recreation Complex
What's wrong with the Northwest Recreation Complex?
Olsen: "The white sand patches in the pictures are equivalent to putting lipstick on a pig. Those bare spots must be properly filled, groomed, rolled, re-seeded, and maintained." more
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Apopka City Hall.
The Electoral College, City Charters, and the Road to the 2026 Apopka Mayoral Election
The Electoral College, City Charters, and the Road to the 2026 Apopka Mayoral Election: Opinion by The Apopka Voice Managing Editor Reggie Connell. more
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Olmstead: Candidates should pay attention to signage laws
In past campaign seasons, our beautiful city has been covered in awful PVC and wire signs for local, state, and federal candidates placed illegally on easements, private properties, empty lots, highways, and sneakily on lot lines, hoping that no one would notice or at least complain.  more
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Help update the Edgewood-Greenwood Cemetery
With over 6,200 of the 11,000 sold plots occupied, the caretakers can’t mow between the graves, and the funeral homes cannot maneuver backhoes or vault hoists between the rocks, fences, hanging decorations, and flowerpots. more
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Downtown St. Petersburg.
How the "Creative Class" can enhance and improve the quality of a city
The "creative class" is a “diverse group of engineers and managers, academics and musicians, entrepreneurs and designers, and programmers, unified by their engagement in creative or restorative work. more
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 while Martin Luther King and others look on.
2024: Remember yesterday, imagine tomorrow
Sherwin: "Let’s hope that 2024 will be a year breaking the chain of repeated history, a year in which we take steps toward the world we imagine, a year of transformation of the world from what “has been” yesterday and what “is” today to what “ought to be” tomorrow." more
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UF’s Rosemary Hill Observatory in Levy County would be next door to the proposed sand mine.
Florida observatory may be forced to shut down if county okays sand mine
Pittman: "The idea of what constitutes a good neighbor came up last week when I first heard about a dispute that’s been going on in Levy County. It involves a wealthy farmer, a dirty mine, a lot of trucks, and the stars in the heavens." The TV commercials that feature recurring characters fascinate me. Doesn’t Flo from Progressive realize she’s just as annoying as her sister? Does the Geico … more
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Riding life's roller coasters into the new year
Sherwin: "During my chaplain visits at the local children’s hospital, I first acknowledge the patient and then address the parents, taking immediate cues from their faces." more
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