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After the 2024 presidential election, AP reported that Black people, across several states, including college, high-school and middle-school students, received racist text messages. Some of the anonymous texts referenced slavery or the incoming Trump administration; some told them to report to specific places to "pick cotton."
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VoxPopuli, a local community and political news site that covers the cities of Ocoee and Winter Garden and the towns of Oakland and Windemere.
Winter Garden likely to boost utility fees to pay for waste water ...
Nov 2, 2024 · Winter Garden hasn't raised water, sewer, irrigation rates in about 20 years. Now residents are likely to see an average $43 rate hike over five years to pay for upgrades to its waste water treatment facility. Updated Nov. 17, 2024: The commission unanimously voted to pass the fee increase at the ...
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Nov 20, 2024 · Winter Garden passes ordinance to curb post-midnight boozing, preserve “family atmosphere”
Winter Garden gets new voting districts - VoxPopuli
Mar 16, 2022 · City Commission debates “Beta Map”; unanimously approves Districting Commission’s map The Winter Garden City Commission unanimously approved March 10 a new redistricting map, developed and submitted by the Districting Commission, spurning a last-minute entry. The new map goes into effect Dec. 14, 2022, for the March 14, 2023, municipal election.
Winter Garden considers scrapping its $1M recycling program
Nov 20, 2024 · In every district of the city, residents are treating recycling containers like extra garbage bins — one reason the city is considering scrapping its $1 million recycling program. Winter Garden last week appeared poised to end its …
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Local community news about the cities of Ocoee and Winter Garden and the towns of Oakland and Windemere.
Winter Garden approves inter-local agreement to annex East …
Jan 29, 2022 · Jan. 31: This story has been updated to include comments from City Manager Jon Williams. The Winter Garden City Commission Thursday approved the inter-local agreement with Orange County that would enable the city to annex the remaining 60-plus homes within the East Winter Garden enclave — with one important change.. A key part of the agreement is Orange County’s responsibility to fix the ...
Winter Garden prepares to bring remaining East Winter
Jan 6, 2022 · East Winter Garden still contains pockets of land, or enclaves, governed by Orange County. But that won’t be the case for much longer as officials in the city of Winter Garden prepare to annex the remaining 60-plus, county-governed residential properties in the historic Black neighborhood.
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Apr 5, 2024 · Local political and government news concerning the cities of Ocoee and Winter Garden and the towns of Oakland and Windemere.