Teresa Jacobs

Q&A: A closer look at Orlando's soccer-stadium pitch

2013-06-16 18:24:00

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and the Orlando City Soccer Club are pushing hard for a new soccer stadium designed to land a Major League Soccer franchise. But several key questions haven't been answered head-on. Here's what local officials, team...

What we think: MLS: Make it a goooooal

2013-06-15 21:05:00

Orlando still has a shot at scoring Central Florida's second big league team, a Major League Soccer franchise. But the clock is running down, and the City Beautiful faces stiff competition from Miami and Atlanta. If leaders in Central Florida aren't...

Jacobs touts a 'sustainable' community in State of Orange County speech

2013-06-14 08:55:00

Mayor Teresa Jacobs used her third State of Orange County speech Friday to push the idea that a 'sustainable' environment was one of the area's three crucial pillars, along with a sound economy and strong sense of community. "Above all, I believe that...

Jacobs touts sustainable community in speech

2013-06-14 17:40:00

Mayor Teresa Jacobs used her third State of Orange County speech Friday to push the idea that a "sustainable" environment was one of the area's three crucial pillars, along with a sound economy and strong sense of community. "Above all, I believe that...

Top Expressway Authority manager quits

2013-06-13 15:07:11

The top financial officer at Metro Orlando's road-building agency has resigned, continuing a gradual change in management and consultants at the Orlando Orange County Expressway Authority. Nita Crowder, who supervised a staff of 12 and managed debt of...

Jacobs touts 'sustainable' Orange in state of county speech

2013-06-14 00:00:00

Mayor Teresa Jacobs will tout ongoing transit improvements, a recovering economy and the strength of tourism in her yearly state of the county address today titled "A Sustainable Orange County – Our Home for Life." To embrace the environmental...

Insiders now back former 'outsider' Teresa Jacobs

2013-06-08 10:31:00

Three years ago, when Teresa Jacobs was running for Orange County mayor, she made the special interests nervous. Nowadays, she's making them part of her campaign committee. Jacobs, once the proud and passionate outsider, is cozying up with insiders...

Dyer: To get soccer stadium started, build in phases

2013-06-08 10:27:00

The Orlando City Soccer Club and Mayor Buddy Dyer may have come up with a Plan B to get a new taxpayer financed stadium in Orlando: build it in two phases. Despite a funding shortfall, Dyer wants to move ahead with a stadium that's scaled back but still...

Orlando MLS bid more about political gamesmanship

2013-06-08 17:26:00

They call it soccer, but the game is really ping-pong. Political ping-pong. Major League Soccer and the city of Orlando are in the eHarmony stage, checking out r�sum�s, likes and dislikes, along with financial portfolios. MLS is smitten with Orlando...

Orange blocks Apopka dump expansion

2013-06-07 18:03:17

Orange County commissioners have narrowly rejected a request by landfill operator Mid-Florida Materials to broaden the kind of garbage it accepts at its 220-acre facility near Kelly Park Crossings, the proposed billion-dollar development in Apopka....

Expressway vendors can raise campaign cash, memo says

2013-06-03 14:51:00

Attorneys with a firm that does business at the region's toll-road agency have been given a green light to raise contributions for Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs' 2014 re-election campaign, according to a memo obtained by the Orlando Sentinel. Jacobs...

Jacobs holds high favorable rating in recent Realtor poll

2013-06-03 06:58:00

Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs still has strong favorable marks with likely voters as she launches her re-election bid, a recent poll finds. Despite being dogged by controversy for months, Jacobs was viewed favorably by 63 percent of likely Orange...

Left to Right, Keyla Fernandez, 11, Stephanie Perry, Jan Fernandez, 13, and Ashley Capielo, 17, family of Army Specialist Marcos A. Cintron, during the Orange County War Memorial Rededication Ceremony, on Monday, May 27, 2013. On the far Right is family friend Giomar Medero, 18.

2013-05-26 00:00:00

Dignitaries attend the kickoff of the arts center's Building Arts for Every Life tour. From left: Jim Ferber (Dr. Phillips Charities board member), Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Jim Hinson (Dr. Phillips Charities director and board chair), Kathy Ramsberger (Dr. Phillips Center president), Jim Pugh (Dr.

2013-05-23 23:09:00

Orange County mayor Teresa Jacobs is greeted by Reginald McGill of the City of Orlando, as community leaders and elected officials arrive for the memorial service of Orange County Clerk of Courts Lydia Gardner, at First United Methodist Church of Winter Park, Friday, May 17, 2013.

2013-05-17 00:00:00