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I'd love for them to build their new HQ on one of those three huge abandoned lots to the SW of the Kia Center.

Travel + Leisure eyes this downtown Orlando neighborhood for its HQ The move would bring Travel + Leisure's headquarters into Parramore neighborhood from its current home near SeaWorld. Article: https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2024/04/23/travel-leisure-downtown-incentives-parramore.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=BN&utm_content=OR&ana=e_OR_BN&j=35136144&senddate=2024-04-23

I was looking at the 2024 Fortune 500 list, and Florida has 23 on the list. 70 - World Fuel Services (Miami) 78 - Publix Super Markets (Lakeland) 119 - Lennar (Miami) 121 - Jabil (St. Petersburg) 151 - AutoNation (Fort Lauderdale) 187 - NextEra Energy (Juno Beach) 196 - Carrier Global (Palm Beach Gardens) 217 - Mosaic (Tampa) 246 - L3Harris Technologies (Melbourne) 279 - CSX (Jacksonville) 283 - Fidelity National Information Services (Jacksonville) 294 - Icahn Enterprises (Sunny Isles Beach) 317 - Crown Holdings (Tampa) 345 - Ryder System (Miami) 359 - Fidelity National Financial (Jacksonville) 363 - Raymond James Financial (St. Petersburg) 389 - Chewy (Plantation) 394 - MasTec (Coral Gables) 402 - Darden Restaurants (Orlando) 435 - Hertz Global Holdings (Estero) 446 - ODP (Boca Raton) 489 - Landstar System (Jacksonville) 495 - Watsco (Miami)

BREAKING: Orlando backs incentive for entertainment district next to Kia Center Orlando leaders Monday unanimously backed an incentive package for a massive development planned to rise next to the Kia Center downtown, bringing apartments, hotel, retail and space for business meetings on land of the former city police headquarters. Article: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/04/22/orlando-entertainment-district-kia-center/?utm_email=D4DA7471A48D34B56503A4C30A&lctg=D4DA7471A48D34B56503A4C30A&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.orlandosentinel.com%2f2024%2f04%2f22%2forlando-entertainment-district-kia-center%2f&utm_campaign=trib-orlando_sentinel-dont_miss-nl&utm_content=alert

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The amount of fake news on Facebook is mind blowing. This "news" article was on my feed for some reason. It claims someone who sang the "black national anthem" was fined $1 billion by the NFL for doing so. Regardless what your feelings are about there being a "black national anthem," you would have to be a potato to actually think someone would get fined such an outlandish amount of money FOR ANYTHING! I don't think any person or company has ever been fined that much money in human history.

I just think they're scumbags. They own Amway which is a scummy scam of a company. I also hate what they've done with the OMEC situation. I also don't like that Betsy DeVos was the former Education Secretary; although, to be fair, Trump is the one who gave her that position.

Remember. This is the DeVos family we're talking about. They're scumbags.

Scumbags. Orlando Magic seeks incentives from city for Orlando Magic Entertainment Complex Article: https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2024/04/16/orlando-magic-sports-entertainment-district.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=BN&utm_content=OR&ana=e_OR_BN&j=35059276&senddate=2024-04-16

Louisiana may raise minimum wage to $10.25 Article: https://www.ksla.com/2024/04/16/lawmaker-supports-raising-louisianas-minimum-wage-1025-an-hour/

City of Denver will cut budgets from all city agencies to pay for services for illegal immigrants Article: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/2024-services-migrants-budget-cuts-denver-agencies-fund-programs/73-a8654a1f-0a20-4928-9d4d-f8a3c2966719

POLL: 56% of Florida voters back marijuana legalization ballot measure; doesn't have enough support to pass Article: https://www.marijuanamoment.net/florida-marijuana-legalization-ballot-measure-does-not-have-enough-support-to-pass-new-poll-says/

President Biden is catching up to Trump on judicial appointments.

From what I've seen, the gun nuts usually fail to overturn gun control measures in the courts, fortunately.

Dictator DeSantis with a double whammy today. DeSantis signs bill requiring civilians to be at least 25 feet away from police in order to legally record them in public; the bill also limits authority of civilian boards to investigate police Article: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/04/12/desantis-signs-bills-targeting-civilian-review-boards-recording-police-up-close/?utm_email=D4DA7471A48D34B56503A4C30A&lctg=D4DA7471A48D34B56503A4C30A&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.orlandosentinel.com%2f2024%2f04%2f12%2fdesantis-signs-bills-targeting-civilian-review-boards-recording-police-up-close%2f&utm_campaign=trib-orlando_sentinel-dont_miss-nl&utm_content=alert DeSantis signs bill forbidding local governments from setting heat-exposure rules for workers; the bill also prevents cities and counties from imposing minimum wage for contractors Article: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/04/12/desantis-signs-law-forbidding-local-governments-from-setting-heat-exposure-rules-for-workers/?utm_email=D4DA7471A48D34B56503A4C30A&lctg=D4DA7471A48D34B56503A4C30A&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.orlandosentinel.com%2f2024%2f04%2f12%2fdesantis-signs-law-forbidding-local-governments-from-setting-heat-exposure-rules-for-workers%2f&utm_campaign=trib-orlando_sentinel-dont_miss-nl&utm_content=alert

Gun show loophole closed at federal level Article: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/11/politics/gun-show-loophole-rule-finalized-biden-admin/index.html

The GOP is finally realizing the abortion issue is poison for them. Kari Lake lobbies Arizona lawmakers to overturn abortion ban she once supported Article: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/11/politics/kari-lake-arizona-abortion-ban-support/index.html Trump says he wouldn’t sign federal abortion ban Article: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/politics/trump-says-he-wouldnt-sign-federal-abortion-ban/index.html Trump says abortion legislation should be left to states Article: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/08/politics/donald-trump-abortion-2024/index.html

Trump no longer on Bloomberg Billionaires Index after Truth Social stock plummets Article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/04/09/trump-media-stock-price-dip/73260727007/

Gov. DeSantis signs bill to crack down on retail theft, porch piracy Article: https://mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2024/04/09/desantis-retail-theft-porch-piracy?fbclid=IwAR3DIuT2QXtZlDPhwaN8u1eAvmSPPswUJXQTSS0L93NzWEd_6SID5zv3mlk_aem_AdKcHrqQNvXCaPMFXz7c5OZCgqJE4LlA3N7AsG_C5qyMJgBOFh9kh0iBFpMyMdR9wVhKuqi5ti5ASoY8KcLftx-E DeSantis is on a role. Being tough on crime is one of the few issues I agree with Republicans on.

The only reason marijuana is any more "in focus" than alcohol is because of the people that criminalized it to begin with. It never should have been an issue to begin with.

I've grown cynical over the years about Downtown Orlando development. Even projects that have been fully approved often times never end up getting built such as CSP2.

Federal report finds 68,000 guns were illegally trafficked in just 5 years using the gun show loophole Article: https://www.opb.org/article/2024/04/04/federal-report-finds-68000-guns-were-illegally-trafficked-through-unlicensed-dealers-over-5-years/

Could NHL hockey be coming back to Hartford, Connecticut?