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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.
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2024 Endorsements - VoxPopuli
VoxPopuli endorses Monique Worrell ’s re-election for Ninth Circuit State Attorney. We don’t see her removal from office last year as anything other than politically motivated, and between her and her opponent Andrew Bain, she is the only one in this race who doesn’t stand accused, with county and state GOP members and Gov. Ron DeSantis, of election tampering.
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 lacks opponents, cancels municipal election
Jan 29, 2023 · Unopposed, both Mayor John Rees and District 1 Commissioner Lisa Bennett, are automatically re-seated. Ballot measure to grant the city manager the freedom to choose where to live is withdrawn. This story has been updated to reflect the city commission's unanimous Jan. 12 vote to withdraw a proposed ballot measure to repeal the requirement for the city manager to relocate to Winter Garden ...
Politics - VoxPopuli
Apr 5, 2024 · Local political and government news concerning the cities of Ocoee and Winter Garden and the towns of Oakland and Windemere.
CommunityNews - VoxPopuli
Sep 24, 2024 · Homeowners in the floodplain will get a 5 percent discount starting in October; city leaders want to boost that to 15 percent in 2025.
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.
Community News - VoxPopuli
May 20, 2024 · Local community news about the cities of Ocoee and Winter Garden and the towns of Oakland and Windemere.