Journalist who loves Central Florida, especially the people and their stories.
Orlando, Florida
Joined January 2009
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Beth Kassab retweeted
Strong story on the troubling rush by Orange County to spend hotel taxes on projects rejected by @OCFLMayor's own task force.
Notably, the only unelected commissioner - a DeSantis appointee - wants to spend big on yet another convention center expansion.
winterparkvoice.com/whats-go…
Could this be a new movement among local cities? These voices have been absent from this debate for too long. winterparkvoice.com/will-ora…
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This is so beautifully written. Thank you @sundashash1 Quality of life issues for patients and families must become more central to these conversations. Focusing money and attention only on an elusive future “cure” is a disservice to the people living with today’s realities
My @Washingtonpost piece on the brutal aftermath of #braintumor surgery and how I’ve learned to cope: wapo.st/4dlX4XS
@taraparkerpope @bethkassab @leilasegal @johnboockvar @EKNduom @AshleySumrallMD @NIHBrainTumor @Tsarmstrong01 @RepSusanWild @ThanksCancer @theNCI
Beth Kassab retweeted
Mail-in voting is already underway for the April 16 run-off. Here's a look at what sets the @WinterParkFla candidates apart: winterparkvoice.com/where-cr…
Election coverage from @winterparkvoice winterparkvoice.com/sheila-d…
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Beth Kassab retweeted
The point is that: In those municipalities where both parties are eligible to vote, way more Republicans are doing so ... in part because they had a presidential primary driving them.
See: Winter Park. Relatively even split. But R's lead D's 2-1 so far.
winterparkvoice.com/republic…
Beth Kassab retweeted
Per @BethKassab and @winterparkvoice, this surfaced in Tallahassee right after Winter Park commissioners voted to hold a city-wide referendum on a potential gas leaf-blower ban.
This would stop voters from deciding the issue.
winterparkvoice.com/voters-w…
Beth Kassab retweeted
Brodeur floated a ban on leaf-blower bans (there's got to be an easier way to say that) earlier this session, too, per @BethKassab and @winterparkvoice:
winterparkvoice.com/sen-jaso…
Welp, so much for @WinterParkFla taking big measures to avoid a preemption. Brodeur is trying to do it any way.
In a last-minute maneuver, the Florida Senate wants to stop cities and counties from imposing any kind of restrictions on gas-powered leaf blowers for at least the next year.
Senate budget negotiators just proposed adding the issue to a budget-related bill:
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Beth Kassab retweeted
#NewsNightWUCF discusses a move to try to curb excessive challenges to books in public schools in Florida. @mobilemort is joined by @Scott_Maxwell, @Jason_Garcia and @BethKassab tonight at 8:30 p.m. on WUCF!
Beth Kassab retweeted
Thank you @BethKassab for driving book debut event and so many for coming! @katesantich @saraisaacfl @ScottFist @WritersBlockWP @DianeSears @SusanFortini
Beth Kassab retweeted
Incl. 2023 National Conference wrap story w/ @BaldBryan, @pardonmycrumbs, & written by guest author/#meningioma survivor @BethKassab 👏
11/If you take anything, daughter, take the grace of all of these things and use it not just for your own good, but for the good of other. That is true beauty and swagger. Divinely bejeweled.
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13/You didn’t think this 🧵would have anything other than 13 tweets did you? Check those #reputation sandals
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1/ Dear #Swifties
🧵Why I showed my daughter the #johnmayer speech by @taylorswift13 and you should, too
Be this, daughter. Be the power and relentless resilience you see here in this woman who has captured the sadness, hope, glamor, swagger and love of a nation. ➡️
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9/She doesn’t need you to go to John’s pages as he tours w #deadheads and tell him how terrible he is. First of all, he is probably waaaay too high to read all those messages. But also he is not terrible. Just a human who I can only imagine was and is trying to figure out life…
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