|
|
Article: Battle over Incorporation Stirs Few in Often-Placid Osceola County, Fla.
- Article from:
- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- November 3, 2003
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 The Orlando Sentinel. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Nov. 3--BUENAVENTURA LAKES, Fla.--The soccer, football and baseball fields hum with activity as the sun sets over Archie Gordon Memorial Park. Around the corner, two dozen teenagers shoot hoops at an after-school pickup game. Nearby, the Robert Guevara Community Center is about to host salsa-dancing lessons.
The suburban tranquillity and feeling of community belie a bitter battle between two factions that want to control the future of this neighborhood of about 22,000 people. One wants Buenaventura Lakes, which has one of the highest concentrations of Hispanics in Central Florida, to become a city. The other wants it to stay part of unincorporated Osceola County. ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Justice Department Files Voting Rights Suit Against ...
M2 Presswire;
August 20, 2009 ;
700+ words
... ... Department Files Voting Rights Suit Against Osceola County, Florida(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS ... today that it has filed suit against Osceola County, Florida alleging that the county ... elect the Board of Commissioners in Osceola County dilutes the voting strength of the ...
|
|