Articles by Jeffrey C. Billman and Billy Manes
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Happytown | 9/10/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
By now you’re familiar with the meme of unexpected choreography in public spaces: a lunchtime crowd milling around a mall or museum or tourist trap seems to be going about its merry way until, ...[MORE]
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Happytown | 8/20/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
And now it’s time for another edition of What’s Up With Alan?™, our attempt to keep you up to date on the comings and goings of Orlando’s favorite congressman, Alan Grayson! This week’s ins...[MORE]
Other people's money: City commissioners get an open line of credit you get the bill
7/30/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
If you had a $30,000 annual slush fund courtesy of someone else, what would you do? If you were Orlando city commissioner Daisy Lynum, you’d travel. A lot. You’d fly to places like Los Angeles,...[MORE]
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Happytown | 7/23/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
The sad hobo dance of baked beans warmed over trash fires is well and truly upon us in the City Beautiful, and the Orlando Police Department – always at the ready with a press release – is u...[MORE]
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Happytown | 7/16/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
Last week, Orange County commissioner and mayoral candidate Linda Stewart did something that few contenders for higher office would think wise in an economic downturn: She proposed a billion-d...[MORE]
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Happytown | 7/2/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
We’d be remiss if we didn’t take 30 seconds to reflect on the passing of our very close, hirsute friend Billy Mays. Back in September, Mays invited us over to his palatial estate just out...[MORE]
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Happytown | 6/25/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
Hey, Orange County Sheriff’s deputies: Have you ever come across a particularly sordid miscreant and thought, “This fellow could use a good skull-cracking”? Well, unsheathe your batons an...[MORE]
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Happytown | 6/18/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
And we’re off. On June 8, the anti-growth rabble-rousers with Florida Hometown Democracy announced that they’d collected enough petitions – 676,811, to be exact – to put their proposed constit...[MORE]
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Happytown | 6/4/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
Remember Bill Dillon? He’s the guy who was finally released from prison in 2008 after serving 27 years for a murder he didn’t commit [“26 years,” Oct. 11, 2007]. Thank you, DNA testing. Bec...[MORE]
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Happytown | 5/7/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
Just when we thought the Florida Legislature couldn’t get any dumber … actually, we’ve never thought that. This legislative session has been a cornucopia of Republican idiocy, helmed b...[MORE]
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Happytown | 4/30/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
Two weeks ago, we spoke with University of Central Florida economist Sean Snaith [“Ponzi scheme,” April 16], who says Florida has to dramatically alter its tax structure to keep pace with a c...[MORE]
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Happytown | 4/16/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
This week in the gay: Everyone’s a homo! First the Iowa Supreme Court struck down the state’s anti-gay marriage law, and wingnuts’ heads exploded amid cries of “judicial tyranny” while ...[MORE]
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Happytown | 4/9/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
What’s that sound? It’s Buddy Dyer’s dream of a tourist-financed urban utopia crashing to the ground under the cold, bitter weight of – what’s that thing? – reality. On April 2, the Orange Co...[MORE]
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Happytown | 3/26/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
Over the years, we’ve grown accustomed to our friends at the Liberty Counsel being on the case when it comes to denying gays equal rights and making sure Christians can erect monuments anywher...[MORE]
State of the city:Perilous: Scrutinizing the mayor's annual feel-good address reveals some cracks in the facade
3/5/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
Another early morning in February, another opportunity for Mayor Buddy Dyer to tell us how we’re on the brink of becoming “the next great American city.” Then we drive back to the office, past ...[MORE]
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Happytown | 3/5/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
Journey back with us to 2007, when everything was wonderful. Real estate values were sky-high. Condos broke ground daily. The city’s coffers overflowed. Anything was possible. We could drop a...[MORE]
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Happytown | 1/15/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
And now it’s time for the inaugural edition of What’s Up With Alan?, our attempt to keep you up to date on the comings and goings of Orlando’s new favorite congressman, Alan Grayson! This we...[MORE]
WHAT'S NEXT?: Local notables weigh in on 2009's big story
1/1/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
Wondering what 2009 has in store? So are we. We thought it’d be fun to put that question to some local notables – politicos, journalists, rabble-rousers, psychics, – to get their insights on t...[MORE]
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Happytown | 1/1/2009 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
Hey, guess what! The year’s brand new, and though nothing is going on this week we’ve still got space to fill. And you know what that means: This wildly popular column’s wildly popular annual ...[MORE]
THE SILVER LINING: The eight best stories from a year that kind of sucked
12/25/2008 | By Jeffrey C. Billman, Billy Manes
The Year of Our Lord 2008 was anything but puppies and rainbows. Economically, this was the worst year America has seen in decades: The stock market crashed. The auto industry flopped. Media co...[MORE]
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