Elections

Voted into the District 3 seat his opponent vacated to pursue higher office in 2017, Maciel still has things he wants to do — like annexing pockets of unincorporated Winter Garden into the city and ensuring the Dillard Street revitalization project goes well. But first, he'd like to correct a few things you may have heard.

The former commissioner fought cancer — and won. Now he's ready to return to fighting for the citizens of District 4. We talk zip codes, moving the police firing range, improving morale at the fire department, and why he spends his vacations working for the people of Ocoee.

Ocoee City Commission candidates for Districts 2 and 4 grappled with the question of whether the city should be independently audited. It was the biggest sticking point during Monday’s forum where they differed little in their opinions about the city’s needs, growth and direction.

District 2 city commission candidate pledges to enforce mask mandate at all city-sponsored events

The U.S. Navy combat vet-turned-agile transformation expert talks about tackling the Dillard Street project, burying unsightly power lines, expanding golf cart range, and why serving on a nuclear submarine is great training for being a city commissioner.

Ocoee's first African-American commissioner is up for re-election in District 4. He talks with VoxPopuli about getting developers to give back more to the city, making commissioner a full-time job, and what it takes to really heal after the Ocoee Massacre.

Windermere Town Council candidate Mike Hargreaves won't identify the President and says his top priority is investigating voting machines. With real issues on the line, nobody's got time for that.

After 15 years in office, the District 4 city commissioner is ready for a sixth term. Colin Sharman talked with VoxPopuli founding editor Norine Dworkin and reflected on some of his favorite projects, his current priorities and how he leads by example through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Four Windermere Town Council hopefuls — incumbent Bill Martini, Mandy David, Tony Davit and Michael Hargreaves — presented their views on a range of issues including traffic, taxes, dirt roads and public water during Wednesday's 'Candidates' Night.'

On a recent afternoon, Knox Anderson, candidate for Ocoee District 2 city commissioner, met VoxPopuli's founding editor Norine Dworkin in Bill Breeze Park to talk about how to stop the city from losing its firefighters, Covid-19 messaging and how running for commissioner is kinda like doing an Iron Man.