The Delaney Hotel and Delaney’s Tavern, a project in SODO currently under construction with a planned opening in May 2018, will be receiving $20,000 in assistance through the City of Orlando’s Business Assistance Program. The hotel and restaurant will be opening inside the bones of a former office building and restaurant at 1315 S. Orange Ave (MAP). The $20,000 will go towards the required connection to the City of Orlando sanitary sewer, storm drainage and water distribution systems which totals $90,000.
The Orlando Police Department will be receiving sixty-three new vehicles (seventeen 2018 Ford Interceptor FWD Police Sedans and Forty-six Ford Police Interceptor Utility vehicles. The total expenditure will be $1,953,514. I’m sorry. How did police work get done in the days when all they had were cars and no SUVs? And why are we buying new? And why do we have to go through a local dealership to buy them? Why not go directly to Ford and avoid the middleman? Why is the City even paying retail? And why are we buying Fords??!!!Continue Reading …
In this bonus episode, Chris Crespo and Drewster Cogburn talk about Star Wars announcing new project and the lack of diversity behind the camera throughout Star Wars history, the What We Do In The Shadows tv show, Tom Cruise learning to stunt fly a helicopter, David Leitch directing the Fast & Furious spin off movie, the price point for Disney’s revamped ESPN streaming app, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new Amazon series role, and more!
episode 123 – sandwiches, t-shirts, pig’s brains, cuba, the squatty potty & deli fresh threads – a conversation with anthony “biggie” bencomo