News from Poinciana, Florida, USA

The Motion: Arrington Alleged Guilty of Voter Fraud

Posted: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:50:35 -0400

In a motion filed against Osceola County elections supervisor Mary Jane Arrington, she is charged with extensive and "willful spoliation of election records," which disenfranched thousands of voter records in district 2 during the elections held in 2010, and with violation of state law and federal...

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• Puerto Rico Police Accused of Civil Rights Abuses

  Posted: Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:41:24 -0400

  The Justice Department released a report Thursday accusing the police in Puerto Rico of civil rights violations and other practices resulting in hundreds of injuries and some deaths. Much of the abuse had to do with illegal searches and seizures, use of excessive force, and discrimination against...
  
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• Global Food Concepts Coming to Poinciana

  Posted: Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:26:00 -0400

  NAI Realvest negotiated a new lease agreement for 1,890 square feet at 1771 Business Center Lane at Poinciana CommerCenter East in Kissimmee. Michael Heidrich, a Principal at NAI Realvest, brokered the transaction representing the landlord and developer, Small Bay Partners, LLC of Maitland and the...
  
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• New Alliance Brings Focus on Jobs to Poinciana

  Posted: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:07:55 -0400

  To register for the event, Go to http://tinyurl.com/3cjc7zc. Okay, okay. No one fired Maria Grulich Toumazos, but residents of Poinciana did put together a program in which -- at least in this writer's opinion -- she or her department should have taken a considerably more important role....
  
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• Multiplex Theater Eyeing Poinciana

  Posted: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:36:06 -0400

  Luis F. Carrasquillo President/CEO of The Heroes Family Multiplex Theater (H.F.C. Theater) is working on plans to open a family-oriented move theater in Poinciana. Carrasquillo is working for it to be open by the summer of 2012.
  
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• ED Alliance Seeking Creole Translators

  Posted: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:25:00 -0400

  With the ground-breaking for the community's new hospital at hand, the group known as Friends of Poinciana Hospital recently closed their virtual doors. But that chapter doesn’t stunt the growth of new grassroots groups that continue to form in “this once sleepy, Latino giant” of a town. Now a...
  
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• A Piece of GAC History

  Posted: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:09:00 -0400

  A piece of GAC history, so to say. Avatar Holdings' predecessor was known as G.A.C. in the 1970's. The image at right came from GAC's community progress report. (To see just the picture, click on the image to enlarge.)