Tag : letters to the editor

Readers react to rabbi’s legal challenge to Florida’s abortion ban and surgeon-general’s vax opposition | Opinion | Orlando

¶ Religious freedom for me, not for thee Last week we reported that a South Florida Jewish congregation has challenged…

2 years ago

Readers react: a divisive vegan return and a limp DeSantis condemnation | First Words | Orlando

[image1] She is indeed back ("Former Sanctum owner Chelsie DiPaolo takes over old Winter Park home of Marlow's Tavern," Feb.…

2 years ago

Readers sound off against domestic violence, cannabis flower limits, invasive water plants | First Words | Orlando

¶ Invasive water plants taking over I believe this goes along with the manatee story "Environmentalist groups file lawsuit against…

2 years ago

Readers sound off about $5 million in state money going to Camping World Stadium | First Words | Orlando

Last week we reported that Enterprise Florida, the state's business recruitment agency, agreed to provide $5 million to the Greater…

2 years ago

Your words: Readers get crabby about the Immersive Van Gogh Orlando experience | First Words | Orlando

¶ Baby don't Gogh: Attendees grumble about 'Immersive Van Gogh' experience From the beginning, there's been a whiff of the…

2 years ago

Letters to the editor: ‘If you don’t want Donald Trump back in the White House in 2024, the Democrats need to change course’ | First Words | Orlando

In our Nov. 10 issue, opinion writer Jeffrey Billman's Informed Dissent column concerned the potential outcomes of Democratic gubernatorial candidate…

2 years ago

Last week Gov. Ron DeSantis delivered a rant on ‘wokeness’; Orlando Weekly readers reacted | First Words | Orlando

Last week we reported on Gov. Ron DeSantis' speech at the Florida Chamber of Commerce's "Future of Florida Forum" in…

2 years ago

Orlando readers speak out on voting rights, abolishing the filibuster | First Words | Orlando

¶ 'We can't out-organize voter suppression' In November 2020, millions of voters like me went to the polls and cast…

3 years ago

Letters to the editor: DeSantis has failed Florida ‘bigly’ | First Words | Orlando

The hyperpartisan rhetoric Gov. DeSantis proliferates on the national and local stage is destroying America and the concept of mutual…

3 years ago

Readers sound off on Trump’s tech lawsuit and DeSantis’ building regulation waffling | First Words | Orlando

¶ Trump gets Zuck'd Last week we reported on failed game show host-turned-sleazeball prez Donald Trump filing a lawsuit alleging…

3 years ago