An Orlando Sentinel text message to Mayor Buddy Dyer on historic grant funding was obtained and the newspaper actually asked for his permission to share with the news department. When the City of Orlando decided to benefit developers over historic preservation, the state of Florida warned it could lose millions of dollars in historic grant funding.
The local newspaper, which has long covered for Mayor Dyer’s spin, showed how gently they treat the Democratic elected official even on important matters like possibly destroying downtown historic preservation rules and jeopardizing state funding. The Orlando City Council voted for a three-year moratorium to temporarily allow developers to bypass certain historic preservation rules in the downtown area per Dyer’s desire.
West Orlando News requested all of Dyer’s text mesaages to Sentinel during the time period, and any responses he received. The City of Orlando provided the text thread…