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Longtime City Commissioner Tony Ortiz filed paperwork Monday to run for mayor of Orlando, the first city official to declare and the most prominent opponent so far for the presumptive frontrunner, state Rep. Anna Eskamani.
Ortiz, long rumored to be eyeing the race to succeed longtime mayor Buddy Dyer, said his platform would develop in the coming weeks and months as he launched the campaign. But said he intended to focus on ways the city government can impact quality of life…