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Various political appointees find positions on ethics committees challenging (and challenged), HCA nurses rally for safe sta ng, Florida Legislature’s 2024 session wraps and other news you may have missed.

BY MCKENNA SCHUELER AND THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

» DeSantis taps Disney district chief Glen Gilzean as Orange County supervisor of elections

Glen Gilzean, administrator of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis last week to serve as interim Orange County supervisor of elections. Gilzean will replace Bill Cowles, who retired in January after 34 years in the position. DeSantis and lawmakers last year created the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District to replace the former Reedy Creek Improvement District, which had close ties to the Walt Disney companies. With Democrats outnumbering Republicans in Orange County, U.S. Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost, an Orlando Democrat, called the appointment of Gilzean “incredibly concerning.” In an online post, Frost said, “This is an extremely important job that is now in the hands of a DeSantis loyalist.” Gilzean in the past also served as chairman of the Florida Commission on Ethics and president and CEO of the Central Florida Urban League. Gilzean stepped down as chairman of the ethics commission in August after questions were raised about the, well, ethics of him remaining in that position while earning $400,000 a year running the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District.

» HCA nurses in Central Florida rally for hospital improvements as union contract talks kick off

Registered nurses rallied early Tuesday morning outside HCA Lake Monroe Hospital in Sanford, bringing attention to the issue of chronic understaffing in their hospital. This came just one day ahead of a planned meeting between hospital management and the nurses’ union, National Nurses United. The nurses’ union contract, last negotiated in 2021, is set to expire at the end of May. They’re just beginning negotiations to hammer out a new one, along with nurses at nine other Florida-based HCA facilities, including HCA Florida Osceola Hospital in Kissimmee. Most of the nurses who gathered outside the Sanford hospital Tuesday morning had just gotten off a 12-hour shift or were about to start one. HCA, which stands for the Hospital Corporation of America, is one of the largest hospital operators in the U.S. The company reported $5.2 billion in profits last year, and nurses say they can afford to staff up and establish staffing ratios in their hospitals that are capable of preventing nurse burnout, reducing turnover and ensuring proper patient care, instead of spending money on things like the spacious new lobby the hospital glowingly press-released in February 2023.

» 10 big issues from Florida’s 2024 legislative session

The 2024 state legislative session ended March 8 with the annual hanky-drop ceremony in the rotunda between the House and Senate chambers. Some of the biggest issues addressed this year include:

1) Budget: Lawmakers passed a $117.46 billion budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, which will start July 1. The budget includes such things as increased funding for public schools and pay raises for state employees. A related tax package includes a series of sales-tax “holidays.” 2) Child/ teen labor: Lawmakers passed two bills that would ease certain child labor restrictions for minors 16 and older. For example, HB 49 allows parents to give permission for their 16- or 17-year-old child to work more than 30 hours per week during the school year. It also allows minors 16 and up to work more than eight hours a day on holidays and Sundays during the school year, and adds a carve-out from restrictions on hours for minors 16 and older who are homeschooled or enrolled in a virtual education program. 3) Dozier students: Decades after they suffered abuse, former students of the shuttered Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna will receive compensation from the state under a $20 million program approved by lawmakers. 4) Education: Lawmakers passed a measure designed to keep “identity politics” out of teacher preparation programs. They also approved a bill that would allow volunteer chaplains in schools. 5) Health care: Senate President Kathleen Passidomo made a priority of passing a plan that includes trying to increase the number of doctors in the state. Supporters say it will help meet health-care needs as the population grows. 6) Hemp: Lawmakers passed a measure to outlaw euphoria-inducing hemp products sold at shops throughout the state, with opponents arguing the bill could shutter small businesses and eliminate thousands of jobs. 7) Homelessness: Lawmakers passed a controversial plan that would bar cities and counties from allowing homeless people to sleep on public property. Local governments could designate sites for sleeping or camping if they meet certain standards. The bill passed allows people to sue local governments over lack of enforcement. 8) Insurance: After making major changes over the past two years, lawmakers took limited steps to address

property-insurance problems, like a bill that could lead to second homes exiting the state’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and moving to private carriers. 9) Social media: Lawmakers passed a plan aimed at keeping children under age 16 off social media. House Speaker Paul Renner made a priority of the issue, saying that social media harms children’s mental health. 10) Vacation rentals: After years of trying to reach a deal, lawmakers passed a bill about regulating vacation rental properties. The bill includes preempting regulation to the state, while local governments could have registration programs.

» Florida Senate declines to confirm Moms for Liberty co-founder to state ethics panel

The Florida Senate declined to confirm Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich’s appointment to the state Commission on Ethics, with Senate President Kathleen Passidomo saying that the procedural move puts Descovich’s confirmation “on hold.” Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Descovich to the Florida ethics commission last year, a position which requires Senate confirmation. Descovich, a former Brevard County School Board member, became a prominent figure as co-founder of the conservative “parental rights” group Moms for Liberty, which has targeted what they characterize as “indoctrination” in public schools. Descovich also is the chair of the political committee Moms for Liberty Florida. Senate leaders voiced concerns that Descovich’s political role could pose a conflict with her role on the ethics panel.

‘MASSIVE WAGE COMPRESSION’

Orange County Public Schools school district agrees to delay health insurance hikes, raise pay for school staff

BY MCKENNA SCHUELER

After declaring impasse over contract negotiations with the local teachers’ union last fall, the Orange County school district has (finally) reached a deal with the union that delays a proposed health insurance rate hike and offers a nearly 10 percent raise for most teachers.

“Teachers came together to demand a fair contract,” said union president Clinton McCracken in a statement. “This agreement stands as a testament to the strength of our unity and represents a pivotal step towards supporting teachers while paving the way for ongoing negotiations to explore alternative solutions to the health insurance challenges facing the district.”

If teachers and other school staff represented by the union approve the deal, they’d see their raises in April, retroactive to the first day of work for the current school year.

The primary issue of contention in contract talks was a health insurance rate hike proposed by the district. A public hearing on the issue last Tuesday lasted over eight hours. In the end, the district and the union reached an agreement that delays the full cost of the rate hikes to the 2025-26 school year, instead of June 30, 2024, as the district originally wanted.

The district agreed to pay $4.4 million to help cover about half the cost of what the increase would

‘OVERBOARD’

have been for staff next school year (2024-25). This means most teachers will see a rate increase come September, but it will be far less than what was originally proposed.

According to the union, another “crucial element” of the tentative deal is a promise from the district to explore other cost-saving measures with the union “that may help avert future premium increases.”

The Orange County Classroom Teachers Association, a labor union representing nearly 14,000 school staff in the district, had warned the district’s proposal could result in an average 64 percent increase in health insurance costs for employees. The actual amount would have varied depending on the health plan, but would have ranged between $545 to $3,459, according to a presentation from the union’s counsel.

The district has put off raising insurance rates for four years, but per the Orlando Sentinel, officials have said that continuing to do so is no longer financially sustainable. The union, which also represents some other school staff such as school psychologists, had fought the district’s proposal, arguing the national estimate for rate increases is about 5 to 7 percent.

A special magistrate last month, serving as a third-party mediator, sided with the union on the issue, recommending the district forgo their

proposed rate hike. While the magistrate didn’t agree with the union that the proposed hike was “astronomical,” the district had proposed establishing the rate hike on the last day of the union’s contract with the district on June 30, 2024 which both the union and the magistrate found odd.

According to McCracken, a former art teacher elected union president in 2022, the district had already agreed not to raise insurance costs for the current school year. McCracken told Orlando Weekly last week that, to them, it felt like the district was trying to “sneak in” the increases.

The union also worried that the rate hikes would dilute the gains of the salary increases the two parties had already agreed upon, which the district has described to the press as “historic.”

The union had already successfully fought for the salary hikes to be percentage-based, rather than the flat amounts the school staff they represent are used to. This calculation is expected to help longtime teachers the most, who McCracken says “barely make more than a beginning teacher.” The flat amount, he explained, created “massive wage compression problems” for experienced educators.

Other school districts in Florida have seen this issue too, and several — like Orange County — try

to help address that gap with supplemental pay for teachers with more experience or advanced degrees.

Florida ranks 48th in the nation for its average teacher salary of $51,230 and 16th in its average starting teacher salary of $45,171, according to data compiled by the National Education Association. In Orange County, the starting salary is currently $48,400.

Members of the Orange County school board — who have the final say on contract ratification, if approved by union members — expressed that they were pleased by the agreement, but frustrated that it took so long.

“[I’m] very frustrated that bargaining started in June, and we had to go through this and keep our teachers from getting a raise this entire year,” said District 7 board member and former teacher Melissa Byrd. “I’m pleased that we don’t have to impose something,” she added, “but I’m frustrated that we couldn’t have done this eight months ago.”

Karen Castor-Dentel, also a former teacher and board member for District 6, said it “hurts morale” when negotiations drag on, “making some out to be villains.”

“I will stand by every member of this board for fighting and looking out for the teacher’s best interest. It may not have appeared that way because negotiations broke down, but every one of these members up here we’re working hard for the best result possible,” she said.

According to the union, the voting process for members will begin on the tentative agreement this week.

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Florida Senate votes to limit book objections from people who don’t have kids in school; DeSantis admits some have abused the process

BY RYAN DAILEY, NSF

The Florida Senate last Tuesday backed a wide-ranging education measure that would limit the number of book objections from people who don’t have kids in schools, as Senate President Kathleen Passidomo said some Floridians have gone “overboard” with filing the challenges.

Senators voted 28-11 to approve the measure (HB 1285), with significant changes to a version that the House passed last month — meaning it will have to go back to the House for approval before it could go to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The House had approved the bill on Feb. 15 with a provision that sought to assess $100 “processing”fees for unsuccessful book objections. The proposed policy would have allowed fees to be assessed for people if they did not “have a student enrolled in the school where the material is located” and had “unsuccessfully objected to five materials during the calendar year.”

But an overhaul of the bill filed by its Senate sponsor, Danny Burgess, R-Zephyrhills, changed the approach toward certain book objections.

Under the tweaks to the bill approved by senators Tuesday, the proposal seeks to limit certain people to one book objection per month.

“A resident of the county who is not the parent or guardian of a student with access to school district materials may not object to more than one material per month. The State Board of Education may adopt rules to implement this provision,” the revamped provision says.

The issue of book objections has become a political battleground in the last two years, after the Legislature and DeSantis have approved measures that bolstered scrutiny of such materials.

The governor last month said he had called on the Legislature to take steps to curb “frivolous” book challenges. A news release from the governor’s office said that the state “empowered parents to object to obscene material in the classroom.” But the release also said that some people had “abused” the process to file objections to books such as Johnny Appleseed, The Giver and the Bible.

“We also know that some people have abused this process in an effort to score cheap political points,” the governor said in a prepared

statement on Feb. 15.“Today, I am calling on the Legislature to make necessary adjustments so that we can prevent abuses in the objection process and ensure that districts aren’t overwhelmed by frivolous challenges.”

Passidomo on Tuesday similarly touted legislation in previous years that ramped up book scrutiny, but acknowledged the policy needed to be revisited.

“We in good faith passed a bill that gave people the right to look at what kind of books would be in school libraries,” Passidomo, R-Naples, told reporters. “I’ve had parents bring some of those books to me, and I was appalled.”

Passidomo added, however, that “people went overboard, and they started objecting to the classics, like Shakespeare,” which she called “ridiculous.”

“So … we needed to rein that in,” she said.

Democrats have heavily criticized efforts to scrutinize school books, likening such measures to book bans. During floor discussion about the bill Tuesday, Sen. Lori Berman, D-Boca Raton, peppered Burgess with questions.

“Do we think that this is going to truly make a difference in the way that our larger book bans have gone?” Berman asked.

“I don’t believe that we stepped on anything in the original bill that we passed,” Burgess replied. “What we’re doing, though, is recognizing that we could always improve.”

As the Legislature pushes a bill to fix gaping holes in last year’s messy union-busting law, the long-running battle over Florida’s labor unions continues to be driven by political favors, out-of-state interest groups, and confusion

BY MCKENNA SCHUELER

Acontroversial “glitch” bill that makes it harder for public employees to join unions, and makes it easier for unions representing public employees to be dismantled, has garnered majority support from the Republican-dominated state Legislature and is headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis for his signature.

Senate Bill 1746, filed by Republican state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, cleared the Republican-dominated Senate last month in a 21-14 vote,largely along party lines.The Florida House similarly approved the bill last week, with Democrats opposed. Just six Republican legislators — three in each chamber — joined Democrats in opposition to what Democratic Rep. Robin Bartleman described as “union busting.”

The proposal is a follow-up to anti-union legislation pushed last year by the state Legislature’s Republican majority and signed by DeSantis, despite ambiguities, loopholes and miscalculations in the bill. When legislatures pass bad laws, “glitch legislation” often follows. Recent examples in Florida include SB 154, designed to fix compliance difficulties in the law passed in the wake of the Surfside condo collapse; and SB 328, written to clarify inconsistencies in 2023’s “Live Local Act.”

All six Republicans who voted down the glitch bill this year also opposed the 2023 bill, which had been more than a decade

in the making and is similar to other anti-union policies championed by right-wing politicians and special interest groups across the country.

Last year’s law banned the decades-old practice of allowing union members to have their dues automatically deducted from their paychecks, similar to how health insurance or a 401(k) contribution might be deducted.

It also established a minimum 60% membership threshold for unions — meaning, in order for a union to remain certified, at least 60% of employees eligible for union membership need to be dues-paying members or risk having their union dismantled.

Under Florida’s right-to-work law, no employee can be compelled to join a union or to pay union dues, while all employees benefit from the contract won by union members; this makes it difficult to convince some employees to join.

This year’s legislation, brought forward by the same Republican sponsors of last year’s union bills, largely seeks to address grievances voiced by police and firefighter unions over the new regulations.

It also reflects recommended changes from the Public Employees Relations Commission (the state’s regulating agency) and out-of-state organizations that have a well-documented

history of peddling policies designed to weaken public sector union power.

The proposal offers both good news and bad news for unions. It could in part worsen administrative hurdles by adding to the laundry list of information unions are required to report to the state annually.

It could also unduly burden not just unions, but individual employees, by mandating they fill out a new government-issued form in order to formally sign up as a union member.

Sen. Ingoglia, owner of a residential construction company in the Spring Hill area, claimed he heard that signing up is basically as easy as signing the back of a napkin.

Much of the glitch legislation, touted as a fix to some procedural issues, is a gift to politically favored unions. Unions representing sworn law enforcement officers, firefighters, and correctional and probation officers were largely exempted from the new regulations approved last year — or they were supposed to be.

The Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC), led by three DeSantis appointees, has interpreted the vague language of last year’s law in such a way that it actually prevented some of the police and fire unions’ bargaining units from being exempted.

Part of the problem is that some of these unions’ bargaining units (groups of workers represented by a union) represent not just police officers, but also civilian employees who aren’t currently exempt. Police and fire unions even filed a complaint over the issue.

There’s also one part of the law that no union was exempted from: a requirement for unions to submit annual financial statements to the state that are audited by a certified public accountant.

Rocco Salvitori, vice president of the Florida Professional Firefighters, told lawmakers in January that this has been “extremely difficult” for some of their affiliates to comply with. The union represents 28,000 firefighters and paramedics across the state.

This is no surprise. Republican Sen. Joe Gruters, a CPA by trade, argued last year that this part of the law would be nearly impossible for some unions to comply with, due to the cost of an audit for unions with smaller budgets, and other complex issues related to the auditing process.

Public email communications obtained by Orlando Weekly show that the Florida Professional Firefighters union lobbied both bill sponsors as well as the Governor’s Office last fall to address problems with the new law. Steve Zona, president of the Florida State Fraternal Order of Police union, also emailed FOP’s own draft language to Ingoglia, records show.

The two lawmakers got the memo. As a fix to some of the confusion tied to last year’s law, this year’s bill updates the auditing requirement that the firefighters union found “difficult” to comply with.

Under the bill, unions’ financial statements would no longer have to be audited by a CPA, but “prepared” by one. Union leaders confirmed to Orlando Weekly that, yes, this makes a difference (a positive one).

The proposal also adds additional exemptions for paramedics, 911 dispatchers and EMTs, and clarifies that bargaining units are exempt from the dues deduction and 60% membership threshold if the majority of employees they represent are those first responders.

When Democratic lawmakers tried to do the same last year, of course, Republicans rejected the idea. Then the police and firefighter unions complained, and they obliged.

The GOP bill sponsors, Sen. Ingoglia and Rep. Dean Black, have defended the law’s exemptions by explaining that first responders belong to a “special risk” category of public

employees under state statutes that differentiate them from others.

Critics contend it’s politically motivated, and ask why special risk employees are exempted if the legislation is really as “pro-employee” as the bill sponsors have said. (Ingoglia slipped up one time last year when he first described it as “pro-employer”before quickly checking himself.)

The (red) elephant in the room is that cop and firefighter unions more often court and endorse Republican candidates for office. Teachers’ unions, on the other hand, tend to endorse Democrats.

Wayne “Bernie” Bernoska, president of Florida Professional Firefighters union, told Orlando Weekly in a statement that he “appreciated” the bill sponsors for considering the union’s feedback on the glitch bill.

Providing feedback during the legislative process, Bernoska said, helps “to ensure our members’ voices are heard.”

‘Please get a backbone and vote no’

But not all unions feel quite as heard. The Florida AFL-CIO — a labor federation of roughly 500 local union affiliates — and the statewide teachers’ unions have, throughout session, testified against one big problem they have with the glitch bill — namely, the new membership forms and reporting requirements.

Under the proposed legislation, union members would need to fill out a new separate membership form issued by the state in order to confirm they want to be part of their union. Unions already have their own membership forms under current law, which ask for more details than the state’s proposed form.

Union members, including teachers, have testified that the new membership form is unnecessary and a naked attempt to unduly burden their union administration.

“What you’re doing by that three-page form is adding red tape to people, not to unions,” said Dr. Ana Ciereszko, an adjunct professor at Miami-Dade College and legislative director for the United Faculty of Florida, during a House committee hearing.

Self-identified Republicans also characterized the bill as government overreach.

“The people that get impacted by this bill are saying, no, no, no, no, and again, no,” said Chris Pagel, a retired U.S. Army combat engineer and coach in Nassau County Public Schools. Pagel also serves as president of the Nassau Teachers Association.

“As a Republican, I can tell you, I am embarrassed and ashamed that we keep on voting yes, when your constituents are telling you, ‘No,’” Pagel continued during public testimony on the House bill last week.“Please get a backbone and vote no. “

Patrick Strong, a teacher who described himself as a conservative Republican, said he doesn’t want to give the state more of his personal information.

“I trust my union with my membership information,” said Strong, who also spoke out against last year’s bill. “I don’t want and don’t trust a government membership form.”

Florida’s teachers’unions — a political punching bag of the DeSantis administration — were better prepared than some other non-exempt unions to survive the new regulations.

Under a 2018 law approved by then-Gov. Rick Scott, teachers’ unions were already required to maintain a membership density of at least 50%.

But for all other non-exempt public sector unions — representing municipal workers, transit workers and non-instructional school staff — this was novel.

And, for over 30 bargaining units that were unable to meet that 60% threshold, representing tens of thousands of municipal and state employees all in all, it was an unreachable target. Those unions were consequently — and quietly — decertified last month.

Some of these decertified unions were established decades ago, representing blue-collar workers in cities like Jacksonville — the folks who collect your trash or fix malfunctioning stoplights — alongside administrative and clerical workers in many of the state’s largest public universities.

Over 30,000 state employees alone, including employees in the state’s dilapidated corrections system, have lost their union representation. And more could be next.

The law offers unions the option to petition for a union election with the state to avoid decertification. But doing so requires the union to gather signatures from at least 30% of employees in support of maintaining the union.

For unions with literally thousands of employees — or unions that hadn’t been super organized to start with — that can be a heavy organizing lift. Not all unions have that kind of capacity, or the resources needed to pull that off.

Florida is the only state in the Southern U.S. that has collective bargaining rights for public employees enshrined in its state constitution,

which labor unions argue have been abridged by the new regulations.

Out-of-state influence

Both last year’s bill and this year’s glitch legislation have notably gained the backing of groups like the Koch-founded Americans for Prosperity and out-of-state think tanks like the Freedom Foundation, based in Washington, and the Mackinac Center, based in Michigan.

The Freedom Foundation, a self-proclaimed co-author of last year’s legislation, has limited political capital in their home state, which has been amenable to pro-union policy changes in recent years.

On the West Coast, the group has accomplished little in their mission of reducing public sector unions’ power. Their primary schtick these days is sending misleading mailers to union members across the country, urging them to “opt out” of their unions.

With last year’s anti-union law, Florida has become one of the Freedom Foundation’s greatest success stories so far.

When Florida’s law passed last year, they celebrated, describing it as the “most aggressive state labor reform bill in decades.”

When Orlando Weekly reported last month that thousands of city and state employees had lost their unions — and the job protections granted to them under their union contracts — as a result of the law, the Freedom Foundation, again, celebrated — specifically quoting our reporting in their self-back-patting.

Instead of retreating back to Washington state after the passage of last year’s law, the group contracted a Florida lobbyist to act as their eyes and ears. They’ve also bankrolled a “new” union that’s on a mission to replace the state’s largest teachers’ union, which represents roughly 25,000 school staff in the Miami-Dade County school system.

Emails obtained by Orlando Weekly through a public records request show that Christian Cámara of Chamber Consultants LLC, under contract with the Freedom Foundation, has been in communication with union bill sponsors since last fall, but not all of their proposals actually appear in the bills’ language.

Tallahassee-based Cámara emailed draft legislation for the glitch bill to Ingoglia and Black’s legislative offices back in November. According to Cámara, the draft was a collaborative effort by both the Freedom Foundation

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and the Mackinac Center, a think tank founded in 1987 that has a decades-long record of attacking education unions and pushing other “free market” policies.

“Since we (Freedom Foundation) submitted proposed bill language to you last month, we’ve had extensive conversations with our friends at the Mackinac Center to develop language both our organizations can enthusiastically support,” Cámara wrote in an email to both bill sponsors on Nov. 9.

Both organizations are members of the State Policy Network, a billionaire-funded web of think tanks that collectively lobby states to adopt “market-friendly” policies.

Its affiliates in Florida, according to its website, include the James Madison Institute (which lobbied for last year’s anti-union law), ExcelinEd, and the Naples-based Foundation for Government Accountability — a think tank that also fought for last year’s law, and is currently working to roll back child labor law and make it harder for laid-off adults to secure unemployment benefits.

Cámara, the Freedom Foundation lobbyist, also attended rule-making workshops organized by the Public Employees Relations Commission last year, according to meeting transcripts. So did Vinnie Vernuccio, a lobbyist for Workers for Opportunity — an initiative launched by the Mackinac Center in 2019.

Bernoska, the firefighters union president, told Orlando Weekly he wasn’t surprised the bill sponsors had consulted “various stakeholders” on the legislation, including the Freedom Foundation and Mackinac Center (although their actual stake in the issue — as out-of-state interest groups — is not immediately apparent).

Both organizations, Bernoska confirmed, were in “regular attendance” at PERC workshops, in addition to all major unions.

Florida Rep. Black, sponsor of the union legislation in the Florida House, did not respond to our request for comment on his collaboration with the Freedom Foundation and Mackinac Center on the legislation. In January, he described the glitch legislation to us in a phone call as “pro-worker.”

Sen. Ingoglia, whose office has historically not been responsive to our inquiries, accused Orlando Weekly of operating under “flawed liberal logic” after we asked about the influence of special interest groups.

“I filed the legislation because of suggestions by PERC to help address issues they encountered with regard to rulemaking following the

passage of SB 256 last year,” Ingoglia shared over email.

“Your assertion that I solicited/accepted feedback from just these entities [Freedom Foundation, Mackinac Center] is as absurd as it is false,” Ingoglia added. “I also met with representatives and reviewed suggested language from SEIU [Service Employees International Union], AFL-CIO, the Teamsters, mass transit workers and others.”

Andrew Spar, president of the statewide teachers’ union — the Florida Education Association — told Orlando Weekly they, for their part, hadn’t been consulted at all in the drafting process, even though their affiliates represent over 150,000 public employees altogether, a huge chunk of the unionized public sector.

Since the bill was filed, the FEA has had one brief meeting each with the bill sponsors, Spar said. “They made it clear that they were not going to change this legislation,” he told us over the phone.

Rich Templin, director of public policy with the Florida AFL-CIO, said during public testimony on the legislation that they had certainly sought opportunities for collaboration with the bill sponsors. Specifically, they asked to suggest changes that would help fix basic procedural issues.

As written, Templin says it “doesn’t go far enough.”

“It doesn’t address the many hurdles that have been identified, that have been agreed to by us, by the Public Employees Relations Commission, what have you,” Templin told a panel of House lawmakers.

The Public Employees Relations Commission, which was given a boost in funding specifically to implement last year’s law, has struggled to manage its new responsibilities with its limited resources.

“We’re just starting to get to the point where we can order the [recertification] elections,” Don Rubottom, chair of PERC, told a Senate committee in January.

A number of unions, mostly teachers’ unions, filed petitions for recertification elections months ago, after submitting paperwork that showed they were below the newly mandated 60% membership threshold.

Those that have petitioned for an election to save their unions have not been decertified, or recertified for that matter. At this point, they’re in limbo.

PERC has also issued and reissued guidance

on how unions must comply with last year’s law, since it was enacted last July and fully effective as of Oct. 1, 2023.

Changes in guidance have caused confusion in some local communities. The Volusia County school board, for instance, filed a notice with PERC in January, accusing the Volusia County teachers’ union of sharing illegally inflated membership numbers with the state.

Unions that submit false information to the state, under current law, can be subject to decertification.

The union’s president, Elizabeth Albert, has emphatically denied the school board’s accusation, and described the board’s move to contact the state as “mean-spirited”.

She told Orlando Weekly that the union followed guidance issued to them by PERC at the time of their registration renewal in October.

One school board member, formerly endorsed by the teachers’ union, described this inconsistency in a recent board meeting as a “loophole” that Florida lawmakers were aiming to fix this year through the glitch legislation.

Sen. Ingoglia, the Senate bill sponsor, has admitted that one of the aims of the glitch bill is to fix “loopholes” he didn’t catch when he championed last year’s law.

“This bill is before us because we did listen to the unions, and we understood that there was some issues with complying,” Ingoglia said during his bill’s first committee stop in January. He also “understood” that there were “some unions” that were “trying to game the system.”

“So we’ll be closing loopholes,” he said.

Workers for Opportunity, the Mackinac Center project, has similarly used the term “loophole” to describe the law’s vague directives.

In a legislative wish list emailed to Rep. Black in November, Workers for Opportunity listed a number of “recommended updates” to “close SB 256 loopholes.”

One of these recommendations included granting exemptions to bargaining units in which 60% or more of the employees represented are “uniformed personnel.”

This has made it into the glitch bill, without explicit use of the term “uniformed personnel.”

Another required union membership to be composed only of members who pay dues “in full.”

This did not.

Both the Freedom Foundation and Workers for Opportunity have blasted some teachers’

unions over the last year for offering discounts on union dues as a way to recruit more members. Union dues typically account for 1-2% of a worker’s paycheck.

Vernuccio, the Workers for Opportunity lobbyist, complained about this during a PERC workshop in September. “I believe that the intent of the legislature was, you know, paying full dues as opposed to giving a discount of 50 cents,” he said.

Rusty Brown, a chief lobbyist for the Freedom Foundation, told Orlando Weekly in January that their primary issue was seeking clarification on how union membership should be reported to the state. “That, far and away, was our biggest concern that came up,” said Brown.

Currently, PERC guidance requires unions to report their membership numbers, and the number of employees eligible for membership, based on what those numbers were as of the 30th day immediately preceding the date the union’s registration is set to expire.

The Freedom Foundation doesn’t like this calculation.

In draft bill language emailed to the bill sponsors, both the Freedom Foundation and Mackinac Center agreed on language that would require unions to report membership information based on information that’s current “as of the last business day of the second full calendar month preceding the date of its application for renewal of registration.”

The bill language, as filed, more greatly reflects PERC’s guidance than the think tanks’.

When Orlando Weekly caught up with Brown in January, he vaguely confirmed that they were trying to get “some amendments” to the bills. He declined to clarify what exactly those plural amendments were. Emails show that Brown, who’s based in Texas, flew into Tallahassee last fall to personally meet with both the bill sponsors and the Governor’s office.

Brown told Orlando Weekly that this glitch legislation was the only set of bills this session that they were keeping their eyes on.

An unfulfilled legislative wish list

It would be inaccurate to say that the Freedom Foundation and Mackinac Center wholly authored the legislation filed this year. That’s because a number of proposals they

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lobbied for don’t show up in the bill language. The Freedom Foundation originally lobbied the bill sponsors for a number of other suggested changes that do little to disguise their bias against unions.

The group, for example, suggested banning what they dub “captive audience meetings” by unions. That’s a term commonly used to refer to anti-union meetings that employers, facing union drives, will often force employees to attend.

Under their proposed policy, emailed to the bill sponsors, public employers would be prohibited from “requiring or coercing public employees to meet, communicate, listen to, or otherwise interact with an employee organization.”

In a one-page planning document, the Freedom Foundation described such meetings as “a high-pressured sales pitch” for unions.

Jennifer Sherer, a researcher with the Economic Policy Institute who’s produced reports on public sector union policy, told Orlando Weekly she didn’t know of any precedent for using the term “captive audience meeting” to describe meetings between union staff and public sector workers.

“Mislabeling something along those lines as a ‘captive audience meeting’ is novel, to my knowledge, although maybe not surprising,” she said.

Several states have passed laws outlawing captive audience meetings organized by employers, which workers say can be coercive and manipulative.

Florida is not one of them, but Washington state — the Freedom Foundation’s home base — has seen such proposals introduced in the past. A bill introduced in the state this year has passed the state Senate, but has not yet passed the House.

Some other proposals from the Freedom Foundation are just petty.

The group suggested raising the filing fee for unions’ annual renewal registration paperwork from the current fee of $15 up to $90 to “adjust for inflation.”

“The original FF language updated the maximum filing fee PERC can charge unions for their annual registration. The maximum fee is currently set at $15 and has not been adjusted for inflation since the collective bargaining law was passed in 1975,” Cámara explained over email. “The maximum

fee would be increased to $90 and PERC granted authority to adjust the fee for inflation thereafter.”

The group also sought to increase the financial penalty for illegal strikes by public employees, similarly to account for “inflation.” Under Florida law, public employees are strictly prohibited from striking.

Doing so anyway can lead to hefty fines for unions (up to $20,000 per calendar day), possible job termination, and the decertification of unions involved. Florida teachers who strike can also lose their teaching certificates.

There has been no legitimate strike threat by Florida’s public employees. But it has become a hot-button issue in other states.

Public school teachers in Massachusetts for instance — a state that also bans public sector strikes — recently walked out on strike earlier this year, illegally, shutting down schools for 11 days. The action secured a double-digit COLA increase for teachers, higher wages for classroom aides and more paid family leave. It also left the union facing over $600,000 in fines for the work stoppage.

The illegal strike demonstrated a continuation of the energy that took off with the “Red for Ed” movement in West Virginia in 2018, when roughly 20,000 teachers in the Republican-controlled state then similarly walked off the job.

Unlike Florida, West Virginia teachers do not have the legal right to collective bargaining, and teachers were warned that walking off the job for any length of time would be illegal. (The state officially banned teachers’ strikes through legislative action in 2021.)

The strike nonetheless inspired educators in a number of other states — such as Oklahoma and Arizona — to similarly walk off the job over issues such as pay and insufficient funding for schools.

The state of Florida itself was the site of the United States’ first-ever statewide teachers’ strike — over 25,000 educators strong — in 1968.

Walking off the job was illegal then, and it’s illegal today. But apparently the Freedom Foundation worries a strike threat in 2024 onward could be looming.

The Mackinac Center, however, was more inclined to “minimizing changes to existing statutes,” Cámara told the bill sponsors over email. Thus, the Freedom Foundation’s proposed changes to strike ramifications and

filing fees were struck from the final recommendations the two groups presented.

“I think it’s fair to say that the differences between the Freedom Foundation’s original proposal and the joint FF/Mackinac language stem more from differences in approach than from any disagreement over policy goals or end results,” Cámara said.

Orlando Weekly requested comment from both Sen. Ingoglia and Rep. Black on why they decided not to ultimately file some of the bill language pushed by the think tanks.

Sen. Ingoglia did not address this question in his initial response to our inquiry, and Rep. Black never responded to our inquiry at all.

A billionaire’s playground

The intrusion of out-of-state think tanks into Florida’s union policy landscape isn’t unique to Florida, according to Sherer, who heads the Economic Policy Institute’s State Worker Power Initiative.

Groups like the Freedom Foundation and the American Legislative Exchange Council, a corporate-funded generator of conservative model policies, “are constantly generating sort of new variations” on the theme of what would make it harder for public workers to join, find out about, and “have a functional, sustainable union that represents their interests,” said Sherer.

The private sector has taken notice, too. Business lobbying groups representing primarily private sector employers, such as the Chamber of Commerce, have also backed policies undermining public sector union power, even though they’re not directly affected.

There are a number of reasons why they might care. The United States’ public sector has a higher unionization rate (32.5%) than the private sector (6%), and union trends in one sector can have “spillover” effects on the other.

With attacks on the public sector, according to Sherer, “You can see broader spillover effects into the economy as a whole, in terms of suppression of workers’ wages and the erosion of job quality.”

Conversely, unions that achieve gains can also set standards for other workplaces, including those that are nonunion.

Templin, a longtime lobbyist for the Florida AFL-CIO, wasn’t surprised to hear of the Freedom Foundation’s involvement in the bills’ drafting. He attended the same PERC

hearings and workshops last year that the think tanks’ point people did.

“Florida has become a billionaire’s playground,” said Templin.

“This is, you know, ground zero for these billionaire-funded think tanks, where these guys are literally going from state to state and messing with people’s lives because they have nothing else to do but count their money.”

The Freedom Foundation, formerly known as the Evergreen Freedom Foundation, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that’s not required to disclose its donors.

But federal tax records show the Bradley Foundation, a notorious financier of conservative causes, has been a generous donor in the past to the Freedom Foundation, as well as the Mackinac Center and the Naples-based Foundation for Government Accountability.

As the watchdog newsletter Seeking Rents points out, the Freedom Foundation — which reported $12.3 million in contributions in 2022 — has also received sizable donations from the Charles Koch Foundation ($250,000 in 2018), the foundation of billionaire Richard “Dick” Uihlein ($60,000 in 2021), the Adolph Coors Foundation ($45,000 in 2018 — yes, that Coors), and other wealthy GOP donors.

Special interest groups like the Freedom Foundation “seem to have more influence in the legislative process than the citizens of Florida,” said Spar, with the Florida Education Association. “And I think we see that play out over and over again.”

The glitch legislation passed the Florida Senate on Feb. 22, just one day after the Senate’s Republican majority rejected two proposed changes from fellow GOP Sen. Gruters that would have been a boon to unions and union members.

One of Gruters’ amendments would have cut the language imposing a new, PERC-issued membership form. The other amendment would have tied unions’ registration renewal date — which currently varies by union — to the end of the union’s current contract.

Both failed to get enough support and were rejected by the Senate’s GOP majority.

The Florida House approved the legislation a week later. It now heads to DeSantis, who is expected to sign it into law.

Have thoughts on this story? Share your feedback with reporter McKenna Schueler: mschueler@orlandoweekly.com

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OH THANK HEAVEN

Orlando Nerd Nite turns 11, as international anthology hits bookshelves including some local contributors

BY KYLE EAGLE

If you’ve ever had the chance to stumble into a Nerd Nite event in Orlando, then you’ve wandered into something wonderful. Capacity audiences gather to hear presentations that veer into monologue on subjects ranging from booze to blues records to sneakers and sci-fi. You might hear a history of product packaging or a B-side from a favorite band. One presentation that stands out in memory was about developments in revenue and royalties in the streaming age — it

innovator and the can do-er. It’s a lifestyle for those not content to be pedestrian bystanders in their love of something, but willing and active participants. The true “cool” kids.

One of these cool kids is the affable Ricardo Williams, who’s helmed our local branch of Nerd Nite for over a decade. As Nerd Nite Orlando celebrates its 11th birthday, the world also welcomes an anthology of talks from the whole international organization bearing the amazing title How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi, published by none other than St. Martin’s Press, an arrival moment on all sides.

Orlando Weekly connected with Williams to discuss the occasion.

Tell us a little something about Nerd Nite.

RW: Nerd Nite is a regular event that brings together people who want to present something they’re passionate about; they make a presentation, and every event has two or three speakers. It started in Boston and New York 20 years ago as a company, and as a phenomenon, as I like to think of it, it reaches around the world. The idea is that it reminds folks that learning is fun. The atmosphere is fun and we try to find a host that’s fun and it doesn’t take itself too seriously.

What was your most memorable presentation?

Listening to a NASA scientist talk about the possibilities of growing cannabis in space. The premise of that leads to all kinds of humorous possibilities with just the audience questions alone. (laughs)

How did Orlando come to have our own chapter of Nerd Nite?

My dear friend and ally in this, Josh Manning, had seen Nerd Nite in D.C. about 11 or 12 years ago. He worked at NASA and his first thought was that this needed to be happening here in Orlando and the benefit of having it — he couldn’t have been more right.

NERD NITE DAY 2024: NERD NITE ORLANDO’S 11TH BIRTHDAY SHOW

7 p.m. Thursday, March 14

Orlando Science Center

777 E. Princeton St. orlando.nerdnite.com $10

So often the “cool kids” are anything but. Let’s talk about the book How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi, an international anthology published by the mighty St. Martin’s Press. That little fact gives it some bragging rights, not to mention that about half a dozen of the contributors are Orlando-based!

So, Nerd Nite founders Dr. Chris Balakrishnan and Matt Wasowski have edited 70 essays from around the world from Nerd Nite talks, and I was able to squeeze in six of our best presenters.

Who are they?

The first I have to mention is State Rep. Anna V. Eskamani, whose legendary Nerd Nite talk, “10 Things You Didn’t Know About Sex Education” is going to be in the book. WMFE host Brendan Byrne, based on his talk about the use of human excrement in space, something he has become quite an expert on and has presented on the subject a few times.

kept the standing-room audience completely engaged, with loads of questions for the presenter. Amazing! Educating entertainment. Nerd Nite is what TedX should’ve been, or at least promised to be.

No longer just a term of insult but a philosophy, “nerd” culture is now synonymous with connoisseurship. It signifies a way of doing things with a certain quality that bears the mark of the overachiever and the auteur, the maverick, the

When I first heard about it through [co-founder] Valerie Cepero, I didn’t understand and thought it sounded like a silly thing. I didn’t get it. And then after she took me through it, it clicked with me and it was like, “Oh I get this!!!” Even better, we all had a similar vision for it. Something that everyone had access to, something that [you] could pop in to make friends, something that can be useful in [presenters’] lives and careers as well as honing what they do in an entertaining setting that could translate well to the workplace. Some of the speakers are using this as a part of their research for jobs and projects.

Why were you hesitant at first?

I think it was the word itself, nerd. There is/was such a stigma to that word. It was used as a pejorative for so long, like with negative meaning. Using the word as a selling point didn’t work for me until she explained it to me. Things have changed since then, there’s a bit of taking back of the word, and I got clued in to that and it clicked.

Bathroom talk, whether humorous or scientific, is always a popular subject. Also included in the book are Derek Demeter, head of the planetarium at Seminole State, he’s in the book. My dear friend Eliza Juliano writes about urbanism and using math to build a better city. The legendary Max Jackson, who’s given more Nerd Nite talks around the world than anyone … his “Ethics of Brain Experimentation” is an essay in the book. Fellow local Nerd Nite founder Josh Manning’s really funny presentation about chindogu, the Japanese word for things that are made but are useless. For example, a cigarette umbrella, so one can smoke in the rain. A literal cigarette umbrella. Inventions that are silly but useless in some ways. Last and not least, UCF professor Dr. Zoe Landsman, who has one of the funniest titles I’ve ever seen, “Skyrockets in Flight, Asteroids Delight,” about asteroid mining.

I’m already wanting to read this, my curiosity is piqued just from your descriptions. Better yet, seeing this live is where the real delight is. When and where is the anniversary and book release event happening?

We’ll be at the Orlando Science Center on Thursday, March 14, for the 11-year anniversary and book release.

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Ricardo Williams studies up before the celebration | Photo courtesy Nerd Nite

Fresh Orlando production Belladonna:

The Musical features songs and stories you haven’t seen or heard before, with a strong woman anchoring the tale.

If you laughed half as hard as I did at Saturday Night Live’s recent roasting of Moulin Rouge, you probably also share my weariness with so-called “original” musicals that have been cobbled together from pop playlists and old movie scripts. AdventHealth’s newly announced 2024-2025 Broadway series at the Dr. Philips Center doesn’t look like it will shake up that tiring trend, with the quirky breakout hit Shucked as the only all-new standout among the jukebox shows (shuffling music by Michael Jackson, Neil Diamond, Cher, Bob Dylan and ABBA) and film adaptations (like The Lion King, Some Like It Hot and Mean Girls).

However, if you aren’t willing to wait for the big touring productions to bring something fresh to Orlando, two local companies are currently presenting area premieres featuring songs and stories you haven’t seen or heard before. And with both debuting in the wake of International Women’s Day, they each also happen to place female characters at center stage.

Belladonna: The Musical, running at Orlando Family Stage through March 17, brings to life the little-remembered tale of Giulia Tofana (Devyn Schoen), a notorious producer of undetectable poisons (known as “aqua tofana”) in 17th-century Italy, who aided over 600 abused wives in dispatching their SOB spouses.

Haunted by her overbearing mother (Caroline Clay Brooks), and her bloodthirsty mentor (Krystal Kennedy), Tofana struggles to hide her side hustle from her precocious stepdaughter Gigi (Zoe Dunn), as well as from Sophia (Sara Diaz), a serpent-tongued socialite intent on gossiping Giulia into her grave.

This brand-new musical, which is a co-production with MAC Boys Entertainment, was initially inspired by a true crime YouTube video that producer-director Di’ana Rodriguez watched recounting the historical Tofana’s tale. She brought the idea to her mentor Angel Partie, a professor of screenwriting and communications based in Delaware, and together they co-wrote a television pilot. Later, choreographer Christopher Payne introduced the pair to Savannah Pedersen (best known for her 2018 Orlando Fringe Festival hit F*ckboys) who helped translate their teleplay into a stage musical starring an all-female cast.

The resulting production’s two best assets are its engaging storyline — which interweaves issues of class and gender with fraught familial emotions — and Pedersen’s diverse musical score, which draws on sonic influences ranging from 1970s singer-songwriters and popera to folk-flavored hip-hop, yet has her distinctive melodic voice. And although it’s described in the program as a “work in progress,” the production values and technical elements (designed by the creators in collaboration with Sean Duncan and Tim Bowman) are unexpectedly polished, especially the well-produced backing tracks, which happily don’t overwhelm the unamplified ensemble’s multilayered harmonies.

The talented Schoen plays Tofana like a more self-aware Sweeney Todd, emphasizing her guilt-ridden character’s inner conflict. However, she’s often overshadowed throughout the first act by the antics of her elder advisors, and doesn’t even get to deliver her “I want” song until the barn-burning Act One finale. She’s upstaged again after the intermission by Diaz’s star turn as the avenging antagonist. Brimming with potential, Belladonna would be best served by a restructuring of its script, which still betrays its screen-based

origins with jarring jumps in time that are bracketed by momentum-killing scene changes, even omitting the narrative’s dramatic climax and skipping straight to an uncathartic coda. I’m looking forward to seeing a future version this show, with a fully fleshed-out plot and a tighter focus on its protagonist.

Although she may not have the body count of Belladonna, Central Florida Vocal Arts and Opera del Sol’s latest production likewise centers on another female figurehead in the eternal battle between the sexes, and her fraught relationship with a sworn frenemy. Derrick Wang’s acclaimed one-act contemporary opera Scalia/ Ginsburg — which premiered in 2015, the same year the libretto was published in the Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts — will finally receive its Southeastern regional premiere March 15-17 at the Dr. Phillip Center’s Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater. This comedic exploration of the improbable friendship between late U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia is described by CFVA executive director Theresa Smith-Levin as “surprisingly light-hearted, and a perfect introduction to the operatic genre for new audiences.”

“Given the political climate, it can feel like we are helpless to create a more positive and connected community. Conversations around a proverbial dinner table devolve into quarrels or even worse, tense silence declares some topics completely off-limits. Sometimes, a performance or piece of art can spur a difficult conversation in a productive direction,” says Smith-Levin, who partnered with the Alterity Orchestra for this show. “In that spirit, Opera del Sol’s production of Scalia/Ginsburg aims to remind audiences that two very unlikely friends can still find common ground in their shared humanity.”

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Devyn Schoen stars in ‘Belladonna’ as the notorious Giulia Tofana | Courtesy photo

GET IN THE WA

Wa Ramen in Lake Nona gives guests a glimpse of the ‘Japanese way’

BY FAIYAZ KARA

For all of Lake Nona’s rapid development and hyperconnectedness, there’s been a hyperdisconnect in the organic development of independent, chef-run restaurants in this “fastest-growing community in Orlando.” For the most part, corporate-run outfits and chains rule in the Kingdom of Tavistock, so it’s encouraging to see restaurants like Piazza Italia, arguably the finest pizzeria in the city, thrive in the suburban enclave off Narcoossee Road. I even felt a pang of hope when the owners of Wa Sushi in Casselberry opened Wa Ramen just a mile down from that Neapolitan pie haven last November.

Owner Hong Wong, lamenting the dearth of Japanese cuisine in this neighborhood he calls home, took it upon himself to, as he put it, “make Japanese food that Japanese people will actually enjoy.” The man even snagged

the services of chef Tatsuki Takayama, a longtime mainstay at Hanamizuki Japanese Restaurant on I-Drive, and all appears to be going as planned.

“Wa” means “the Japanese way” and the restaurant, says Wong, adheres to traditional Japanese methods and principles in food preparation and presentation. Seems Takayama is fully on board. His pan-fried gyoza ($8) came draped with a crisp square lattice that added a generous crackle to the pork-filled dumplings. Hanetsuki gyoza (or “gyoza with wings”) are what they’re called and they, along with chicken karaage ($10) and sweet purple potato tempura ($6), drew the noisiest grunts of affirmation from the riotous gang of gourmands at my table.

But that chatter turned to debate at the sight of iidako karaage ($10) being placed on the

WA RAMEN

10627 Narcoossee Road

407-613-5500

instagram.com/waramenlakenona $$$

table. “Is eating octopus ethical?” said one of my pals.“If it isn’t, then eating one of these baby octopus fritters will definitely get you canceled,” I said as I popped some fried intelligence into my mouth.

Admittedly, it was the only dish that polarized the table, but we could all agree on the heaping plateful of stupidity, or grilled sausages ($10). We all quite enjoyed those shiny little links of Berkshire pork after dipping them into some coarse Dijon — all of us except the pescatarian, who went to town on the superbly charred miso-marinated black cod ($15) served atop a bamboo leaf.

Yes, this pre-ramen preamble impressed us plenty — but we, along with the others sitting inside the cozy, square-shaped room embellished with origami butterflies, came for the slurpage, and two soups in particular stood out. One was the soy milk tonkotsu ramen ($18). Its pork bone and kombu (kelp) broth is combined with soy milk to create a creamy liquid that’s simultaneously light yet hearty. In that liquid: thin, straight egg noodz; thick, meaty cuts of pork chashu; a whole ajitama (soy sauce-marinated egg) and sprouts, bamboo shoots and bok choy. And if you’re going to get all snobby about bok choy instead of spinach in your ramen, just remember ramen’s Chinese origins. That said, I’d prefer the egg be cut in half for ease of eating.

The other standout was the spicy ramen ($18), reddened with a paste of gochujang and tobanjan (chili bean paste). Togarashi threads added a bit of aesthetic fire to the wavy-noodled wonder, but no matter which of the ramens you choose (veggie ramen excluded), the broth base is the same — pork- and chicken-based, slow cooked for eight hours with bonito and saba flakes, leeks, dried shiitake, ginger, garlic and kombu. In the miso ramen ($17), three different kinds of miso are used in the tare (seasoning) for all the salty-sweet-umami feels.

There’s plenty of umami in the mushroomand kombu-based broth of the vegetarian ramen ($17) as well. The black sesame tantanmen ($19), with its Sichuan roots, has a lot of depth, and a lot of ground pork — almost too much ground pork, which weighed the whole thing down. Some may not see that as a negative, however, and that’s quite all right because there’s plenty to be positive about at Wa.

And that includes the wait staff. One server who has a penchant for fine whiskey may have even poured us all a complimentary shot from his personal collection. So here’s to you, Wa, and thanks for showing us “the way.” fkara@orlandoweekly.com

OPENINGS & CLOSINGS

Lewis Lin (Susuru, Juju) will open wagyu shabu-shabu concept Nabe next door to Peperoncino at the Dellagio Town Center in Dr. Phillips. He’ll also o er premium seafood, cocktails and a sake program. Nola’s Ice Cream, a new concept from Marie Mercado (The Greenery Creamery, Sampaguita Ice Cream) will occupy the front of the almost 3,000-squarefoot space. Nola’s will specialize in fried doughnut ice cream sandwiches. Target opening for both Nabe and Nola’s is May … Crispy Cones, the Shark Tank-approved ice cream concept o ering dough cones that are grilled rotisserie-style, covered with cinnamon and sugar, filled with a spread, gourmet soft-serve ice cream and fruit, then sprinkled with toppings, opens April 5 in the old Freehand Goods space next door to the Hourglass Social House at 2415 Curry Ford Road. Their confections are based on Czech trdelníks. Follow them on Instagram for free ice cream cups during their grand opening … Construction on Pig Floyd’s Winter Park is slated to begin April 1 in the Lee Road space that previously housed Bubbalou’s Bodacious BBQ. Owner Thomas Ward says the restaurant should be open for business this fall … Popular Austin, Texas-based chain Torchy’s Tacos has opened in Altamonte Springs, bringing its house-made tortillas and intriguing filling combinations (like jerk chicken with grilled jalapeños and mango, or blackened salmon with grilled corn and black bean relish) to 999 N. State Road 434 … Bricks & Bowls will bring handhelds served on house-made, brick-sized focaccia bread, as well as “chef-crafted” bowls, soups and cookies to Winter Park, taking over the old Cigarz space at 331 S. Park Ave. next month … DosBros

Fresh Mexican Grill, a Chipotle-like outfit from Tennessee, has opened its first location in Florida at 11871 University Blvd. in the University Pointe East plaza.

NEWS & EVENTS

Shawarma Bros., the Lebanese-forward Mediterranean street food concept by Chris Hernandez (Papi Smash Burger) and William Herrera (Pass Kitchen food truck), will pop up March 22 at Infusion Tea in College Park from 6-10 p.m. and March 30 at Wally’s from 4-9 p.m. as part of the Orlando Parking Lot Party … Hillstone has halted their outdoor dining service — arguably the best part of Hillstone — saying they’re in the process of “remodeling” the lakeside space. There is no timetable for completion … One week left to enjoy the $7 taco specials from a host of restaurants during Orlando Taco Week. Visit orlandotacoweek.com for details and menus.

Soy milk tonkotsu was a standout, but we wish they’d halved the egg | Photo by Rob Bartlett

recently reviewed

JACK & HONEY’S

Thornton Park boîte serves all the brunchtime faves along with a bevy of handhelds and diner classics. Of note: airline chicken breast with duxelles risotto and garlicky haricots verts, and “wagyu” sliders with a crisp smashburger-like exterior. Open daily.

(reviewed Feb. 21) 808 E. Washington St., 407-440-4079, jackandhoneys.com, $$

EET BY MANEET CHAUHAN

Indian fare finally comes to Disney Springs, but Eet’s menu errs well on the side of caution, with dishes catering more to Indiana palates than Indian ones. Bread service with five outstanding dips is a must-order. Open daily. (reviewed Feb. 14) 1780 E. Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, 615-483-1544, eetfunindian.com, $$

CHUAN FU

This contemporary Sichuan house inside the Ravaudage complex in Winter Park is a sister concept to Mills 50 mainstay Chuan Lu Garden and offers a menu that impresses. Peppercorn junkies will revel in every bite of “rattan pepper sliced fatty beef” and shuizhu fish with hot chili oil. More classics: jelly noodle blocks made from mung bean starch slathered in chili sauce, or for the chili-averse, crispy pork knuckle, crispy duck and stewed beef brisket with tomato. “Sichuan brown sugar glutinous rice cake” is a satisfying dessert. Closed Tuesday. (reviewed Feb. 7) 1035 N. Orlando Ave., Winter Park, 321-972-3606, chuanfuorlando.com, $$$

MISTER O1 EXTRAORDINARY PIZZA

Renato Viola’s highly touted pizzeria makes its Orlando-area debut in Lake Mary and it doesn’t disappoint, whether you eat a traditional 13-inch round or a signature star-shaped pie. Notable offerings include the “Coffee Paolo,” a sweet and savory number with raw honey, ground coffee, rich gorgonzola and spicy salami Calabrese. Also worth ordering: the “Alessandra Jalapeño” with avocado slices, pepper rings and mushrooms. End with a Nutella and banana calzone and you’ll sleep well. Open daily. (reviewed Jan. 31) 1210 International Parkway, Lake Mary, 561-631-9035, mistero1.com, $$$

BAKERY 1908

Along with a dizzying array of Chinesestyle pastries, breads, buns, cakes, rolls, tarts, cookies and savory baked goods, this perpetually buzzing Mills 50 bakery serves stellar steamed and pan-fried dumplings,

as well as soup dumplings and dumplings in soup. Don’t overlook such gratifying dim sum items as fried tofu tossed in a peppery mix or Taiwanese popcorn chicken. Milk, boba and fruit teas are some of the best in the city. Open daily. (reviewed Jan. 24) 2021 E. Colonial Drive, 407-668-4128, bakery1908.com, $$

MARES REAL PERUVIAN CUISINE

A bevy of traditional Peruvian staples are offered at this colorful and contempo Park Avenue space, though the prices may turn you pale. Solid starters include the pulpo parrillero and a classic ceviche made with sea bass. Chifa classics like arroz chaufa and lomo saltado lack a wokky essence; pescado a lo macho makes a much more fulfilling main. Open daily. (reviewed Jan. 17) 528 S. Park Ave., Winter Park, 689-312-1705, mareswinterpark.com, $$$$

SUPERICA

Five-time James Beard Award nominee Ford Fry brings his high-caliber Tex-Mex cantina to Winter Park and it hits the mark. Both the queso fundido and the tortilla soup make topnotch starters. Tacos come in hard shell, street and al carbon varieties (the crispy pork belly is luscious). A dish of heft worth considering: 36-hour smoked and grilled bone-in short rib. Open daily. (reviewed Dec. 20, 2023) 415 S. Orlando Ave., Winter Park, 407-919-6671, superica.com/winter-park, $$$$

CHAYOTE BARRIO KITCHEN

Chef Mario Pagan’s menu, a bill of fare rooted in his “Nueva Mesa Latina” ethos, celebrates the heritage and culinary footprint of all Hispanic cultures and Latinidad cuisine. Try the reina pepiada, a starter named for a Venezuelan beauty queen, comprises a quartet of wee corn cakes topped with a chicken-avocado mash topped with osetra caviar. Barkeeps are a proper friendly and experienced bunch. Closed Monday. (reviewed Dec. 13, 2023) 480 Orlando Ave., Winter Park, 321-343-3003, chayotewinterpark.com, $$$$

SUSHI SAINT

This temaki bar from Soseki’s Michael Collantes brings all the tropical wabi-sabi vibes to the Brew Theory Marketplace along with a roster of impeccably crafted, and purposefully pricey, hand rolls. As well as all the beer on hand, experienced bartenders craft scrummy cocktails. Closed Tuesday. (reviewed Dec. 6, 2023) 400 Pittman St., 407412-6000, sushisaint.com, $$$

Jimmy

‘SOMETHING LOUD’ THIS WAY COMES

Jimmy Eat World reflect on the past and ‘Futures’ ahead of arena tour with Fall Out Boy

BY ALAN SCULLEY

Going by singles and album charts and sales, it’s easy to assume that the high point of the career of Jimmy Eat World came with the band’s third album, 2001’s Bleed American and its hit single, “The Middle.”

But singer and guitarist Jim Adkins notes that album sales and chart positions don’t tell the whole tale of a band’s career journey. At least that’s the case for Jimmy Eat World, as this year marks 30 years since Adkins, guitarist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind formed the band in Mesa, Arizona.

“Bleed American gave us a start. It definitely changed things for us,” Adkins says during a chat with Orlando Weekly. “But we’re playing bigger shows now to more people than we ever have. Like we’re playing at Red Rocks. We’re playing Central Park. We’re playing at the Greek. We couldn’t do any of those, even at the time when ‘The Middle’ was like the top song in the country

and we were on Saturday Night Live. It’s just started something for us that we’ve been fortunate enough to sort of nurture along and then build from there. It definitely gave us a big jump. It was the nitro for our race car. Now we’re just cruising along.”

Jimmy Eat World are currently out on the road opening for Fall Out Boy, but last summer’s co-headlining tour with Manchester Orchestra took the band into the venues Adkins mentioned.

This current big-time opening slot means Jimmy Eat World have to be judicious in choosing what songs to play — probably sticking mainly to the best-known songs.

But Adkins and his bandmates have plenty of song choices at this point. Their discography includes 10 studio albums, the most recent of which was 2019’s Surviving. But the band has since released a pair of stand-alone singles, “Something Loud” and “Place Your Debts,” the

latter of which reached No. 21 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart.

“We put out the singles because we’d never done that before and we wanted to see if we could meet listeners where they’re at when it seems like so much is consumed by track instead of by album, on playlists rather than full-lengths,” Adkins says.

There have certainly been times when Jimmy Eat World’s full albums have connected as well. That’s especially true of Bleed American, which became a platinum-selling hit and gave the band their first No. 1 single, “The Middle,” which topped Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart and peaked at No. 5 on the magazine’s all-genre Hot 100 singles chart. The next Jimmy Eat World album, Futures, gave the band another Alternative Airplay chart topper with the song “Pain.” Subsequent albums, if not as popular, have generally peaked in the top 20 of the Billboard chart and several later singles have been top 10 Alternative Airplay hits.

Bleed American and Future (along with the band’s third album, 1999’s Clarity) also got Jimmy Eat World recognized as one of the leading lights of the musical subgenre known as emo. The band members never really embraced that label, feeling it didn’t describe Jimmy Eat World’s catchy and rocking brand of guitar pop, but have come to terms with their relationship with the label.

Adkins will even allow that there have been benefits to being called emo, even if he’s never felt the term described Jimmy Eat World’s catchy and rocking brand of guitar pop.

“It’s a mixed bag, for sure,” Adkins says of the emo label. “I think people want to categorize bands in music, and if you don’t have any category, it’s a little tougher for the elevator pitch, why

FALL OUT BOY JIMMY EAT WORLD, THE MAINE, GAMES WE PLAY

6:30 p.m. Friday, March 15

Kia Center

400 W. Church St. kiacenter.com

$36-$146

your friends should check out this thing that you like. So I think in that regard, it’s helped because it’s been like a shorthand to describe a scene that we sort of came up in, I guess. As far as helping you out musically with what that might actually sound like, it’s not very helpful. But for better or worse, it describes the period of time and the scene we were involved with.”

Despite it being two decades or so since emo peaked as a “thing” within the overall rock landscape, Adkins has accepted the idea that Jimmy Eat World will always be considered emo.

“I don’t think we can escape it now. We crossed the event horizon some time ago,” he muses.

“Now it’s just like I could try to argue with people why where I grew up and what scene I came up in exactly, why I feel like that describes something other than what we do. But it’s just wasted breath. At this point, if somebody finds something we do that they can connect with, however that comes to be, is a huge compliment. It’s the only validation that really matters in music and art. So if that comes with emo being a part of that whole equation, then I am grateful.”

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‘Middle’ management: Their 2001 hit single gave Jimmy Eat World a big boost but they’ve been cruising along for 30 years now | Photo by Jimi Giannatti

LOCAL RELEASES

Oh, the old, white, male guard is having a moment right now, aren’t they? Look around you. Those fuckers are laughing. And why not? They’ve been racking up some legal and legislative victories lately, even some landmark ones that were previously unthinkable. So what’re you gonna do about it? If fight back is your answer, then let’s go, I’ve got our soundtrack.

As the grapes of this new generation’s wrath ripen, politi-punks M.A.C.E. have already positioned themselves as leaders in the rising tide of Orlando bands ready to harvest them. They’re queer, they’re feminist and they’re furious. Who better to call out the sins of the establishment than those who’ve been disenfranchised by it?

M.A.C.E. are a credentialed group of local veterans that includes vocalist Eva Strangelace (Call In Dead), bassist Heidi Kneisl (Swamplord), guitarist Karyna Santana (TransDimensionalizers, Sudakas) and drummer Chris LeBrane (Universal Funk Orchestra, The Aristocracy). As diverse as their résumés are, this strike force has assembled for one focused mission: to send a message and deliver it as point-blank as possible. No wonder

two-minute mark. Moreover, with song titles like “Bodily Autonomy,” “To Demean and Deject” and the cleverly named “November Pain,” their political edge is as plainspoken as it is pointed.

In a time when right-wing extremists are trying to whitewash history to a degree not seen in generations, M.A.C.E. are out to defend the most foundational American ideals of equality and freedom for all. M.A.C.E. are women, queer people and people of color, and In Your Face is the sound of their uprising.

In Your Face now streams everywhere. M.A.C.E. will also be performing live next week with Prisoner, C0MPUTER and Listless. (8 p.m. Thursday, March 21, Stardust Video & Coffee $10)

CONCERT PICKS THIS WEEK

Noah Gundersen: It can be easy to overlook Noah Gundersen’s music. His indie folk is rendered in such soft, even strokes that it can slip by easily. But what often sounds innocuous on record is an entirely different experience live. On stage, Gundersen’s Northwestern brand of singer-songwriter introspection unfurls with a quiet majesty that’s astonishingly robust. After seeing him weave his live spell in the Social back in 2015, I’ve never listened to his music the same way. Those who spring for the meet-and-greet will also get a private pre-show acoustic performance with Q&A and swag. (6 p.m. Friday, March 15, The Social, $20-$105)

Orlando hardcore band

M.A.C.E. are queer, feminist and furious. Who better to call out the sins of the establishment than those who’ve been disenfranchised by it?

then that they’re a hardcore band in the great pissed-off punk tradition.

While M.A.C.E. have been making noise on the streets since last year, they’ve just now memorialized the rage with their new debut release. The six-song In Your Face EP is a classic hardcore storm that hits like a blitzkrieg of tornadoes, with only one song piercing the

Master of Ceremony: Last year, mighty local hip-hop summit Master of Ceremony premiered to celebrate the 50th birthday of the great American genre. Now it returns rolling equally deep to officially become an annual affair. The all-day event features live performances by Shinobi Stalin, The God JBiz, 1773, Str8 Paper, Blakseedz, HEIST N FLOW, Cydney Poitier and Jazoe Da Juggernaut. There will also be DJs (Maestro, Chaos, Rome, Ray Swift, Rubox), artists (Joc, CaliWaay, Lil Kiki) and special guest appearances by DJ Mega, Redrum, Thirstin Howl the 3rd and Benny Serrano. Go see Orlando’s hiphop culture in motion. (2 p.m. Saturday, March 16, Historic Bar Room, free)

Bughead, Telephone, The Ludes: This bill is Orlando rock history brought to heady life on stage. Bughead are one of the most emblematic bands of the scruffy Orlando underground of the 1990s who thankfully do reunion shows every so often. This event, though, is especially historic because it’ll also feature a reunited Telephone. A power trio that specialized in melodic rock with stunning guitar fireworks, Telephone were one of the most underrated Orlando bands of the early 2000s. This will be their first show back and they’re performing a full 10-song set. The addition of bluesy shredders The Ludes to the lineup ensures the night is a proper guitar clinic. (8 p.m. Saturday, March 16, Will’s Pub, $15-$20)

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M.A.C.E. | Photo by Rose McGiggles

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FRIDAY, MARCH 15

Stardust Turns 25

The outré Orlando institution turns 25 this week, and they’re celebrating with an oddball shebang that’s a great precis on what makes this café-cum-bar-cumvenue-cum-gallery-cum-performance art exercise so compelling. Known as much for great co ee and cocktails as they are for hosting outside-the-lines musical events [including a few this writer was involved

in; but, y’know, join the club, pal] and withering sta side-eye par excellence, Stardust has been a true Orlando original since 1999, when Brett and Katherine Bennett opened the doors. Friday’s itinerary includes a screening of Rebecca, the venue’s first video rental (see “Video” in the name), longtime regular Jon Rahmer belting two songs, a costume party with the theme “movie characters from 1999” and a Bad Yelp Review throwdown (please note that latter activity will last for an entire hour; it won’t be long enough). All that and a

chance to win a VHS copy of Jerry Maguire? Sure, why not. 7 p.m., Stardust Video and Co ee, 1842 E. Winter Park Road, stardustvideoandco ee.wordpress.com, free. — Matthew

Moyer

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 15-16

Voices of Light: The Passion of Joan of Arc

One of the unquestioned highlights of the Bach Festival over the last decade had to be Voices of Light, a heady hybrid of 1928 silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc (featuring haunting lead actress Renée Maria Falconetti as Joan) soundtracked by the Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra performing an original score by composer Richard Einhorn. Einhorn’s Voices of Light was first performed in 1994, and became somewhat of a sensation; it’s been performed hundreds of times all over the world. As Einhorn told Orlando Weekly, Voices was intended less as a soundtrack than an emotional response to the movie “that had the same artistic sensibility and integrity that Dreyer brought to it.” When Voices of Light was staged here back in 2016, also at Knowles Memorial Chapel, this writer attended one of the performances and, well, the waterworks were a-flowin’! The combination of the jaw-dropping imagery from Dreyer’s still-adventurous film with Einhorn’s impossibly a ecting choral score brought to life by the massed Bach Festival Choir was almost too much to bear. This is music made to be heard in a sacred space (and we’re writing that as staunchly non-sacred). On these nights and in this sacred space, though, so-called heretics will be celebrated. 7:30 p.m., Knowles Memorial Chapel, Rollins College, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park, bachfestivalflorida.org, $15. — MM

The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival

The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival, one of the nation’s oldest and largest outdoor art festivals, returns this weekend. Celebrating its 65th year, this free festival brings area artists and art lovers together, with over 250,000 attendees each year. Art from over 200 artists will be showcased in mediums diverse as sculpture, illustration, wood and watercolor. The festival also

features plenty of live music on the stage in Central Park — up to and including a Jimmy Bu ett tribute on Friday — concessions, and art from local students. There will even be chances for kids to paint their own masterpieces at the festival. 9 a.m., downtown Winter Park, wpsaf.org, free. — Alexandra Sullivan

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 15-17

Scalia/Ginsburg

The four-decade friendship between Antonin Scalia (1936-2016) and Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020) has confused and fascinated folks since … well, pretty much forever. They met before either was on the high court, and their friendship lasted for the rest of their lives. Scalia and Ginsburg, who both loved opera as much as they loved each other, helped contribute to the opera that they inspired, each contributing forewords to Derrick Wang’s libretto, which RBG even included in one of her own books. Scalia/Ginsburg has been performed all over the country since its debut in 2015, and now it’s coming to the Dr. Phillips Center this week, courtesy of Central Florida Vocal Arts and Opera del Sol. It may startle the plebeian mind to consider that the laws around which our lives revolve are not nearly as emotional for those who are not subject to those laws. But the chummy nature of jurisprudence makes perfect sense to anyone who grew up watching pro-wrestling, which is very similar to politics, or at least to the way politics can be sometimes. Scalia/Ginsburg is a love letter to an era in our politics that is now long gone, unlikely to ever return. Alexis and Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave., drphillipscenter.org, $35-$50. — Shelton Hull

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 16-17

Orlando Brick Convention

For those who love to brick, this Lego event is for you, as one of the biggest fan-run Lego conventions returns to Central Florida this weekend. Orlando Brick Convention brings professional and local Lego artists, build-zones and galleries of Lego sets on display. Last year’s

Friday: Stardust Turns 25 at Stardust Video + Coffee

PHOTO BY THUYVI GATES

inaugural event sold out, so 2024’s edition will be expanded to include even more Lego attractions and artists from around the world (and elbow room, presumably). This year’s Lego celebrities on the guest list include Patrick Durham and Mel Brown from the Lego Masters television series on Fox. Other attractions include brick pits and building zones with thousands of Legos to build with, exhibits with Lego builds from local fans, life-size Lego models, displays of Lego botanicals and architecture, an exhibit just for Star Wars builds and a shop for merchandise and rare Lego sets. 10 a.m., Osceola Heritage Park, 1875 Silver Spur Lane, Kissimmee, ohpark.com, $15-$18. — Chelsea Zukowski

TUESDAY, MARCH 19

Smoking Popes

In the mid-1990s, the Smoking Popes were “the boys most likely to” become the Stateside version of The Smiths. Their major-label debut, Born to Quit, was a collection of heart-on-sleeve (and stuck in throat) pop anthems slathered in roughand-rumble distortion and power chords — exemplified by Clueless soundtrack staple “Need You Around.” When the band opened for Morrissey in 1997 and blew him o the stage nightly, the future seemed clear. ’Twas not to be, though, and the band broke up in 1999 amid conflicts with their label and frontperson Josh Caterer’s deep-dive into Christianity. The band got back together after a hiatus of a few years, intermittently touring and recording — and Smoking Popes circa 2024 are more of a creative force to be reckoned with than they’ve been in years. The original lineup of the band is reunited; the group just celebrated the 30th anniversary of debut Get Fired and released new single “Madison” and a cover of “Don’t

You Want Me” in tandem with young’uns Sincere Engineer that crackles with energy. Nostalgia, what now? 7 p.m., Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park, conduitfl.com, $20. — MM

CONCERTS

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13

Dionne Warwick 7:30 pm; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $40; 407-358-6603.

Godsmack 8 pm; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $39.50-$410.50; 844-513-2014.

Municipal Waste, Ghoul, Necrot, Dead Heat 6 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $25; 407-704-6261.

A New Violet, Arythmia, The Year’s After, These Times, Henry Cron, Mafuba, Sunkin 6 pm; The S.P.O.T., 6633 E. Colonial Drive; $10.

Paperback Romance, The Milk Bandits, Valley in the Sky 7 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $5; 407-270-9104.

Set It Off, Crown the Empire, Caskets, DeathbyRomy

5:30 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $29.50-$75; 407-934-2583.

Tanner Johnson Quartet 7 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $15.

Wheatus

8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $20.

THURSDAY, MARCH 14

Brit Rock Night: The Hooligans 6 pm; Ole Red, 8417 International Drive; $15; 321-430-1200.

Christian McBride 7 & 9:30 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $65.

Colin Hay

7 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $39-$149; 407-228-1220.

Hivemind 8 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $39.99-$99.99; 407-704-6261.

Hombres G

7 pm; Addition Financial Arena, 12777 N. Gemini Blvd.; $31.50-$246; 407-823-6006.

Protocol, Fashion Change, Banquet, Watts

8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $13-$15.

The Temptations, The Four Tops

8 pm; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $39.50-$99.50; 844-513-2014.

UCF Night: Amapola (Final Show), Little Lazy, Carrabelle, Lily of the Valley, Olive Green 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $10; 407-673-2712.

FRIDAY, MARCH 15

Butterbrain, Fuàkata, Control This, Inity (Rebel Music)

8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $10-$15.

Christian McBride 7 & 9:30 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $65.

Ella Langley 7 pm; Tuffy’s Music Box, 200 Myrtle Ave., Sanford; $15.

Emo Night Brooklyn 9 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $15; 407-704-6261.

Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eat World, The Maine, Games We Play 6:30 pm; Kia Center, 400 W. Church St.; 800-745-3000.

Feels So Close Party 9 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $15-$70; 407-934-2583.

Joe Bonamassa 8 pm; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $69-$259; 844-513-2014.

Kyle and the 8 Min Miles, Hoster, Really Fast Horses, John David Williams 8 pm; West End Trading Co., 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; $8; 407-322-7475.

Marie Carroll, Gían Pérez, Jonas Van den Bossche 6:30 pm; The Dining Room, 2902 Ambergate Road, Winter Park; donations encouraged.

Megalodon, Laxx 10 pm; The Vanguard, 578 N. Orange Ave.; free; 817-583-1136.

Noah Gundersen 6 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $20-$105; 407-246-1419.

Sub-Radio, Moontower 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $15-$115; 407-673-2712.

Voices of Light: The Passion of Joan of Arc

7:30 pm; Rollins College, Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-646-2182.

Worm World, Sauss, Risk 8 pm; The S.P.O.T., 6633 E. Colonial Drive; $10; 386-956-6841.

SATURDAY, MARCH 16

Bughead, The Ludes, Telephone 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $15-$20.

Christian McBride

7 & 9:30 pm; Judson’s Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $65.

Humanfluidrot, Planet Shithead, Bacon Grease, Gaterror, Ironing, Nihl 9 pm; Grumpy’s Underground Lounge, 1018 N. Mills Ave.; $10; 407-237-9180.

MxPx, The Ataris

7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $32.75-$35.25; 407-934-2583.

Nirvanna Tribute to Nirvana, The Linkin Park Tribute Band 7 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $17; 407-704-6261.

Orlando Girls Rock Camp: Open Mic 2 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Pop Punk Nite.com Punk Emo Night Pre-St. Paddy’s Day Party 8 pm; West End Trading Co., 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; free; 407-322-7475.

Rimma, Sibelius and the Organ Symphony 7:30 pm; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $20-$130; 407-358-6603.

Roger Docking: Sundown Sessions 7 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Seven Seas Food Festival: Corey Kent 7 pm; Bayside Stadium, 5677 SeaWorld Drive; $99-$209; 407-545-5550.

Sickick Noon; Mango’s Tropical Cafe Orlando, 8126 International Drive; $40$300; 407-673-4422.

Tim McGraw, Carly Pierce 6:30 pm; Kia Center, 400 W. Church St.; $35.50$185; 800-745-3000.

Voices of Light: The Passion of Joan of Arc 7:30 pm; Rollins College, Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-646-2182.

SUNDAY, MARCH 17

Guster 7 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; 407-228-1220.

Myriam Hernandez 8 pm; Silver Spurs Arena, 1875 Silver Spur Lane, Kissimmee; $63; 321-697-3333.

Pegasus String Quartet 2 pm; Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, 633 Osceola Ave., Winter Park; $45; 407-647-6294.

Rimma, Sibelius and the Organ Symphony 3:30 pm; Steinmetz Hall, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $20-$130; 407-358-6603.

St. Paddy’s Bash: Royal Hearts, What We Seek, Polarity, Cleansing Of The Temple, A Wolf Amongst Sheep, Crimson Dayz 6 pm;

Grumpy’s Underground Lounge, 1018 N. Mills Ave.; $5-$10; 407-237-9180.

St. Patrick and The PO’d

Leprechauns 7 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $13-$20.

tenThing Brass Ensemble 3 pm; Rollins College, Knowles Memorial Chapel, 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-646-2182.

Universal Mardi Gras: Zedd 8:30 pm; Universal Studios Florida, 6000 Universal Blvd.; $119-$222; 407-363-8000.

MONDAY, MARCH 18

Dublin City Ramblers 7:30 pm; Ritz Theater at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center, 201 S. Magnolia Ave., Sanford; $28-$35; 407-321-8111.

Wild Horses, FAAE 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $10-$12.

TUESDAY, MARCH 19

I Don’t Know How but They Found Me, Benches 6:30 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $25-$35; 407-228-1220.

Kelsy Karter and The Heroines 7 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; $15-$85; 407-246-1419.

Patrick Hagerman, John Lee Wyatt 7 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Saxsquatch, DJ EM of Future Joy, Knob Ross 7 pm; Tuffy’s Music Box, 200 Myrtle Ave., Sanford; $15.

The Smoking Popes, Rodeo Boys, Maura Weaver, Petty Thefts 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $20; 407-673-2712.

COMEDY

Mike Birbiglia 7 pm Friday; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $39-$69; 407-351-5483.

Randy Rainbow 7:30 pm Saturday; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $39.50-$173.50; 844513-2014; drphillipscenter.org.

Shit Sandwich Amplifying Orlando’s top comedic talent and nurturing the city’s comedy scene. 9 pm Saturday;

Bull and Bush, 2408 E. Robinson St.; free; 407-896-7546; bullandbushorlando.com.

Steve Hofstetter 6:30 pm Tuesday; Funny Bone Comedy Club, 9101 International Drive; $37-$155; 407480-5233; orlando.funnybone.com.

Therapy Gecko 6:30 pm Wednesday; Funny Bone Comedy Club, 9101 International Drive; $35-$65; 407-4805233; orlando.funnybone.com.

Tom Segura 6:30 pm Thursday; Kia Center, 400 W. Church St.; 800-7453000; kiacenter.com.

EVENTS

Brick Convention Features meetand-greets with LEGO Masters, incredible LEGO creations, vendors, building zones, and so much more. 10 am Saturday-Sunday; Osceola Heritage Park, 1875 Silver Spur Lane, Kissimmee; $15-$18; 321-697-3333; ohpark.com.

Dhyanotsav: Journey to Inner Peace Learn and experience practical and proven Heartfulness Meditation techniques that will help you regain and lead a joyful and integrated life. 10 am Sunday; Hindu Society of Central Florida, 1994 Lake Drive, Casselberry; free; 321-348-7536; heartfulness.us/ orlando.

Hot Topics: Legislative Debrief — Running in Place Moderator Judge Fred Lauton and panelists Jason Garcia of Seeking Rents newsletter, UCF professor Aubrey Jewett and reporter Skyler Swisher. 11:30 am Wednesday; Winter Park Library and Events Center, 1052 W. Morse Blvd., Winter Park;

$30-$37; 407-735-6540; lwvoc.org/ hottopics.

Jimbo’s Drag Circus World Tour

An evening of outrageous characters and adult humor starring Jimbo from RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. 7 pm Friday; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; 407-228-1220; plazaliveorlando. org.

Just Okay 8 A live show for fans of Real Radio show “The News Junkie.” 7 pm Saturday; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $60-$150; 407-228-1220; plazaliveorlando.org.

Mighty St. Patrick’s Day Festival

Thursday-Sunday; Raglan Road Irish Pub, 1640 E. Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista; 407-938-0300; raglanroad.com/mighty-festival-2024.

Mount Dora Spring Festival of Arts and Crafts A fun, open-air event celebrating the arrival of springtime. 9 am Saturday-Sunday; East Fifth Avenue and North Donnelly Street, Mount Dora; free; mountdoraspringfest.com.

Neighborhood Clean-Up Cleaning up the historic Parramore neighborhood and surrounding areas. 11 am Saturday; Christian Service Center, 808 W. Central Blvd.; instagram.com/ davey_jay_law.

Nerd Nite Day 2024 Hosted by Ricardo Williams, with 10-minute presentations from Emilee Speck, Rachel Cooper, Eliza Harris Juliano, Sharife Gacel, Anna V. Eskamani, Jim Hobart, Joshua “TechDev” Walker and Max Jackson. 7 pm Thursday; Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St.; $10; orlando.nerdnite.com.

Orlando Taco Week Celebrate the city’s most creative tacos with $7 specials at more than 30 local restaurants, bars and taquerias. Through March 15; orlandotacoweek.com.

Orlando’s Biggest St. Patrick’s Day Block Party 11 am Sunday; Wall Street Plaza, Wall and Court streets; $5-$20; 407-849-0471; wallstreetorlando.com.

Spring Jazz and Art Festival Eric Darius and Ella & The Bossa Beat perform, plus a chance to visit Art House, Sculpture House and Casselberry Arts Center art exhibitions after dark. 6 pm Saturday; Lake Concord Park, 95 Triplet Lake Drive, Casselberry; free; casselberry.org.

Stardust Turns 25 So wrong they are right. 7 pm Friday; Stardust Video and Coffee, 1842 E. Winter Park Road; 407623-3393; instagram.com/stardustie.

Uptown Vibes Live performances from talented local artists, street performers, dancers, food trucks and more. 6 pm Friday; Cranes Roost Park, 274 Cranes Roost Blvd., Altamonte Springs; free; 407-571-8863; uptownaltamonte.com.

Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival

One of the nation’s oldest, largest and most prestigious outdoor art festivals. 9 am Friday-Sunday; downtown Winter Park; free; wpsaf.org.

Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival

Celebration Enjoy free admission to the Morse Museum during the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival. Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, 445 N. Park Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-645-5311; morsemuseum.org.

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ALL ABOARD STORAGE NOTICE OF

PUBLIC SALE Personal property of the following tenants will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder to satisfy a rental lien in accordance with Florida Statutes, Sections: 83.801 - 83.809. All units areassumed to contain general household goods unless otherwise indicated. Viewing of photos will be available on www.lockerfox.com, up to 5 days prior to each scheduled sale. The owners or their agents reserve the right to bid on any unit and also to refuse any bid. All items or units may not be available on the day of sale. The Public Sale will take place via www.lockerfox.com on: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 1:30 p.m., or thereafter, at:

SANFORD DEPOT 2728 W 25th St, Sanford, FL 32771 407-305-3388 Corey Rouse #1160, Sonja Noble #1486, Arigail Glasgow #1191, Sheron Mitchell #1508, Shanice Rolle #1321, Sharonda Holley #1413. The above Tenants have been given proper notice, fourteen days prior to the first publication of this Notice of Sale, that the Owner will enforce a statutory lien on the property located in their respective unit of the above-mentioned self-storage facilities. Publication Dates: March 13 and 20th, 2024

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: March 22, 2024 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following:

12:00PM Extra Space Storage1101 Marshall farms rd., Ocoee FL 34761, 407-516-7221 Luviaya Moore-household goods, James Gibson-household goods, Deseray Cole-household goods, Brandon Dubose-household goods. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 2631 E Semoran Blvd. Apopka, FL 32703 (407) 408-7437 on March 22nd, 2024

12:00PM- diane Mccarty-tillman-Household items, Kaniesha Dixon-Household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: March 22nd, 2024 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following:

12:00 PM Extra Space Storage 831 N. Park Avenue Apopka, FL 32712 (407) 4500345 Patricia Osborn - household goods. Sean McCollum - car parts, tools. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to comlete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: March 22nd, 2024. at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following:

12:00PM Extra Space Storage 11920

W Colonial Dr Ste 10, Ocoee FL 34761, 407-794-6970. Gregory Charles Sprenghousehold items. Maurice Lewis- shoes. Stephen Saunders- furniture. Christopher Santos- furniture. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: March 29, 2024 at the times and locations listed below. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage 1101 Marshall farms rd., Ocoee FL 34761, 407-516-7221 Jephte Laurent-household items. Isaac Martinezhousehold items, hand tools. The auction will be listed and advertised on www. storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on March 22, 2024 at the location indicated: Store 3404: 2650 N Powers Dr Orlando, FL 32818, 407.982.1032 @ 12:00 PM: Joyette Gaines-Household Items, Amanda Buys-Household Items,Dawn Hendricks-Household Items, Magdalys Ocana-Household Items, Athanasia Auguste-Household Items, Mario Wilson-Household Items,Guydelle Philippe-Household Items, Josh MarcelinHousehold Items, Loxley Moore-Household Items, Melita Bien Aime-Household Items, Athanasia Auguste-Household Items, Kala Piercy-Household Items, Marie Saint Armand-Clothing, Michael Jones-Household Items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.

storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Life Storage/ Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 1001 Lee Rd. Orlando, FL 32810 (407) 489-3742 on March 22nd, 2024 12:00PM. Altoria White- King size bed, clothes, small boxes, TV, Delray Herring- Sofa and boxes totes end table, Tarasheka Davis- boxes, massage chair, candle holders. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 8235 N

Orange Blossom Trl, Orlando FL, 32810, 727.428.6564 @ 12:00PM on March 22, 2024 Fabian Morales- Household Goods/ Furniture, Tools/Appliances Thomas Markwith- Household Goods/Furniture, TV/Stereo Equipment, Tools/Appliances, Acct. Records/Sales Samples Derrick Gusby- Household Goods/Furniture, TV/ Stereo Equipment Tolisha Martin- Living room set, Clothing and shoes Shawnicka Singfield- Household Goods/Furniture

Chelena Johnson- Household Goods/Furniture Suelaa Brown- household bedroom king size bed dresser 56 in flat couch love seat washing dryer 2 bok case mirror Deniesha Griffin- Household Goods Alexis Wilson- Household goods, bed, mattress, couch, clothes, electronics, TVs. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: Extra Space Storage 6035 Sand Lake Vista Drive, Orlando, FL 32819 March 22nd, 2024, 11:00AM Charles Andrew Powers Trade show items, Shawn Shields Boxes, Yusielys Carvajal Boxes, Aryantee Fort Boxes, Francisco Rivera Sneakers, clothes, luggage, Jayln Johnson Boxes, Miguel Hernandez Living room set. Tv, two couches, bedroom set, mattress. Natalie Barrera totes, suitcase, clothes. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may

rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: March 28, 2024, at the times and locations listed below: The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Life Storage, 12280 East Colonial Drive, Orlando FL 32826, 3218883670: Patricia Williams: Bags, Luggage, Chair Set, Couches, Shoe Boxes, Totes, TV, Bike, Wall Art, Kitchen Wares; Jeremiah Drummer: Microwave, Work Out Supplies, Chair Set, Shelves, Griddle, TV, Bags, Boxes, Mattress; Wilson J Rosario: Washer/ Dryer Set. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Life Storage, 14916 Old Cheney Hwy, Orlando FL 32826, 407208-9257: Robert Katz: boxes, totes, green screen, weights, workout equipment; Juwanna Menzie-Cobbins: boxes, totes, floor cleaner, tv, laptop, furniture, dressers, bedframe; Beverly Rodriguez: boxes, totes, dishes, seasonal decorations; Beverly Rodriguez: boxes, totes, decorations, furniture, baby items, luggage; Canelius Brooks: boxes, clothes, shoes, tool boxes, ladders, shop vac, chairs; Roberto Estevez: boxes, couch, drawers, tables The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Life Storage, 3364 W State Rd 426 Oviedo, FL 32765, (407) 930-4293: Janine Gomez: Boxes, Totes, Side Table, File Cabinet, TV, Bed Frame, Christmas Decor. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Life Storage, 1010 Lockwood Blvd Oviedo, FL 32765, (407) 930-4370: Michelle McGuirt Household goods, Furniture, Boxes, Bins, Make –Up Vanity. Daniel Gump household goods/ Furniture, Boxes, Clothing, shoes, Bins. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 10:00AM Life Storage, 6068 Wooden Pine Drive, Orlando, Florida, 32829, 4079745165: Michael Franciselectronics, household items, ac standing units The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:00AM Life Storage, 11583 University Blvd, Orlando, FL 32817, 407777-2278: Stephanie Pooley - Chair, bags, motorize bicycle, boxes, clothes, totes, bins, car jack, two bolt cutters, bench and two pool pumps; Ariana Lindsey – Bicycle, books, boxes, clothes, shoes, totes, tripod, projector, cooler and a camping stove. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:00AM Life Storage, 9001 Eastmar Commons Blvd, Orlando, FL 32825, 4079016180: Joyfully Planned LLC: cleaning supplies, shelving, Christmas decor, totes, boxes. Lucita Hopkins: dining table and chairs, washer, dryer, childs bike, luggage, toys, totes, boxes. Melissa Nunez: couch, dresser, mattress, tv, lamps, car seat, totes, boxes. Sachie Eure: chair, dresser, mattress. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 11:15AM Extra Space Storage, 1305 Crawford Ave. St. Cloud FL 34769, 4075040833: Anthony Muriel: Tools, Household Items, Washing Machine; Ed Ackerman: Guitar, Costume, Propane Tank; Michelle Roberts: Furniture, Sewing Machine; Juliet Vickers: Household items, Books; Juliet Vickers: Household items, Holiday Decorations, Furniture. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage, 11071 University Blvd Orlando, FL 32817, 3213204055: Vicki

Smith shoes, clothes; Jaclyn Sandorsr home goods. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 12:00PM Extra Space Storage, 12915 Narcoossee rd. Orlando FL 32832, 4075015799: Cassandra Sinclair-Household goods The personal goods stored therein by the following:

12:45 PM Extra Space Storage, 9847 Curry Ford Rd Orlando, FL 32825, 4074959612: Christopher Knight- Furniture, Household goods, boxes; Christopher Knight-Furniture, Household goods, boxes. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 1:15PM Extra Space Storage, 11261 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando FL 32832, 4072807355: Freddy Falcon- furniture, boxes, tools. Kaia Hilson- furniture, decorations. The personal goods stored therein by the following: 1:30PM Extra Space Storage, 10959 Lake Underhill Rd Orlando FL 32825, 4075020120: Stephenie Daniel, Furniture crib Holiday decor tvs paint equipment; Alexandra Richard, tables, chairs, household items; Faith Based Logistics LLC (Harold Jackson), washer, dryer, boxers. Ricco Fisher: Household items The personal goods stored therein by the following: 2:00PM Extra Space Storage, 12709 E Colonial Dr, Orlando FL 32826, 4076343990: Jeannette Perez: Household items The personal goods stored therein by the following: 2:30PM Extra Space Storage, 15551 Golden Isle Blvd Orlando, FL 32828, 4077101020: Aaron Collier: Furniture, boxes, bags, couch, personal goods. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Extra Space Storage/ Life Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 4066 Silver Star Rd, Orlando, FL 32808 (407) 734-1959 on March 22, 2024 12:00PM Guerinaud Bernardin-washer, dryer, floor drill; Jasmine Annett Cleveland-bedframe, children toys; Regina z Roundtree-totes, chairs, bags; James Goddard II-exercise bike; Tori Kelly-bags and totes; Alaina Dailey-bags and luggage; Natasha Greenhoward-boxes; Christopher Lousane-clthes and bags; Angel Dumas-washer dryer and boxes; Ashley Hall-bags and totes; Susana Cervantes-boxes, cloths, personal items; samantha Ford- clothes, bags, totes, personal items; Ebony Byars-chairs couches baby items;Jayunna Smithclothes, ac unit, and personal items;Anton Mihelic- display case, mini ac boxes. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE, COUNTY, FLORIDA File No. 2024-CP000585-0 Division: PROBATE IN RE: ESTATE OF GARY THOMAS O’BRIEN, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of GARY THOMAS O’BRIEN, deceased, whose date of death was November 10, 2023, File Number 2024-CP-000585-0, is pending

in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 N. Orange Ave., Room 335; Orlando, FL 32801. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice has been served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE LATER OF THREE MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE TIME OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT SO FILED WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is March 13 , 2024. Attorney for Personal Representative: Daniel C. Stump, Florida Bar No.: 190334, 2770 Indian River Blvd., Ste. 326 Vero Beach, FL 32960 (772) 234-1779 danstump47@gmail.com. Personal Representative: Nicky J. O’Brien 406 Ellis Ave., Hartford, KY 42347

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY STATE OF FLORIDA. JUVENILE DIVISION: 07/WOOTEN CASE NO: DP17-689, IN THE INTEREST OF J.C. DOB: 10/10/20211, minor child. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA. TO: Kristopher Seibel Address Unknown: A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above referenced child(ren). You are hereby commanded to appear before Honorable Judge Wayne C. Wooten on April 9, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES A CONSTRUCTIVE CONSENT TO THE TPR PETITION OF THE CHILD(REN) AND COULD RESULT IN THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD(REN). WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 14th day of February, 2024. This summons has been issued at the request of: Christina Stewart, Esquire, FBN: 1033034 Christina. Stewart2@myflfamilies.com, Children’s Legal Services. CLERK OF COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk. (Court Seal)

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY STATE OF FLORIDA. JUVENILE

DIVISION: 07/WOOTEN CASE NO: DP22-5, IN THE INTEREST OF A. C. B. DOB:

12/30/2021, minor child. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA. TO: Aliya Bedford 2506 Country Club Blvd., #25 Stockton, CA 95204. A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above referenced child(ren). You are hereby commanded to appear before Honorable Judge Wayne C. Wooten on May 7, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES A CONSTRUCTIVE CONSENT TO THE TPR PETITION OF THE CHILD(REN) AND COULD RESULT IN THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD(REN). WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 23rd day of February, 2024. This summons has been issued at the request of: Christina Stewart, Esquire, FBN: 1033034 Christina.Stewart2@myflfamilies.com, Children’s Legal Services. CLERK OF COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk. (Court Seal)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY STATE OF FLORIDA. JUVENILE DIVISION: 07/WOOTEN CASE NO: DP18-179, IN THE INTEREST OF R. DOB: 3/26/2021, minor child. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA. TO: Jasmine Dixon Address Unknown. A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above referenced child(ren). You are hereby commanded to appear before Honorable Judge Wayne C. Wooten on April 16, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES A CONSTRUCTIVE CONSENT TO THE TPR PETITION OF THE CHILD(REN) AND COULD RESULT IN THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD(REN). WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 7th day of March, 2024. CLERK OF COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk. (Court Seal)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA IN RE: THE MARRIAGE OF: NAPOLEON MASSEY, Petitioner, and DOREATHA MASSEY Respondent. CASE NO.: 2023-DR-009308 NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE TO: DOREATHA MASSEY 4609 Wellesly Dr., Orlando, FL 32818 YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for Dissolution of Marriage has

been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses on or before March 28, 2024, if any, to TW LAW GROUP PLLC, Counsel for the Petitioner, whose address is 7530 Citrus Ave., Winter Park, FL 32792, , and file the original with the Clerk of this Court at 425 N. Orange Ave., Orlando FL, 32801, before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition. Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request. You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Designation of Current Mailing and E-Mail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed or e- mailed to the addresses on record at the clerk’s office. WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings. Dated: 2/16/24 CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By:/s/ Deputy Clerk

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION: 07 CASE NO.: DP20-430 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD: K.H. DOB: 06/28/2023 SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. STATE OF FLORIDA To: Quiana Trevonne Holmes, last known address: 4933 Raleigh St. Orlando, FL 32811. A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child. You are hereby commanded to appear before the General Magistrate, on April 4, 2024, at 10:30 a.m., at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified: FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD(REN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR

ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED

YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 23rd day of February, 2024. This summons has been issued at the request of: Cynthia Rodriguez, Esquire FBN: 1026123 Cynthia.rodriguez4@myflfamilies. com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUVENILE DIVISION: 7/Wooten CASE NO.: DP22-463 IN THE INTEREST OF: R.P. DOB: 09/10/2007, minor child. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA. To: ERIC POTEAT. An authorized representative of the Florida Department of Children and Families has filed in this court a Petition for Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights and is requesting that a Summons be issued in due course requiring that you appear before this court to be dealt with according to law.

You are hereby commanded to appear before The Honorable Judge Wayne C. Wooten on March 15, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. at, at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD (THESE CHILDREN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 13th day of February, 2024. This summons has been issued at the request of: Chelsea Bogdan, Esquire FBN: 123752 Chelsea.Bogdan@ myflfamilies.com Children’s Legal Services Phone: (407) 317-7634 By: /s/ Deputy Clerk, (Court Seal)

Life Storage/Extra Space StorageLife Storage/Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below at the location indicated: 7244 Overland Rd Orlando, FL 32810 (407) 794-7457 on March 22nd, 2024 12:00PM Lashae Thomas-Household Goods/Furniture; Marquis Chisholm-Household Goods/Furniture, TV/Stereo Equipment, Tools/Appliances, boxes; Lashae Thomas-Household Goods/ Furniture, TV/Stereo Equipment, Tools/ Appliances; Keyonna Stewart-Household Goods/Furniture, TV/Stereo Equipment; Kevin Dougherty-Household Goods/Furniture, TV/Stereo Equipment, Office Furn/ Machines/Equip, Acct. Records/Sales Samp; Chris Castoro-Household Goods/ Furniture, Tools/Appliances, Office Furn/ Machines/Equip. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures. com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Life Storage/Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE NO CHILD OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT CASE NO. 2023-DR-003071-O IN RE: THE MARRIAGE OF JOSEPH, MICKY Petitioner Husband And BLANC, MINOUCHE C Respondent Wife. NOTICE OF ACTION FOR PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE TO: MINOUCHE C BLANC, 335 NW 99th St, Miami, FL 33150. YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for dissolution of marriage has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defense, if any, to it on MICKY JOSEPH 2025 CABO SAN LUCAS DR APT 203 ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32839, on or before April 9, 2024, and file the original with the clerk of this Court at 425 N. Orange Ave Orlando Florida 32804 before service on Petitioner or Immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition. Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request. You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file notice of current address, Florida Supreme Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed to the address on record at

the Clerk’s office. WARNING: The Mandatory Disclosure Rule (Rule 12.285) of the Florida Family Court Rules of Procedure requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information. Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings. Dated 3/13/24, 3/20/24, 3/27/27, and 4/3/24. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT By Tiffany Moore Russell

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION FOR MONIES DUE ON STORAGE LOCKERS LOCATED AT UHAUL COMPANY FACILITIES. STORAGE LOCATIONS AND TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW. ALL GOODS SOLD ARE HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS, MISCELLANEOUS OR RECOVERED GOODS. ALL AUCTIONS ARE HELD TO SATISFY OWNER’S LIEN FOR RENT AND FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807, STARTS AT 8:00am and RUNS CONTINOUSLY. Auction will be held online: www.storagetreasures.com U-Haul Ctr. 2629 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy. Kissimmee Fl. 34744 03/22/2024: 2096 David Burns.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION FOR MONIES DUE ON STORAGE LOCKERS LOCATED AT UHAUL COMPANY FACILITIES. STORAGE LOCATIONS AND TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW. ALL GOODS SOLD ARE HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS, MISCELLANEOUS OR RECOVERED GOODS. ALL AUCTIONS ARE HELD TO SATISFY OWNER’S LIEN FOR RENT AND FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807, STARTS AT 8:00am and RUNS CONTINOUSLY. Auction will be held online: www.storagetreasures.

com U-Haul Ctr. 13301 S. Orange Blossom

Trl Orlando Fl 32837 04/09/2024 2101

Taylor Gutzmer, 2049 Tiffany Parker, 1337 Sonia Garcia, 2610 Janita James, 1246

Christopher Darrigo, 1255 Lina Sarmiento, 1064 Christopher Smith, 3238 Yvonette

Joseph, 1615 Amalissa Accilien, 1069 Robert Shuler, 2244 Osmaldy de la rosa nunez.

U-Haul Ctr 2629 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy Kisimmee Fl 34744 04/09/2024: 2000

Emmanuel Coneo, 3032 Juan Carlos

Velez, 2118 Alvaro Cerra, 3101 Charmaine

Jordan, AA6138Q Robert Hood, 2014

Tameka Fulgham, 2111 Jose Acosta, 2155

Tracey Haughton, 3103 Addison Duarte, 1133 Clinique Cooper, 1105 Paul La Belle, 3188 James Loftin, 1008 Gregory Mackey, 3026 Sheneice Williams, 3270 Brian Tsavolakis, 1070 Omar Jones, 1229 Lizbeth Reynoso. U-Haul Ctr 14651 Gatorland Dr. Orlando Fl. 32837 04/09/2024: 511 Adelaida Santiago Laguna, 336 Michael Brown, 296 Abdul Bawazir, 691 Torrence Troy Rivera, 446 Kirk Gregory Jackson Jr., 735 Janice Foster, 962 Jessica Santiago, 368 John Eustace, 743 Bruyauna Ayala. U-Haul Ctr 7800 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando Fl. 32822 04/09/2024: 1393 Ismael Martin Flores, 2204 Robert Lee, 2254 Felix Quintana, 1130 Mauricie Gaston, 1174 Millicent Espada, 1304 David Moy, 1042 Oriana Betancourt, 3190 Sunni Kingston, 1031 Mauricie Gaston, 3389 Amanda Gamble.

Notice Of Public Sale

Personal property of the following tenants will be sold for cash to satisfy rental liens in accordance with Florida Statutes, Self Storage Facility Act, Sections 83-806 and 83-807. Contents may include kitchen, household items, bedding, toys, games, boxes, barrels, packed cartons, furniture, trucks, cars, etc. There is no title for

vehicles sold at lien sale. Owners reserve the right to bid on units. Lien sale to be held online ending Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at times indicated below. Viewing and bidding will only be available online at www. storagetreasures.com beginning at least 5 days prior to the scheduled sale date and time! Also visit www.personalministorage. com/Orlando-FL-storage-units/ for more info. Michigan Mini-200 W Michigan St Orlando, FL 32806-at 10:30am: 55 David

Tyrone Hill 132 Scott Zubarik Personal

Mini Storage Forsyth-2875 Forsyth Rd

Winter Park FL, 32792-at 10:00 am 203

Abner Santiago 268 Ralph David Personal

Mini Storage West-4600 Old Winter Garden Rd Orlando, FL 32811-at 11:30 am: 164

Shanaquera Angulo 297B Steven Rasaad

Griffin 362 Volkan Tokatli 382 Shaun Oswald Smith 416 Robert Greene 430 Guer-

inaud Bernardin 455 Shimara Harris 533

Adrain Collins 552 Channson D Darisaw

553 Robert Leon White 554 Zaquia Henry

588 Christine B Taylor 591 Shyrl Denise

Williams 631 Aaron Tolbert Personal Mini

Storage Lake Fairview-4252 N Orange

Blossom Trail Orlando, FL 32804-at 11:00

am: 0147 Denniston Carson Denniston

0318 Rashano Mcrae 0302 Nicole Jenkins

0462 Amari Walker 0611 Nattacha Wyllie

0637 Carlos Ramos Jr 0990 Dieufaite

Toussaint 2004 Antwain Demetrisleron

Jackson - VIN: WDBKK47F1XF133893

Personal Mini Storage Edgewater-6325

Edgewater Dr Orlando, FL 32810-at 11:30

am: 110 Taqoviar Morgan 703 Chavaughne

Guy 812 Jasumene Fleury 915 James

Owens 1118 Ezra Mason 1304 Tomas

Metzger 1418 Stefan Sheppard 1636

Patrick Hale 1733 Joshua Smith Personal

Mini Storage Forest City Rd-6550 Forest City Rd Orlando, FL 32810-at 12:00 pm:

1013 Teryl Williams 1030 Jamale Omar

Ruise 1059 William Barclay Noel, Jr 1076

Victoria Binger 1105 Frederick Cooper

1110 Robert Atkins 3269 Alonza Johnson, Jr. 4040 Terrence Harmon 5050 Lateal Woulard 5065 Robert Atkins.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on March 22nd, 2024 at the location indicated: Store 1334: 5603 Metrowest Blvd Orlando FL, 32811 407.5167751 @ 12:00PM: Brandon Burch: furniture, boxes, household items; Bruno Martins: materials; Carlos Nelson: house items 1 bedroom; Esther Jones: Household Goods; Kevin Reddick: household goods; Laurent Lathoud: Mattresses, furniture, three beds, two tables, one TV, and clothes; Love Snacks LLC/Adriano Souza: Equipments kitchen; Natisha Cuellar: Appliance boxes tv clothes; Oslyn Purnell: boxes; Yzeaminda Parker: Boxes. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on March 22, 2024 at the location indicated: Store 3502: 1236 Vineland Rd, Winter Garden Fl, 34787, 407.794.6460

@1:15 PM: Makeba Parish-Furniture, clothes, couches, ottoman; Heritage 4 Life Inc.-Household Goods/Furniture. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on March 22, 2024 at the location indicated: Store 7590: 7360 Sandlake Rd Orlando, FL 32819, 407.634.4449 @ 11:45 AM: Michelle Walker- White dresser king size bed queen size bed glass vase; Jay Henderson- Household Goods; Paul Contreras Chandler- books, papers, clothes. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Extra Space Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on March 29th, 2024 at the location indicated: Store 8460: 4390 Pleasant Hill Rd Kissimmee FL 34746 (407) 429-8867 @12:15 PM: Marco Smith- furniture, tv, gaming set, clothes; Arlington john- Toolbox and boxes; VELANDE SEIDE- Household Items; Rashaan Hill- Clothing, Furniture, and Collectables; Bertram Hill- Household Goods, Furnitures; Guillermo Muniz- bins, shovels, boxes. Store 8753: 540 Cypress Pky, Poinciana, FL 34759, 863.240.0879 @ 12:45 PM: Jessica Murray- personal items; Alvin James- household items; Jonathan Ortega Martinez- bed, clothes, TV; Evelesse Espinosa- household items; Janet Correa -household items; Akeem Daniel -household items; Sheila Ortiz - household items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Extra Space Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on March 22, 2024 at the location indicated: Store 7420: 800 Beard Rd Winter Garden, FL 34787, 407.551.6985 @ 12:00 PM: Allen Phillips- household items: Beatriz Barbosa- couch, small furniture: Angela Kinscy- wall art, boxes, vases, desk: Mike Johns- 2 boxes, 1 crate: Why Vending LLC- vending machine.The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may

rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Extra Space

Storage will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on March 22, 2024 at the location indicated: Store 1317: 5592 LB McLeod Rd Orlando, FL 32811, 407.720.2832 @ 2:00 PM: Desiree Dominguez- Clothes and baby items; Rachael Mitchell- bed, dresser, boxes; Sherette Chin- Furniture; Dinebrau LLC DBA Dead Lizard Brewing Company- Patricia Dine- Walk in cooler parts; Joshua Greggs- small furniture; Carlos Martinez- Van. FORD 350. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Extra Space

Storage, on behalf of itself or its affiliates, Life Storage or Storage Express, will hold a public auction to sell personal property described below belonging to those individuals listed below on March 29, 2024 at the location indicated: Store 1333: 13125

S. John Young Pkwy, Orlando FL. 32837, 407.516.7005 @ 10:00 AM: Kevin Howard: Household Items, Totes, Boxes. Adrian Rodriguez: Household Items, Boxes, Bags. Karen Erazo: Household Items, Toys, Totes, Boxes. Stacy Gainey: Household Items, Boxes Store 1631: 5753 Hoffner Ave, Orlando, FL 32822, (407) 212-5890 @ 10:15 AM: Noljie Hernandez – totes, car cleaning supplies, boxes, ladders Brittany Ramos – mattress, toys, tv, dresser Bryan Leon – tv, tv stand, auto parts, mattress Tyannah Richardson – tv, clothes, chairs, mattress Elizabeth Oquendo – dresser, auto parts, boxes, microwave Store 7057: 13597 S. Orange Ave Orlando FL 32824, 407.910.2087 @ 10:30 AM: Tamanda

Vanwinkles- Clothing rack, hsld Items, Boxes; Ramses A Belone- cabinets, boxes; Tana Ledezma- Toys, toddler bed, bike, clothes, mini cart Store 7107: 6174 S Goldenrod, Orlando, FL 32822, 407.955.4137 @ 10:45 AM: Christina Whiteside- totes, bags, clothes, luggage, boxes, household. Nestor Pirela- luggage, lamp, bags, totes, chairs, tv, mattress. Xavier Eddings- tools, toolbox, car parts, desk, motor scooter, totes, boxes. Stephanie Harlow- washer, dryer, totes, table, desk, boxes. Nanette Marin- baby crib, toys, ladder, toys, furniture, couch. Store 3024: 11955 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando FL 32837, 407.826.0024 @ 11:00 AM:

Jhojan Munoz Household Items, Anthony Piacenti Household Goods, Anissa Ihbous Household Goods/Furniture Store 8931: 3280 Vineland Rd, Kissimmee FL 34746, 407.720.7424 @ 11:30 AM: Carlos Melendez Household items, Kariene Pineda Boxes & Furniture, Daphney Normil 10 med boxes basr cart 2 twins sectional, Nayquan Bell Household items & Clothes Store 8136: 3501 S. Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL 32839, 407.488.9093 @ 12:00pm: Tanesha Jackson-Hsld goods, furniture; Tory Goldbloom- Furniture, boxes, mattress and bedding; rita woodenhsld goods, appliances, boxes; Caryn Simpson- clothes, shoes; Lindsey Shaveboxes, clothes, luggage Store 7306: 408 N Primrose Dr, Orlando, FL 32803, (321)

285-5021 @ 12:15 PM: Russian Ballet Orlando-Katerina Fedotova; props, stage. Lisa Alexander; boxes, clothes, blankets. Store 8612: 1150 Brand Ln Kissimmee FL 34744, 407.414.5303@ 12:30PM: Jasmine Saunders-1 bdr apartment, household goods, boxes.; Darilly Torres-household goods; Justina Capunay-beds and boxes; Sofia Ramirez-Furniture and boxes; Herminia Arriaga-household items. Store 3526: 4650 S. Semoran Blvd, Orlando Fl 32822, 407.823.7734 @ 12:45 PM: Christian Davila- Household Goods/Furniture, Acct. Records/Sales Samples Robert Gimbel- Household Goods/Furniture Luis Perez- Household Goods/Furniture Store 8778: 3820 S Orange Ave Orlando FL 32806, 321.270.3440 @ 1:00 pm . Alexis Jones clothes personal items/Jeffery Finch Furniture, Apparel, appliances. Store 4107: 9080 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee Fl 34747, 407.238.1799 @ 1:15 PM: Monique Mayhue - Household Goods/ Furniture; Tawana Jones- Speakers, Bed, TV’s, garage; Keyla Perry - Home appliances; TAWANA JONES - Household goods Furniture; Terrell Newsome - Household items, furniture; Luis FloresHousehold Goods/Furniture Store 4109: 13450 Landstar Blvd Orlando, FL 32824, 407.601.41.69@ 1:30 PM: Troy Strunkey; Household goods/Furniture. kiara nicole clark; Household goods/ Furniture. Olga Clemencia Mejia Osorio; Household goods/Furniture. Gianna Castillo; Household goods/Furniture. Enos Brown; Household goods/Furniture. Store 4217: 5698 S Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, Fl 32839, 754.551.4774 @ 1:45 PM: Emmanuel Pizarro-Electronics, Furniture, Personal belongings and work-related belongings / Leidana Loiseau-Clothes/ Rochney Sylvestre-Clothing n personal Items. The auction will be listed and advertised on www.storagetreasures.com. Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the above referenced facility in order to complete the transaction. Extra Space Storage may refuse any bid and may rescind any purchase up until the winning bidder takes possession of the personal property.

Notice of Public Sale: Pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on March 29th, 2024 at 9:00 am, Riker’s Roadside Of Central Florida, INC, 630 E Landstreet Rd, Orlando, FL 32824, will sell the following vehicles and/or vessels. Seller reserves the right to bid. Sold as is, no warranty. Seller guarantees no title, terms cash. Seller reserves the right to refuse any or all bids;

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:

ADAM AYED ENTERPRISES LLC gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on 3/29/2024, 09:00 am at 9712 RECYCLE CENTER RD ORLANDO, FL 32824- 8146, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. ADAM AYED ENTERPRISES LLC reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:

CORTES TOWING SERVICE gives notice that on 3/29/2024 at 10:00 AM the following vehicles(s) may be sold by public sale at 245 ORANGE AVE., LONGWOOD, FL 32750 to satisfy the lien for the amount owed on each vehicle for any recovery, towing, or storage services charges and administrative fees allowed pursuant to Florida statute 713.78.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on the following dates, 08:00 am at 2603 OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY KISSIMMEE, FL 34744, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids.

MARCH 30, 2024

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on the following dates, 08:00 am at 10850 COSMONAUT BLVD ORLANDO, FL 32824, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. reserves the right to accept

or reject any and/or all bids.

MARCH 30, 2024

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage

Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC # 695 - 4554 Hoffner Ave Orlando, FL 32812 to satisfy a lien on TUESDAY, APRIL 2,2024 at approx. 10:30 am at www.storagetreasures.com: Reynaldo Perez ,Jerome Pettiford, Simon McLelland

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage

Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner # 5341 – 2310 W Carroll St, Kissimmee, FL 34741 to satisfy a lien on TUESDAY, APRIL 2,2024 at approx. 11:00 am at www. storagetreasures.com: Consuelo Broadie, Ricardo A Gallopp Johnson, Angelina Morales, Ashley Blackmon Digna Acosta, Shamikah Harrison, Gerardo Cruz Gonzalez, Alisha Cornelison, Laurie Nunez McGovern, Yampiel Granja Sotolongo, Liza Guasp NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner # 6174 – 1004 North Hoagland Blvd. Kissimmee, Fl. 34741 to satisfy a lien on TUESDAY, APRIL 2,2024 at approx. 11:30 am at www.storagetreasures.com: Luis Manuel Perez, Jessica Galarza, Amanda Jackson, LaCandice Michelle Hollinger, Janel Harvey, Anna Marie Genkinger NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner # 6177 – 1830 E Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy. Kissimmee, Fl. 34744 to satisfy a lien on TUESDAY, APRIL 2,2024 at approx. 12:00pm at www. storagetreasures.com: Savalas James Pope, Christopher Santiago. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC # 0671 – 100 Mercantile Court, Ocoee, Fl 34761 to satisfy a lien on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3,2024 at approx. 10:30 am at www. storagetreasures.com: Paul Hansin, Latronda Owens, Anca Grecu NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC # 0693 – 1015 North Apopka Vineland Road, Orlando, FL 32818 to satisfy a lien on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3,2024, at approx. 11:00 am at www.storagetreasures.com: Angelique Thomas, Angelique, Mounia Iman Joseph, Mounia Joseph, Tawana Robinson, Tiffany Francis, Shameka Gordon, S Gordon, Monica Urias, Jeremiah Sullen, Ebony C Greenidge, Ebony Ceare Greenidge, Ebony Greenidge, Deanna Williams, DA, Beverlye Neal, Beverlye C Neal, Beverlye Colson Neal, Altoria Pope, Camille Rivera, CMRV NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC # 0420 –5301 N. Pine Hills Road, Orlando Fl 32808 to satisfy a lien on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3,2024, at approx. 11:30 am at www.storagetreasures.com: Joslyn Green, Latony Ann Flint, Lisa Thomas, Glenn Johnson,

Charlie James McCoy, CHARLES SMITH, vincent king, Kianna Gray, Kamaria Jackson, Jabari Rashad James NOTICE OF

PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Management, LLC # 0430 –7400 West Colonial Dr, Orlando Fl 32818 to satisfy a lien on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3,2024 at approx. 12:00 pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Tavares Folsom, Haley Thompson, Adolfo Cabrera, Ruther Ford Joassaint, Quaneice Tranee McBride, Aaron Anthony Phillips, Alissa Juste, Rodney Leath, Rodney Ignatius

Leath, Bridgette Tara Neal NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner # 5868 –4752 Conroy Storage Lane, Orlando Fl 32835 to satisfy a lien on THURSDAY, APRIL 4,2024, at approx. 10:30 am at www.storagetreasures.com: Eric Azerzer, Sade Monique Sullivan, Jerald J. Neil, Barbara Lima, Evence Haynes, Maxine F. Cameron, Marco Ruiz, Dominique Acevedo, Rashaan Bennett, Gloria Kotska, Nathan Jerome Kearney NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner # 0351 –10425 S John Young Pkwy Orlando, FL 32837 to satisfy a lien on THURSDAY, APRIL 4,2024, at approx. 11:00 am at www.storagetreasures.com Shavaris Mcnair NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner # 5962 – 49671 Hwy 27 Davenport, FL 33897 to satisfy a lien on THURSDAY, APRIL 4,2024, at approx. 11:30am at www.storagetreasures.com: Cortney Anderson, Michael Philon, Awilda Suro, Maribel A Flores, Sarah Dawson, Rob Scheiber, Velma Roberson, Jocemar Abreu, Tyrone Carson

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage

Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner # 5961 – 1540 Sullivan Rd., Davenport, FL 33896 to satisfy a lien on THURSDAY, APRIL 4,2024, at approx. 12:00 pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Adrean Marrero, Pedro Adorno, Charlene Hill.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage

Cube contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner # 5694 – 7220 Osceola Polk Line Rd Davenport, FL 33896 to satisfy a lien on THURSDAY, APRIL 4,2024, at approx. 12:00 pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Jerome Blaine Harriell

NOTICE OF SALE

Vehicles will be sold as is, no warranty. Seller gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on the following dates at 7AM. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid. Terms of bids are cash only. Buyer must have funds on

hand at time of sale:

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2720 13th St, Saint Cloud Fl. 34769, Towlando Towing and Recovery

NOTICE OF SALE

ADVERTISEMENT OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property under The Florida Self Storage Facility Act. Bidding takes place on lockerfox.com and concludes Thursday the 28th day of March, 2024 at 10:00 AM with payment at the facility. Store Space Millenia, 4912 S. John Young Pkwy, Orlando, FL, 32839. Brian Samuel ; Calvin Kezira laderrel ; Camirra cavanaugh ; Danethean Edwards Darius James ; Frederick Smith ; Jasmine Downer ; Jessica Leonard ; Kyle Moore ; Lavontay Ricks ; Markese Ellington ; Marylis Gonzalez ; Mathew Salvano ; Samentha Predestin ; Teresa A Johnson ; Store Space Sanford - Storage, 3980 E. Lake Mary Blvd., Sanford, FL, 32773 Alexus Porter ; Christopher Bullard ; Dylan Hoover ; Eric Lawrence ; Jennifer Hall ; Jennifer Hall ; Judy Biggers ; Mary L Farahkhan Anthony Clark.

4/4/2024

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2021 N. Main St., Kissimmee, FL 34744, Towlando

Employment

to 25% (intl). Telcmmtng permsble w/in commtng dstnce of offce in Orlando, FL. Data Engineer, Manufacturing ($91,000/ yr-$96,000/yr): Some telcmmtng w/in commtng dstnce of Orlando, FL. Firmware Development Manager ($185,952/yr$190,952/yr): Trvl Reqrd 10-15% (Dmstc, Eurpe, Asia). Telcmmtng permsble w/ in the US. Sr. Embedded Software Test Engineer ($110,000/yr-$115,000/yr): Telcmmtng permsble w/in commtng dstnce of offce in Orlando, FL. Automation Engineer ($120,370/yr-$125,370/yr): 50% international travel required. To apply, email resume & cover letter to recruiting@luminartech.com and reference job title. EOE. Principals only.

Sales Manager, F/T (Orlando, FL) - MGM Cargo DBA Fastsigns. Will direct & coord activities involving sales of manufactured products; Resolve customer complaints regarding sales & service; Direct & train staff to dvlp & control sales & service prgms; Direct & review sales activities & record-keeping; Monitor receiving & shipping operations. Reqmts: At least a Bach’s in Mktg or Mgmt or foreign equiv & 24 months of exp in Mgmt in sales or related field OR at least a HS dipl. or foreign equiv & 48 months of exp in Mgmt in Sales or related field. Resumes to: carolina.marin@ fastsigns.com or Mail to: MGM Cargo DBA Fastsigns Attn: Carolina Marin, 7154 West Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32818.

STF Pro LLC, Orlando, FL & any unanticipated locations T/O the U.S. has an opening for an Operations Mgr. (Job Code SG0210). Serve as a liaison between HotelPro, Team Members, & our clients. Resp. for client service, team members, recruiting, hiring, & operations excellence. Provide Eng. to Spanish & vice-versa translation for Team Members & hotel guests. Conduct exits interviews. Reqs. HS or FDE & one yr. of exp. in job offered or in a leadership position, preferably in hospitality & fluency in Spanish. $39,957 to $51,813/yr. Mail resume to Diana Ladino, 1700 Water Place, Ste. 216, Atlanta, GA 30339.

Sr. Accounting ProcessorBanking Services

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

6596383

Fixed Assets Special Project

Coordinator

Lockheed Martin

6596381

Pharmacy Tech Certified Sam’s

**Part time**

Walmart Stores

6596380

Housekeeping

Full Sail University

6596376

Community Service O cer I

Assistant Teacher, Licensed Childcare, The Learning Center at Sherberth

YMCA of Central Florida 6596215

FREIGHT/RECEIVING Home Depot

6596169

Orlando, FL 32809.

Luminar Technologies, Inc. has openings for the following positions in Orlando, FL. Advanced Manufacturing Test Engineer ($120,000/yr-$125,000/yr): Trvl reqrd up

Water Production/Water Reclamation Operator Trainee

City of Casselberry 6596365

CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER

Seminole County Sheri ’s O ce 6596360

Enterprise Strategy Director

Florida Blue 6596357

Locksmith II

Greater Orlando Aviation Authority

6596352

Medical Front O ce Clerk

Parrish Medical Center

6596289

Service Delivery Management

Consultant 4- Support

Oracle 6596286

Florida Virtual School Flex U.S.

History Instructor (EOC Experience Required) Florida Certified

Florida Virtual School 6596285

Building Maintenance I

City of Winter Garden 6596278

Mechanical Desk Engineer (Orlando) - Mobility Customer Services Siemens 6596246

IT Specialist III – Systems Administrator

Orange County Sheri ’s O ce 6596007

PART TIME - Assistant Guest Services Manager

Give Kids The World 6596221

Reservations Agent - Embassy

Suites by Hilton Orlando LBV South

Embassy Suites Orlando - Lake Buena Vista South 6596218

Move Money Solutions Hotlines, Specialist

Charles Schwab & Co, Inc 6596005

Software Engineering Manager Stax 6595948

Senior Accountant (Compliance)

Rollins College (RC) 6594435

Administrative AssistantHybrid

401k Generation

6594245

DX Senior Foreman – Tampa Energy Air Inc. 6596217

Medicare Enrollment Specialist

Doctor’s Choice, Inc. 6594231