Orlando Weekly - July 19, 2023

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Anti-choice ‘extremists’ track pro-choice advocates’ locations, Farmers Insurance plows Florida homeowners, and other news you may have missed. Plus ‘This Modern World’

9 OCSO asks for multimillion-dollar boost

By comparison, housing programs get short shrift in Orange County’s proposed budget for next year

11 ‘Sickening’

An Orlando cop fatally shot Derek Diaz as he sat in a car. The whole interaction lasted less than a minute

13 Package deal

If the Teamsters and UPS don’t reach an agreement by the end of July, Orlando UPS workers could join the nation’s second largest single-employer strike in U.S. history come August

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Anti-choice ‘extremists’ track pro-choice advocates’ locations, Farmers Insurance plows Florida homeowners, and other news you may have missed

BY BELLANEE PLAZA, MCKENNA SCHUELER AND THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA

» Orlando lawmaker warns anti-abortion activists are ‘stalking’ advocates of Florida abortion rights initiative

As advocates fight to get abortion rights on Florida’s statewide ballot this year, Orlando’s state Rep. Anna V. Eskamani warns that a group of anti-abortion “extremists” have started their own campaign to thwart the effort and essentially stalk pro-abortion rights petition gatherers. An anti-abortion group, Florida Voice of the Unborn, has launched a website to track where people are gathering petitions for the abortion rights initiative so they can deploy their own people to show up with petitions for an anti-choice ballot initiative submitted by the group, “Protect Human Life Florida.” Eskamani equates this to “stalking” and warns Floridians to read a paper petition before signing anything. She says to specifically make sure the petition comes from “Floridians Protecting Freedom,” which is trying to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot next year that would allow voters to weigh in on ensuring access to abortion care up to fetal viability — which is about 24 weeks of pregnancy. Abortion is currently legal in Florida up to 15 weeks, but a new law (contingent on the outcome of an ongoing lawsuit) could further restrict that to six weeks.

» Disney CEO bites back at DeSantis claim that Disney is ‘sexualizing children’ Disney CEO Bob Iger dismissed as “preposterous” arguments by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that the Walt Disney Co. is “sexualizing children” or experiencing a drop in attendance at its Florida resorts because of a long-running fight with the governor. Appearing Thursday on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Iger also defended the company’s right to question a 2022 Florida law that restricted instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation in schools. The company’s opposition to the law sparked the feud with DeSantis and his Republican allies in the Legislature. “The last thing that I want for the company is for the company to be drawn into any culture wars,” Iger said. DeSantis has made the dispute with Disney part of his campaign to win the Republican presidential nomination, repeatedly accusing the entertainment giant of supporting the “sexualization” of children. Iger said the company’s goal is to “tell wonderful stories and have a positive impact on the world.” He added that the notion that Disney is in any way sexualizing children “quite frankly is preposterous and inaccurate.” Disney filed a federal lawsuit this spring that, in part, accuses the state of retaliating against it. Also, Orange County Circuit Judge Margaret Schreiber will hold a hearing Friday in a separate state-court lawsuit tied to the Disney-DeSantis fight.

» Farmers Insurance cuts insurance policies in Florida

The Florida insurance market took a hit last Tuesday, as Farmers Insurance said it will end residential, auto and umbrella policies in the state, forcing tens of thousands of customers to look elsewhere for coverage. It was not immediately clear Tuesday how much of an impact the Farmers move will have on Florida’s troubled property-insurance market, where insurers have dropped hundreds of thousands of policies and raised rates during the past two years. The company said the move will affect only Farmers-branded policies and will not affect policies sold in the state by subsidiaries Foremost and Bristol West. It indicated the Farmers-branded policies make up about 30% of the policies sold by the affiliated companies in Florida. Farmers spokesman Trevor Chapman said in a prepared statement, “This business decision was necessary to effectively manage risk exposure.” Farmers, which is also reportedly limiting homeowners coverage in California, will not write new policies or renew existing policies. The non-renewals will play out over several months. State law requires Farmers to give 90 days’ notice to the office before it can inform customers that policies will not be renewed.

» Appeals court to take up legal battle over Florida law banning gun sales for those under 21

A full federal appeals court said last Friday it will take up a legal battle over a 2018 Florida law that bars sales of rifles and other long guns to people under 21. The Legislature and then-Gov. Rick Scott approved the law after a February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Nikolas Cruz, who was 19 at the time, used an AR-15 rifle to kill 17 students and staff members and injure 17 others at the school. At that time, federal law already prohibited the sale of handguns to people under 21. The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit after the 2018 law passed. But Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in 2021 rejected the challenge, ruling that previous court opinions have given states leeway to impose Second

Amendment restrictions in some instances. The NRA appealed, with the three-judge panel issuing its ruling on March 9. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated that decision, which had upheld the constitutionality of the law. The one-paragraph order did not explain the court’s reasons for now requiring it be heard by the full court. But that rehearing is something the NRA had sought, according to reporting. The order came after a renewed debate in the Legislature this spring about the 2018 law. The House in April passed a bill that would have allowed people under 21 to buy rifles and other long guns, but the Senate did not take up the issue.

» City of Altamonte Springs plans to launch new free autonomous buses this summer

Free-to-ride self-piloted vehicles will soon be rolling into Altamonte Springs with the city’s new CraneRides project. Offering alternative transit for the area’s changing landscape, CraneRides will launch its first trips July 24. It’s a multi-year AV shuttle network project, with an environmentally friendly and proactive initiative to extend mobility for residents, visitors and businesses, according to the city. This three-year phased project will provide connectivity to Altamonte Mall, the AMC theater, the Renaissance Center and the city’s Cranes Roost Park, traveling at speeds up to 15 mph. The shuttle is scheduled to run Sunday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and then start up again from 5 to 9 p.m. On Fridays and Saturdays, the evening schedule will be extended one hour later. Altamonte Springs’ new autonomous bus service follows Beep’s 2019 shuttle project in Lake Nona, called Move Nona. More recently, downtown Orlando announced plans to offer a similar free autonomous bus service that will travel to parts of Parramore and Creative Village, and link to Lynx’s downtown bus station. The Florida Department of Transportation will cover half the cost of the $2.4 million project in Altamonte Springs. In return, the city will provide data on ridership numbers as part of the program. By 2025, city officials say the shuttle’s speed will pick up to 30 mph and more stops will be added.

OCSO ASKS FOR $23 MILLION BOOST

There are mixed findings on whether funding boosts for law enforcement agencies actually help, hurt, or make little use of taxpayer dollars in the name of public safety.

Eskamani on the House floor (who made an effort to ask) that the office itself wouldn’t be affected by that law, which is good news for locals.

Since the office’s launch, the county reports that staff have assisted 1,200 tenants and landlords in Orange County.

Although the office staff can’t offer legal advice or direct financial assistance, they can offer referrals and mediation help. And this comes at a time when homelessness in the Central Florida region is on the rise.

While rent hikes have largely leveled off, according to rental market data, local renters are still grappling with major rent increases in 2021 and 2022, as well as inflation and rising homeowners’ costs.

Those are things an extra $23 million to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office is unlikely to address (we’d like to be proven wrong, I guess?).

So, what is the sheriff’s office looking to do with its extra dough?

Over email last Tuesday, the agency declined to provide a breakdown to Orlando Weekly ahead of Sheriff John Mina’s planned presentation to the Board of County Commissioners and Mayor Jerry Demings, himself a former sheriff and police chief, that week.

County leaders held two Budget Work Sessions this month. There will be more opportunities for public input in September, a county spokesperson confirmed.

By

comparison, housing

programs get short shrift in Orange County’s proposed 2023-24 FY budget

BY MCKENNA SCHUELER

It’s that time of year again: The Orange County government, home to Orlando, Disney World, and roughly 1.4 million souls, is hammering out a countywide budget for the next fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, 2023.

The $6.8 billion budget proposal, made publicly available on the county’s website, covers various public programs, agencies, and projects: from housing and community development to health services, transportation, arts and cultural affairs, and the corrections system.

As usual, there’s one agency that’s getting a particularly healthy amount of love in this budget proposal: the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the third-largest law enforcement agency in the state of Florida.

Under the proposal, subject to county commissioners’ approval later this year, the OCSO would receive a $22.9 million boost to its operating budget, from $331 million this fiscal year to $353.9 million for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, running from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30, 2024. That’s about a 7% increase — still less than the $32.4 million boost the agency saw to its budget last year, but up 20% from 2020, when OCSO was granted an

operating budget of about $283 million.

Calls in 2020 by some police reform activists to defund law enforcement — meaning, shifting a portion of those funds to social and economic welfare programs — evidently went largely unheeded, both in Orange County and across the country.

(Although Orlando Weekly readers in 2021 did choose “defunding the police and investing in poor communities of color” as the “best use of public money” for our Best of Orlando awards.)

Democratic leaders in Florida — and in the federal government — have also shied away from the defund movement, arguing that law enforcement needs more money, not less, to address systemic issues within policing and better support public safety in their communities.

The state of Florida does a notoriously bad job of tracking crime stats, but the latest FBI data made publicly available for Orange County, shows violent crime at large decreased from 2019 to 2020, as did reported property crimes.

Reported homicides went up, however, while reported incidents of aggravated assault remained stable.

This year’s budget proposal from Orange County, in comparison, allocates just $14.6 million — a sliver of the OCSO budget — to the county’s Housing for All trust fund, which is meant to help fund affordable housing development amid a drastic shortage in supply.

The OCSO’s proposed budget for the 2024 fiscal year alone is more than double the $160 million county leaders have allocated for that Housing for All trust fund over 10 years, as part of the county’s 10-year action plan for addressing affordable housing issues.

Since 2019, when Mayor Jerry Demings first launched a Housing for All task force to come up with a plan, over 2,000 affordable housing units have been built or added in the county.

This year, the county also launched its Office of Tenant Services, meant to help aid tenants and landlords and enforce new tenant protections adopted earlier this year — which were even more recently preempted by a new state law.

In other words, Orange County’s tenant bill of rights and fair notice requirements — meant to help protect tenants from predatory landlords — are presumably no longer enforceable (a county spokesperson told Orlando Weekly Mayor Demings had “no response” the day that new law was given final approval by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis).

State Rep. Tiffany Esposito, one of the bill sponsors, however, confirmed to local Rep. Anna

County documents, however, are more illuminating: According to the 388-page budget proposal, the OCSO is looking to add 54 new positions, including 34 sworn office positions and 20 civilian positions.

Sworn office positions include a new school resource officer, two SWAT operators, a new officer for their Behavioral Response Unit — a co-responder program launched in 2020 for answering mental health-related calls — and 25 sworn deputies, among others.

Civilian positions they’re looking to add range from Assistant General Counsel to a forensic firearm specialist and a parking enforcement officer.

They’re also looking to cover day-to-day operating costs: the cost of just keeping things running, essentially.

Those expenses include funding for body cameras and taser contracts, fuel, patrol vehicle leases, helicopter lease, radio replacements and other operating supplies, according to the proposal. Not to mention OCSO salaries.

“Ensuring the safety and well-being of our community is paramount,” wrote Mayor Demings, in summary of the proposed budget. “We have dedicated substantial funding to protect our community and enhance programs and services that support public safety.”

All in all, public safety — which includes the sheriff’s office, fire rescue (which generally gets less funds than the cops), corrections and more — is getting an $800 million commitment.

A Citizens Safety Task Force, first launched in

Budget talks for fiscal year 2023-24 have begun | Photo of Orange County Administration Center by Misiotis Jade

2020, then retired, then reconvened in the wake of a fatal shooting of three people in a single day in Pine Hills in February, has gotten a $2 million promise.

One hundred million has been earmarked for preserving, enhancing and restoring “environmentally sensitive lands,” and another $100 million has been allocated for improvements to the county’s transportation system, including sidewalks, roadway safety projects, bus shelters and more.

Combined, that’s still less than the budget for a single county agency.

The Orlando Police Department, covering a smaller jurisdiction, was granted a budget of $183.9 million this current fiscal year,

‘SICKENING’

representing 30% of the city’s total general fund.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, the second-largest law enforcement agency in the state, was granted a full budget of $549.9 million, including $369.5 million from the countywide general funds alone. Neither of those agencies were defunded post-2020, either.

“We will continue to invest in economic development, affordable housing, environmental preservation, public safety, children and family programs, and transportation,” Demings added. “By leveraging these investments and working collaboratively with our residents, businesses, and community partners, we are confident in our ability to shape a prosperous and vibrant future for Orange County.”

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An Orlando cop fatally shot Derek Diaz as he sat in a car. The whole interaction lasted less than a minute

BY CHLOE GREENBERG

In the early hours of July 3, three Orlando police officers approached a parked car near downtown. In the driver’s seat was Derek Diaz, a 26-year-old Orlando resident.

Less than a minute later, Diaz was dead.

According to a statement from Chief Eric D. Smith, Diaz’s car was flagged near the area of North Orange Avenue and Jefferson Street as part of a drug investigation. Officer Jose Velez approached the car, gun already drawn and pointed at Diaz. He told Diaz to turn off the car and place his hands on the steering wheel.

Moments later, Diaz moved his right arm toward the center console, and Velez fired.

Nearly 10 days later, Orlando Police Department released body-worn camera footage of the encounter to the public, after it was shared with Diaz’s family and attorney.

In the video, Diaz is seen sitting the driver’s seat of the parked car. He appears to follow the officer’s instructions. Investigators have said the officers believed Diaz’s movement was to reach for a gun.

Investigators found no guns in Diaz’s car. They later determined Diaz threw drugs outside his car after being shot, although they have not specified what kind of drug was found.

“We understand the need for answers,” OPD’s statement from Chief Smith reads. “Maintaining the integrity of the investigation process is also needed so that the facts are provided fairly and transparently. An investigation not only involves body-worn camera video of the incident but also includes the collection of witness testimony, evidence, and other materials.”

“Since the incident happened, the Orlando

Police Department has been cooperating with the FDLE investigation, and we will continue to do so as we are all committed to a thorough and transparent review of this case.”

Diaz’s family and attorneys appeared outside the Orange County Courthouse last week for a news conference. Attorney Natalie Jackson said the family was shown the video of Diaz’s death during a 10-minute meeting that morning.

She said investigators did not answer any of their questions.

Family members were not allowed to rewatch the video, see the police report or question officers about the incident.

“Our reaction to what we saw is that it’s not the complete evidence,” Jackson said. She said the video shows Diaz “sitting peacefully in a legally parked car when he was aggressively approached by three armed police officers, and in less than one minute, he was shot.”

Also at the conference was civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Diaz’s family, and Sonja Nava, the mother of Diaz’s 5-year-olddaughter.

“The video was so sickening to watch, I threw up while watching it,” Nava said. “All we know from that video is that Derek was sitting in his car. He was not doing anything wrong.”

While the family is still left with many questions, Jackson highlighted one: “What was the reason to approach Derek in the first place?”

Going forward, Diaz’s family and attorneys will be working with a police use-of-force expert to determine whether or not the shooting was justified.

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PACKAGE DEAL

If the Teamsters and UPS don’t reach an agreement by the end of July, Orlando UPS workers could join the nation’s second largest single-employer strike in U.S. history come Aug. 1

BY MCKENNA SCHUELER

About 100 United Parcel Service delivery workers represented by the Teamsters gathered outside a UPS warehouse southeast of downtown Orlando Thursday morning, to practice for what could become the largest strike the United States has seen in decades.

Workers, community allies and the young grandson of one UPS retiree stood on the side of Landstreet Road, holding signs that read, “Just Practicing for a Just Contract.”

Passing cars and semi-trucks, including nonunion FedEx trucks, honked their horns in solidarity, earning fist-pumps and shouts of approval from the crowd of workers gathered, many clad in their familiar brown UPS uniforms.

The International Brotherhood of the Teamsters, generally referred to as simply the “Teamsters,” has been in negotiations for a new union contract with the United Parcel Service.

Their current agreement, effective through July 31, is the largest private-sector union contract in the United States, covering hundreds of thousands of UPS delivery drivers and warehouse workers nationwide, including 3,000 in Central Florida.

While the goal is for the two parties (the Teamsters and UPS) to reach a deal before the current contract’s expiration, the union

has drawn a hard line with their demands.

No more “part-time poverty.” Heat and safety protections. The elimination of a “two-tier system” in UPS that established a lower pay rate for new hires, creating division among workers.

If the shipping giant doesn’t agree to meet their demands (with wages being one of the last sticking points) UPS Teamsters have overwhelmingly voted to go on strike come Aug. 1.

With about 340,000 UPS Teamsters strong across the country, and 16,500 in Florida alone, it would be the second-largest single-employer strike in U.S. history, and the first major strike by UPS workers since 1997.

Teamsters Local 385, based in Orlando, represents about 3,000 UPS Teamsters.

The local also represent workers at Disney World including bus drivers, laundry workers, ranch hands, parking attendants and character performers (yes, Snow White is a Teamster) who recently approved their own new contract.

“Practice pickets,” as the union calls them, were organized by UPS Teamsters in various locations Thursday, including more than a dozen spots across Florida, stretching from Tampa in west central Florida, to Melbourne, Orlando, Ocala and Gainesville.

‘Part time America won’t work’

The fight, as with many labor disputes, is over hot-button issues such as worker pay and working conditions, especially for UPS part-timers — who make up more than half of UPS’ diverse workforce.

Orlando Weekly spoke to several UPS workers on the practice picket line Thursday morning, including part-timers and full-timers who emphasized the importance of this fight for the latter.

Part-time UPS workers, whom union leaders describe as the unsung heroes of the company, do the work that’s mostly out of sight: They sort packages and load delivery trucks.

Lou Griffith, a part-time UPS worker of 25 years and father of three, works in the warehouse that he and his co-workers gathered outside of Thursday morning.

Standing in the shade, a few yards away from the larger crowd lining the side of the road, Griffith told Orlando Weekly they perform intense work, himself and other part-timers.

There’s also the issue of heat.

There’s no air conditioning in the warehouse, Griffith said. There are fans.

Sometimes he’s 50 feet away from the closest one, working three- to five-hour shifts (save for one memorable occasion when he was there from 5 p.m. to 11 a.m. the following day, after agreeing to come in early).

Griffith first worked for UPS in Maryland, near Baltimore, then moved down to Florida over 20 years ago.

He’s got three kids at home: two middle-schoolers and a kid who’s just about to graduate from elementary school.

Griffith wasn’t comfortable sharing how much he makes, but pay and advancement opportunities for part-timers has been a priority for the union, including many of the better-off full-timers.

“My thing is our part-timers,” said April Hope, 41, a package delivery driver of 18 and a half years, wearing rainbow “glamazon” sunglasses Thursday to complement her UPS uniform.

“I see my loader loading three or four trucks … I mean, 400 packages, loading, loading,” she added.

UPS likes to boast about the pay of their more visible UPS drivers who, working full-time, can make good money — $93,000 annually, on average, performing physically demanding labor.

Part-timers, on the other hand, often make under $20 an hour (the entry-level wage in Orlando is $16.20 per hour), which isn’t enough to make ends meet in bigger or more expensive cities.

Not with inflation, nor rising housing costs that have hit the Sun Belt particularly hard.

If a UPS worker can get $15, $16 or $17 dollars an hour working inside an air-conditioned mall, or “come here and get $15.50 sweating your balls off,” as full-time UPS driver John Gregory put it, “What are you going to do?”

In the state of California, one part-timer recently told Jacobin that his fellow part-timers at UPS often work multiple jobs. Some live out of their cars, or even in homeless shelters.

There are reasons why part-timers might stay: They have access to job benefits, beneficial for individuals and families alike, that are difficult to find elsewhere, especially in nonunion jobs.

For example, after nine months, health insurance, a pension (once a norm in middle-class America, now a rarity) and maybe — eventually — the chance to pick up a full-time position.

Hope, the full-time package delivery driver, said she herself started out part-time in 2005. It wasn’t until 2014 that she got a full-time position.

Today, at least in Orlando, it typically takes about five years for workers who want to make that move to advance, according to Teamsters Local 385 president Walt Howard.

UPS delivery positions used to be solid, middle-class jobs — or at least, that’s the impression the public was given. Today, some part-timers struggle just to get by.

Orlando UPS workers practice for a possible strike | Photo by McKenna Schueler

UPS, meanwhile, made record profits last year: $100 billion in revenues, up nearly 200 percent from 2012.

UPS drivers deliver more than 24 million packages in the U.S. each day — to your doorstep, to your neighbor’s, or to your favorite local business.

The company’s drivers, loaders and warehouse workers are asking their employer to share the wealth — not just with the company’s CEO (who made $19 million in total compensation last year) but with the folks who actually drive their profit (no pun intended).

It’s a call to end what workers call “part-time poverty.”

No AC? Big problem

But it’s more than just worker pay that’s on the table.

The Teamsters are also demanding better heat and safety protections — including heat shields, ventilation, and air conditioning in UPS delivery trucks (yep, they don’t have that!) — an end to the divisive “two-tier system” and more full-time job opportunities.

UPS drivers have said their current conditions put them at risk of injury, from hauling heavy packages stored in their massive cargo trucks. They face constant surveillance (by way of driver-facing surveillance cameras), strict time pressures and extreme heat in areas like Florida during summer months.

Just over the last several years, multiple UPS workers have died of what surviving loved ones say were heat-related causes.

There was 24-year-old Esteban Chavez Jr., a UPS worker just outside Los Angeles who was found unconscious in his delivery truck last June and later died.

In 2020, 23-year-old Jose Cruz Rodriguez Jr. was found dead in the parking lot of a UPS facility at 2 a.m. in Waco, Texas.

Others have reported suffering dehydration and heat exhaustion.

A UPS driver in New Jersey nearly went into kidney failure in 2019, according to NBC News, trying to tough out the job in sweltering summer heat.

Temperatures have been known to reach 120 degrees inside UPS delivery trucks — you know, those big brown ones you see parked or driving through your neighborhood.

Florida’s heat is brutal, and workers (not just UPS workers) lack guaranteed heat safety protections.

Griffith, the part-time warehouse worker, told Orlando Weekly he brings a cooler with him to work, filled with eight frozen water bottles.

Clad in black cargo pants, Griffith pointed to one plastic bottle nestled near his calf. In the warehouse, it takes just minutes for those water bottles to defrost, he said.

UPS for its part has conceded to several demands from the union during contract negotiations (including the AC issue), but not the Teamsters’ economic proposal, which is a

sticking point.

A UPS spokesperson told Orlando Weekly in an email that they’ve made “steady progress” on a wide array of issues during negotiations.

“We plan and expect to reach agreement on a new contract before the end of July that is a win for our employees, our company and customers, and the union,” the company spokesperson wrote.

New contract, new leadership

The massive labor union of 1.2 million members, all in all, is headed by General President Sean O’Brien, who’s leading UPSers in this year’s contract fight.

A fourth-generation Teamster from Boston, O’Brien was elected to his leadership position in 2021 with the support of Teamsters for a Democratic Union, a grassroots organization aimed at union reform and giving more of a voice to the union’s rank-and-file members.

O’Brien’s promises to foster a more democratic union (following a storied history of corrupt, mob-connected union leadership, which failed to listen to the rank and file membership in the last contract cycle) has shown up in contract negotiations, according to workers who’ve spoken to press.

As labor-focused publication In These Times has reported, this contract cycle marks the first time that rank-and-file UPS workers have joined union leadership in high-level contract talks.

Why is this important? Union reformists say it gives everyday UPS employees (not just elected union leadership) the chance to be directly involved with the process

It also gives them the opportunity to tell company reps themselves, face to face, what their working conditions are like on the ground.

When marathon negotiation sessions between UPS and the Teamsters fell apart at 4 o’clock in the morning on July 5, 2023, reportedly over demands for part-timers, rank-and-file UPSers were there.

“This multibillion-dollar corporation has plenty to give American workers — they just don’t want to,” O’Brien said in a statement. “UPS had a choice to make, and they have clearly chosen to go down the wrong road.”

Not for nothing, O’Brien also released a statement in solidarity with Florida’s public-sector union workers in Florida, in opposition to a new state law designed to undercut unions representing more than 150,000 working Floridians — including some Teamsters.

July 5 was the deadline for UPS to provide their last, best and final offer. No more negotiation sessions (opportunities to hammer out a contract) have been scheduled before July 31, when the workers’ current contract is set to expire.

If they don’t reach a deal before then, workers are preparing to go on strike Aug. 1.

Strike or no strike?

Many union contracts, including those covering Disney World workers, bar workers from

going on strike during the life of the contract. The same is true of the Teamsters’ current agreement.

But this wouldn’t be the first major strike by UPS workers. UPS Teamsters also went on strike in 1997 for 15 days with a healthy amount of public support — an event Jennifer Gonnerman explored in The New Yorker Jan. 9 of this year.

It was the largest strike in 20 years, with 185,000 Teamsters off the job, costing the company millions of dollars per day.

“That was then,” said Gregory, who was there for the 1997 strike here in Orlando. “It’s going to be a lot more now.”

It wasn’t easy on UPSers, Gregory said — the work stoppage. But it feels different this time around, he said. It was “battle battle battle,” then. This time, there’s been more progress.

O’Brien, the Teamsters president, has said 95 percent of the contract has been negotiated.

It’s some economic items, like a better deal for the part-timers and workers’ pension, that are left.

The strike of 1997 — led by the first democratically elected Teamsters president, Ron Carey, from Queens, New York — ended in victory for UPS workers, who won significant pay raises and 10,000 full-time jobs.

Workers declared at the time of the 1997 strike, “Part Time America Won’t Work.”

The union today contends that part-timers at UPS still have the short end of the stick (despite comical attempts by the company to argue the opposite).

And they believe workers have the leverage to demand better — for themselves, for their families, and for all of the other “unsung heroes” who keep the logistics industry running. Amazon workers. Gig workers (like Central Florida’s Uber and Lyft drivers). Other truck drivers, including those who organized a massive day of action June 1, in opposition to Florida’s new immigration law, one of the harshest measures targeting undocumented people in the country.

Establishing better pay and working conditions for some 100,000-plus UPS part-timers in the U.S. remains one of the primary sticking points in the current contract fight.

The stakes (financial and otherwise) are high: UPS carries 6 percent of the United States’ gross domestic product each day. One estimate found that just a two-week strike could cost UPS approximately $3.2 billion.

Disruption of normal operations, however, is the point. That’s where workers have their leverage.

It’s a “pride” thing, said Gregory. Neither party — the company nor the union — wants to feel like they’re being pushed around.

It’s thanks to the company’s own leverage that a fair amount of mainstream press has focused on the looming strike’s potential to hit the U.S. economy (and consumers) where it hurts.

The company warns that consumers — i.e., any everyday person who orders something shipped by mail — could see delivery delays, higher shipping costs and other supply-chain

disruptions should a strike occur.

But workers are hoping the public will stand with them and support their demands, with the understanding that their goal isn’t to make their neighbors’ lives harder.

Labor unions like Unite Here, SEIU and the AFL-CIO — the nation’s largest federation of labor unions — have publicly voiced support for the Teamsters.

So have political organizations like the Democratic Socialists of America and several high-profile politicians, including Congress members Ilhan Omar, D-Minnesota; Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-New York; Cori Bush, D-Missouri; and Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont.

Hernando Rodriguez, a 65-year-old retired UPS Teamster in Orlando, attended the practice picket line (with a young grandson in tow), in solidarity with his former co-workers and union siblings.

According to Howard, UPS airline pilots, who are covered by a different union contract, have also committed to honoring delivery workers’ picket line if a strike should occur.

“Nobody wants to strike,” said Howard, president of Local 385 in Orlando. “If there’s a strike, UPS is putting us out on strike.”

“Part-time poverty at @UPS does not work and neither will UPS Teamsters if we don’t have a strong contract on August 1,” the union declared in a tweet Thursday morning.

“This is a fight for all workers in America. It’s time to take a stand against corporate greed at UPS and throughout the economy.”

The clock’s ticking. The company and the union have less than two weeks to reach a mutually agreeable deal.

Ninety-seven percent of participating Teamsters voted in June to authorize a strike, come Aug. 1 — and that number was even higher in Orlando, at 98 percent, says Howard.

Strike authorization during contract fights isn’t uncommon. Amid their own fight for a contract, food service workers at the Orange County Convention Center, represented by Unite Here Local 737, also voted to authorize a strike last year.

They avoided a work stoppage when their employer, contractor Sodexo, came back with a deal earlier this year offering a $5 minimum wage increase, boosting workers’ base pay from $13 to $18 by the end of this year.

“We work hard,” shared Griffith, one of the UPS part-timers, when asked by Orlando Weekly what he would like the public to know.

It’s a fast-paced job. Workers are lined up shoulder to shoulder inside, getting those packages ready to go. It’s sweltering in those massive warehouses, workers say, but it’s a good, union job.

And then there are the delivery drivers — the face of UPS.

“I think at the core of it, it’s about getting the respect and dignity from these huge corporations,” said Howard.

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my favorite in town; the garlic and apple cider jus in the pulled pork kept it, if you’ll allow me to use the most hated word in the English language, moist; and ribs are made lusciously spicy with toasted guajillo peppers and a brown sugar slather. We enjoyed it with sides of ridiculous corn fritters slicked with hot honey, superb baked beans cooked with sorghum, Baby Cakes Stout, KC Sauce and caramelized onions, and chipotle and garlic mac & cheese (that mac was a bit overcooked).

RINGS OF FIRE

Smoke & Donuts in the Milk District is a sweet and meaty sanctuary steeped in nostalgia

BY FAIYAZ KARA

Here’s a place that, while purposefully nostalgic, doesn’t feel purposefully nostalgic — like the ’60s and ’70sera appeal isn’t so exaggeratedly Brady Bunch or Get Smart that it has you rolling your eyes like Skipper from Gilligan’s Island. It’s what I immediately liked about Smoke & Donuts, the food-truck-turnedbarbecue-joint by Culinary Institute of America grad Ian Russell and his wife, Juliana Peña. I mean I knew I’d like the food, having gone gaga for their brisket and cake donuts when they contributed to the smoke billowing out of the short-lived Belicoso Cigars & Café in Mills Park in early 2020, but I didn’t expect to take to the interior as much as I did. The orb pendant lights I first glimpsed through the windows beneath the A-frame awning from the parking lot immerse the space in a Technicolor patina, while the worn and weathered floor spoke to me like a cranky, abrasive Archie Bunker.

At the bar to my left, a couple of ladies sitting on metal barstools seemed to be enjoying their cocktails as a bell-bottomed Bob Barker beamed from the boob tube in a throwback episode of The Price Is Right, superscope microphone and all. So come on down we did, to where Russell’s mom took our order, but not before we gawked

at the display case of donuts. “Which one do you have your eye on?” she asked. “All of them,” I said, though I’d already made up my mind on the Salty Englishman and Mango Tajin. I decided to order the donuts after our meal, but that didn’t preclude me from getting the donut and brisket slider ($5.99), which I’m sure gave me a heart murmur. This gorgeous beast of a sweet and beefy pastry had chopped bris ket between a glazed vanil la donut, but gimmicky it’s not. In fact, this main and dessert rolled into one would make a fine and filling lunch. Or dinner. Or breakfast.

Then again, so would the barbecue boards harboring a third of a pound of meat, two sides (or glazed donuts), cornbread, pickles and onions. We opted for the pit sampler ($17.99) which got us three meats of our choosing: sliced bris ket (USDA Prime Black Angus brisket, that is), pulled pork and a quarter rack of St. Louis-style ribs. The brisket is stellar, maybe even

It was all very gratifying, as were stiff cocktails like the smoked Old-Fashioned ($12) garnished with candied bacon (of course) and the Arnold Palmer ($10) spiked with Rough Rider Bourbon and chamomile liqueur. The latter was enjoyed with a smoked turkey Reuben ($10.99) punched up with Lowcountry mustard barbecue sauce served on pressed Olde Hearth rye bread. But where there’s smoke, there’s donuts — and the Salty Englishman (with Maker’s Mark Bourbon, maple glaze, crunchy bits of Heath Bar and sea salt) gave my constitution a proper bollocking. Even with elevated blood sugar levels, I managed to take one bite of the Mango Tajin and wanted to indulge further in the donut’s spiced compote but couldn’t quite.

Indeed, sugar is everywhere at Smoke & Donuts — there’s even eye candy in the decor and brain candy on the half-wall in the form of a cryptogram-like puzzle that we couldn’t solve. There’ll be other opportunities, I’m sure, but we needed to get up and walk some of this off. On our way out, I saw Bob Barker presiding over the Showcase Showdown, which reminded me — help control the pet population, have your pets spayed or neutered.

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OPENINGS and CLOSINGS:

Nearly five years after it was announced, Oviedo’s Food Factory — sorry, uh, The Food Factory Foodie Collective — will finally open Wednesday, July 26, at 4 p.m. Along with the Factory Bar, “micro-restaurants” The 1 Cantina and The Local Hen will also open. Other announced micro-restaurants, including Kai Asian Street Fare and Buttercrust Pizza, will begin serving in the ensuing weeks … The Current Seafood Counter has soft-opened in College Park. Owner Mike Smith is encouraging patrons NOT to order takeout, as it compromises the quality of the seafood. The menu features fried and blackened seafood as well as sandwiches, pastas, salads and non-seafood items … Sapporo Izakaya & Ramen has opened in MetroWest at 2320 S. Kirkman Road. Sapporo offers nine different types of ramen, including a spicy Kyushu tonkotsu and a Korean kimchi ramen, as well as mini rice bowls and appetizers like fried cheese hot dogs, bao and takoyaki … Zymarium Meadery will finally open Aug. 19 at 1121 N. Mills Ave. on the corner of Lake Highland Drive … Look for Primrose Lanes Restaurant and Bowling Club, with ex-Luke’s executive chef Jason Campbell at the helm, to open the first week of August — inspections permitting, of course … Sizzling Korean BBQ & Hot Pot has opened in the old Shining Spice space at 3096 Aloma Ave. near the intersection of State Road 436 in Winter Park … More hot pot news: Malubianbian Hot Pot will open at 5062 W. Colonial Drive … Over in Hunter’s Creek, Latin sushi joint Daddy Ninja has opened at 500 E. Osceola Parkway … Look for Mares Real Peruvian Cuisine to open in the space that recently housed Fortuna Bakery & Cafe next to Farm & Haus in Winter Park. Mares also has a location in Hunter’s Creek. No opening timetable has been announced … Also in Winter Park, The Coop has closed. Owner John Rivers, who also owns the 4 Rivers Smokehouse chain, says he shuttered his Southern comfort eatery as he couldn’t justify renewing the lease at current market rates.

NEWS and EVENTS:

Swine & Sons will take over the kitchen next month at the Milkhouse effectively bringing an end to Cichetti Kitchen and its modern Venetian bar bites, a concept initially started by Pizza Bruno’s Bruno Zacchini … Soseki, the 10-seat modern omakase concept in Winter Park, is now offering a lunch service Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. Cost is $85, with an option to add caviar service for an additional $65 and a sake flight for $45.

PHOTOS BY ROB BARTLETT

GREAT AMERICAN

Orlando-based home chef Salmah Hack competes on PBS show ‘The Great American Recipe’

BY CHLOE GREENBERG

When Salmah Hack moved to Florida from the comforts of the New York City neighborhood she was raised in, it meant she was leaving the place enveloped by her family and heritage. Hack grew up in Little Guyana, where she was immersed in her family’s culture and cooking, where her bedroom literally opened up into the kitchen. When she got married, she knew she’d have to make the move to her husband’s new home in Central Florida.

That was in 2005. Now, after adjusting to the city’s energy (and figuring out how to source essential curry powders and seasonings in a new place), Hack is representing Orlando and her culture as a contestant in the second season of PBS’s The Great American Recipe.

The series spotlights talented home cooks from all ends of the country as they share dishes that best represent them, in an effort to pinpoint the great American recipe. First aired in June 2022, The Great American Recipe aims to uplift the multiculturalism that both defines and unites American cuisine. The series focuses on home chefs, ensuring a kind of passion often unseen in professional cooking competitions.

For Hack, a project manager by day, the show encapsulated storytelling through food.

“I had the opportunity of coming on each week and preparing a dish based around a theme that reflected my family, my culture, my background and my upbringing,” she said.

Much of what Hack cooks is heavily influenced by her Guyanese heritage. The Guyanese love of food is reflective of the indigenous people that make up Guyana, she said.

Guyana is made up of seven different ethnicities, all of which Hack works to reflect in her cooking. Authentic Guyanese cuisine draws

from many influences, like Indo-Caribbean, Indian, Chinese, African, Dutch, Portuguese and more. Some of Hack’s recipes in those episodes include Geera lamb chops and hummus, vamazelli (a sweet vermicelli noodle cake) and kitchri with stewed chicken.

In episode three, Hack introduces her kitchri dish through tears, connecting the meal with familial comfort. She calls the dish “a hug from my grandmother.”

Guyanese cooking is not widely known, but Hack is proud to share it. Since the episodes have aired, she’s received messages from viewers all over: from Canada to England to, of course, Guyana, celebrating her ability to represent a culture not often seen.

“They were touched and they felt represented in seeing, one, a Guyanese person on TV, two, someone wearing hijab on TV,” she said.

Hack set off on the show to do just that; she started with the intent that she was there to represent not only herself, but the kind of person she would have wanted to see on a cooking show when she was growing up.

“Typically when you do turn on any type of food competition or Food TV, you see someone of Indian descent,” she said. “And there are so many different Indians on the spectrum in terms of where we fall within the world and the map. So, that was my intent: to stay true and authentic to who I am.”

New episodes of The Great American Recipe stream weekly at PBS.org. Also available are several recipes by the contestants, as well as a cookbook. While the winner of the series won’t be announced until the season’s final episode, viewers can keep tuning in to watch Hack continue to share her story through food.

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Orlando’s Salmah Hack | Photo courtesy WUCF-TV

COUCHSURFING

BY STEVE SCHNEIDER

(NOTE: Now that the actors have joined the writers on the picket line, all streaming schedules are even more subject to last-minute change. At least until Fran Drescher learns to work a guillotine.)

Premieres Wednesday:

The Deepest Breath — Documentary cameras follow daring free divers in their training to descend to the greatest depths, all in a single breath. The sport is said to be phenomenally dangerous and require vast reserves of courage. So if any of them don’t make it, trust that social media will explain why they were all stupid and deserved to die. (Netflix)

Premieres Thursday:

My Magic Closet — In this Brazilian series, a teenager who’s lost her mother and been abandoned by her father discovers that her wardrobe is a portal into the dormitory of a top K-pop group. But don’t worry if that sounds improper, because they make sure she only uses the girls’ bathroom. (Max)

Supa Team 4 — Zambian writer Malenga

Mulendema and a voice cast of South African talent bring us the story of a teen quartet who get recruited to become superheroes. Programs like this are a great way to expand your kids’ cultural literacy, because they show how open-minded streaming services can be when their own writers go on strike.

(Netflix)

Superpowered: The DC Story — Rosario Dawson narrates a three-part documentary that examines the legacy and influence of the seminal comics company. Part One chronicles DC’s early days, Part Two its expansion into other media and Part Three its future potential. THIS JUST IN: David Zaslav has canceled Part Three. (Max)

Sweet Magnolias — Season 3 sees the specters of the past returning to Serenity, South Carolina, as Maddie, Helen and Dana Sue are confronted by a mysterious woman they know all too well. The smart money says it’s Nikki Haley, back to remind everybody of a better time when Helen would have been the help. (Netflix)

Premieres Friday:

Sharksploitation — Shudder’s documentary department explains how the original Jaws set the stage for the shark-flick craze that has reached fruition with the likes of Sharknado, Sharktopus and Cocaine Shark (yes, that’s a thing). If Steven Spielberg were Scrooge, the Ghost of Summers Yet to Come would show him this doc to scare him into making The Sugarland Express II instead. (Shudder)

Stephen Curry: Underrated — Learn the life story of the Golden State basketball great, who spurred the sport to recognize the usefulness and validity of three-point shooting. Oh sure, but when Lee Harvey Oswald did it, everybody had a problem with it. (Apple TV+)

They Cloned Tyrone — The Jordan Peele-led revolution of Black genre films continues apace, with Jamie Foxx, John Boyega and Teyonah Parris investigating a government conspiracy with sci-fi overtones. I’m sold from the title alone, especially because it rolls more trippingly off the tongue than their first attempt, They Gene-Spliced Homeslice (Netflix)

Premieres Sunday:

Special Ops: Lioness — An actual U.S. military program inspired this series that casts Zoe Saldaña as an anti-terrorism operative who gets her marching orders from boss Nicole Kidman. Order No. 1: Get out and see a movie in the theater, because we come to that place for magic. (Paramount+)

Premieres Monday:

Futurama — Back again after a 10-year hiccup, Fry and the gang encounter a host of fresh obstacles in Season 11, with new host Hulu promising riffs on “vaccines, bitcoin, cancel culture and streaming TV.” Good to hear there’s Bitcoin in the future, because it sure as hell isn’t an actual thing now. (Hulu)

Jim Gaffigan: Dark Pale — In his 10th standup special, the hard-working comic reflects that having five kids may have been an unwise decision. Cheer up, Jim! There are guys with only three specials who have kids in every city. (Or maybe I’m just making an unfair assumption about Matt Rife.) (Prime Video)

Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine — A documentary about the Unknown Comic? No, you read that too fast, but I understand your disappointment. Instead, the final installment of Unknown depicts the development and use of the James Webb Telescope, our window into the universe. “Hey, Chuckie baby! Did I ever tell you I’ve got a window into your wife? It’s why she calls me the Hard-On Collider!” (Netflix)

They Cloned Tyrone premieres this week | Photo courtesy Netflix

Streaming premieres you won’t want to miss this week.

THREE CHORDS AND THE TRUTH

Austin Lucas returns to Florida in the time of Don’t Say Gay with a night of Against Me! songs

BY MATTHEW MOYER

When this writer last saw Austin Lucas onstage in Orlando, it was as part of The Round-Up tour featuring a cavalcade of queer and gay country artists headlined by the legendary Lavender Country in 2022. The tour was the brainchild of Lucas, and the performer took the stage proudly embracing their own queerness, long hair in pigtails, sporting a cute thrifted dress and smiling beatifically.

“This was my first tour where I was out with other openly queer and gay artists and trans people. And it was so celebratory and exalted because I wanted to create a space where a lot of people had a voice. I also wanted to be able to say, ‘I’m fucking here and I’m queer. And if you don’t like it, I don’t care,’” remembers Lucas. This Saturday night’s show is in many ways the opposite side of that same representational coin. Whereas The Round Up was a celebratory assertion of identity, this new tour feels more urgent, like a dire alarm being sounded. And Lucas’ setlist will be fortified with songs from none other than incendiary punks Against Me!

What began as a lighthearted Twitter exchange between Lucas and Against Me! frontwoman Laura Jane Grace in the pandemic year of 2020 about how Lucas was going to make Reinventing Reinventing Axl Rose (to which Grace replied, “I would love to hear that”), soon spiraled into a livestream, then a frantic two-day recording session, which yielded eight Against Me! covers (the fruits of which will be available on vinyl soonish as Reinventing Against Me!) and now a tour across the South this month.

Though at the time of our conversation, Lucas

only had about three shows from this tour under their belt, they talked about how AM!’s “Black Me Out” is “hitting really fucking hard” onstage nightly. Besides the themes of music industry mistreatment, the song has also — for Lucas — become a parable about how “discourse in the United States has turned so dramatically against queer and trans people.”

“It’s got this message of ‘go fuck yourself’ towards the current climate that has so significantly vilified trans people,” says Lucas.

“And it slaps, and every night it feels right and the way that the crowd responds to it … it’s very cathartic.”

For Lucas, the music of Grace and Against Me! has been a touchstone going back many years. “She’s, in my opinion, one of the great American songwriters,” reflects Lucas.

We ask Lucas how they feel about returning to familiar stages in Florida at the same time as Tallahassee is doing its hateful and dangerous performance art in the form of Don’t Say Gay, anti-trans and anti-drag legislation.

“I thought about whether or not I wanted to go to Florida. And the fact is, I’m not an enormous artist, who is providing something for the economy of Florida by showing up and hosting an arena tour or something like that,” considers Lucas. “I’m telling Florida’s politics to go fuck itself and hopefully providing a safe space for the people who need it who still live there.

“I feel very strongly about being a person who is showing up as a radical queer person for the other radical queer people in Florida.”

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Austin Lucas | Photo by Tiffany Black Darquea

LOCAL RELEASES

As everything on Earth can attest, it’s hot as actual Hell right now. If humankind would only finally fucking get serious about climate change AARRRRRGH. Oh yes, the music. Clearly, we could all use some cooling off.

While not quite a global reversal on humanity’s energy habits, local band Agent Octopus are back with a fresh splash of surf rock. Their brand-new EP, From Atlantis With Love, is easily their most virile work yet and exactly what the local summer playlist was missing.

Befitting its Bond-esque title, From Atlantis With Love is a distinctly more swashbuckling outing. From the opening notes, it’s immediately obvious that this big, flair-filled ride is going to be much more North Shore than Waikiki. Agent Octopus’ classic surf sound is still drawn with clean, clarion lines and golden, sonorous rays. But the guitars here often swap longboard cruising for some hot shortboard shredding. Besides that wicked riff in “Black Sea Reef,” “Silver Surfer: Redemption” goes out in a blaze of glory with fiery Dick Dale-esque licks and pounding timpani drums.

While the record features guest stars like multi-platinum drummer Chuck Sabo and Grammy-nominated cellist Chloe Mendola, the band’s core duo of guitarists Jim Colby and Art Svrjcek are the ones who ably lead this charge. More than just a return, From Atlantis With Love is Agent Octopus’ most resounding case yet to be the area’s best surf band right now. The EP’s out now on Bandcamp, Spotify and Apple Music.

CONCERT PICKS THIS WEEK

Killed by Florida, Antagonizör, Caustic Bats, Tiger Beat: There are myriad reasons to

The classic surf sound of Agent Octopus is drawn with clean, clarion lines and golden, sonorous rays. But the guitars here often swap longboard cruising for some hot shortboard shredding

attend this show, not least of which is to get the DeSantis T-shirt from South Florida punk band Killed by Florida that repurposes The Misfits’ “Bullet” cover art of JFK getting assassinated, only with our governor’s pudge face inserted next to the words “Die DeSantis Die.”

The music, however, will also slay. Besides KBF’s high-velocity hardcore, there will also be Gainesville metal punks Antagonizör, Orlando goth punks Caustic Bats and new Orlando indie-pop act Tiger Beat. Suggested cover is $10, but the price is flexible, so no one will be turned away. Decent. (8 p.m. Friday, July 21, Uncle Lou’s, $10)

Orlando Food Not Bombs Benefit: This one’s locally significant on so many levels. First, it benefits Orlando Food Not Bombs, the local activist group that protests war and poverty by serving surplus-sourced food to those in need. Secondly, and more personally, this show is a celebration and memorial of Orlando punk

activist and musician Eric Montanez, who tragically passed away one year ago.

The native roundup features trad punks

The Palmeranians, dark beat maestro Kurt Rambus, metal speed demons Gnarcoosee, folk punks X Dirty Fingers, garage synth band Hellcat Tendencies and Oi! punks Metropolitan Menace. In addition to cash, the donations-based event will accept staples like canned goods, spices, vegetable oil and bottled water. Come to rock and rally for Eric, the cause and the community. (6 p.m. Saturday, July 22, Uncle Lou’s, donation-based)

Man on Man, Flagman, Stiletto: Man on Man first emerged in the thick of the pandemic in 2021 with an excellent debut album on Polyvinyl. The duo were finally able to tour the next year and were scheduled to play here in one of the most anticipated Orlando debuts in a while. Then, at the 11th hour, it was canceled. Now, they’re finally booked here again and they come packing a second, brand-new and equally great album (Provincetown) of their fuzz-tastic rock.

Man on Man aren’t just incidentally gay; their whole bag as a band is all about being queer. If the name didn’t tip you off, then song titles like “It’s So Fun (To Be Gay)” should have. And on the gay experience, they are effusive, unblinkingly candid and provocatively fun.

MOM is the musical collaboration of IRL couple Roddy Bottum (Faith No More, Imperial Teen) and Joey Holman, a fact that they revel in spectacularly. They’re a real-life couple living their relationship in real time and in really great, sex-positive songs. And they’re finally coming here. (8 p.m. Monday, July 24, Will’s Pub, $15-$20) baolehuu@orlandoweekly.com

Agent Octopus | Photo by Emmie Colby

THURSDAY, JULY 20

Michael Franti & Spearhead

In criminally overlooked early 1990s industrial rap duo Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy, Michael Franti was one of the most literate and angry young men on the alternative scene of the day. Fast-forward to 2023 and Franti is the longtime frontman of a bit more laid-back but every bit as passionate band Spearhead, who deal in a hybridization of reggae and funk and hip-hop. The multi-talented Franti has also subdivided his formidable energies into a plethora of other projects, including running the Soulshine hotel/ entertainment complex in Bali, working in film, podcasting and doing voice-over gigs. But summer has sounded its siren call — though that might also be a heat mirage — and Franti and co. are back out on the road. 3:30 p.m., Apopka Amphitheater, 3710 Jason Dwelley Parkway, Apopka, apopka.gov, $26-$41. — Matthew Moyer

FRIDAY, JULY 21

Bazaar Botanica: The Misfit Exchange

It’s that time of the month again: Bazaar Botanica’s back with its monthly market at Ivanhoe Park Brewing, this time with a theme most likely to please Orlando’s local goth and punk crowd. DJ Hexorcist, who’ll be spinning the best in punk, darkwave, coldwave and goth rock, calls on Orlando to take a step “into the dark, murky depths of night” on Friday for a free night market and dance party featuring more than 20 alternative shops and artisans in Ivanhoe Village. Food and drinks will be available onsite, with free parking located across the street at the Sportsplex lot. Entry is free, but the event is 18+ (and dog-friendly!). 6 p.m., Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co., 1300 Alden Road, bazaarbotanicafair.com, free. —

McKenna Schueler

WWE Friday Night Smackdown

WWE comes through Orlando yet again — this time for a broadcast taping of their Friday night Smackdown show, airing on Fox — and if it seems like they’re a little bigger and buzzier every time they’ve come through post their pandemic “Thunderdome” residency at Amway, you’re not wrong. The Smackdown ratings are currently monstrous, with the July 7 broadcast their highest rated episode in

of the

three years, and the kudos for that can be laid squarely at the feet of Universal champion Roman Reigns and his cohorts Paul Heyman, Jey and Jimmy Uso, and Solo Sikoa for their masterful work in the long-running but consistently compelling Bloodline angle. So you know they’ll be there on Friday. Add to that surging grapplers (or in WWEspeak, “Superstars”) like Austin Theory, Pretty Deadly, Bianca Belair and Edge and baby, you’ve got yourself a stew. Give up, tap out, submit, you have to acknowledge (“me,” as Reigns might say) that this is quality soap opera. 7:45 p.m., Amway Center, 400 W. Church St., amwaycenter.com, $20-$120. — MM

SATURDAY, JULY 22

Orlando Girls Rock Camp Showcase

Orlando Girls Rock Camp, well, rocks. A nonprofit organization dedicated to building self-esteem and leadership skills through music, OGRC every summer finds volunteers — mostly drawn from local bands — teaching girls and non-binary youth ages 8-17 how to play instruments, write songs, collaborate creatively and promote the results. At the end of the weeklong intensive camp, the bands formed take the stage for their first show in front of a paying public — the first of many, one hopes. The camp may last a week, the show an afternoon, but the supportive mentoring and empowerment last a lifetime. Make some noise! 2 p.m., Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park, conduitfl.com, $10. —

Jessica Bryce Young

SUNDAY, JULY 23

Hot in the City Market

This market has grown up alongside the “new” Alchemy Salon — a long-empty midcentury Milk District building remodeled in 2019 — and over the years has found a place in our hearts previously occupied solo by the sui generis Grandma Party Bazaar. This iteration of the roughly twice-a-year Hot in the City is shaping up to be another banger, with tables by crucial local organizations scattered in among the creative vendors. As well as smartly curated vintage and upcycled home goods and clothing, handmade pottery and apothecary goods, locally produced

Sunday: Jinkx Monsoon at Hard Rock Live

PHOTO BY METTIE OSTROWSKI

stu es and coloring books, People’s Free Kitchen will be on hand selling copies of their zine, stickers and patches in support of their mission to feed the unhoused and build farms in underserved communities. Haute junk food provided by Clyde Singleton and Koko Shave Ice; beverages from Guesthouse and Ferocity Co ee; and if this one goes the way they usually do, the number of vendors and tablers will have ballooned by the time this goes to print, so just go see for yourself. 10 a.m., Alchemy Hair Salon, 600 N. Bumby Ave., instagram. com/hotinthecityorl, free. — JBY

Jinkx Monsoon

Two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner and now Broadway star Jinkx Monsoon is putting it all on the line with her spellbinding “Everything at Stake” tour. Monsoon is an American drag queen, actor, singer and comedian who has gained fame for her celebrity impersonations. She is the only drag queen to win Drag Race twice, and when as part of the cast Chicago, she became the first drag queen to perform in a major Broadway production. Her North American tour features a full rock band performing covers along with some of Monsoon’s original music. With five albums to her name, Monsoon’s latest is a planned three-part cycle called The Virgo Odyssey. This “internationally tolerated” superstar is bringing a revolutionary experience to audiences everywhere. 7 p.m., Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd., hardrock.com/live, $52-$256. — Bellanee Plaza

LIVE MUSIC

WEDNESDAY, JULY 19

Domain, Memento., Fixed View, Watts, Miracle 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $12.

Greta Van Fleet Starcatcher Album

Listening Party 7 pm; Park Ave CDs, 2916 Corrine Drive; free; 407-447-7275.

JazzPro Series Presents: Bobby Koelble Quartet 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $20; 407-636-9951.

The Steel Crows, Lady Heroine, Better Place, Caliber 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $10$12; 407-673-2712.

United Groove 9 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

THURSDAY, JULY 20

K-Pop Rave Girl’s Night: DJ MinTea 9 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-673-2712.

Michael Franti and Spearhead 5:30 pm; Apopka Amphitheater, 3710 Jason Dwelley Parkway, Apopka; $26-$41; 407-703-1777.

Solar Flair, Amapøla, Part Time Homies, Midnight Assembly 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $12.

Thursday Night Hang 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-636-9951.

FRIDAY, JULY 21

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, The Starting Line, flor 6 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs,

Lake Buena Vista; $48.50-$101; 407-934-2583.

Flamingos in The Tree, Silver Cup 7:30 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $16.

Gargamel!, One Drop Muzik 8 pm; West End Trading Co., 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; $10; 407-322-7475.

JK and The Contraband 8 pm; Barley and Vine Biergarten, 2406 E. Washington St.; free; 407-664-7756.

Killed by Florida, Antagonizör, Mother Juno, Caustic Bats 9 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $10; 407-270-9104.

NVS 8 pm; Fredster’s, 1720 Fennell St., Maitland; free; 321-444-6331.

Please Understand: Arina Krondeva, Jane.doe, Yugobaby, Joeignorant2.0 9 pm; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; free.

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

Swiftie Set: A Taylor Swift Set 11:30 pm; Howl at the Moon Saloon, 8815 International Drive; $10; 407-354-5999.

Void. Terror. Silence 9 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-673-2712.

SATURDAY, JULY 22

Aloma, Chris and the Chemtrails 8 pm; Austin’s Coffee, 929 W.

Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-975-3364.

Austin Lucas, Have Gun, Will Travel, Really Fast Horses 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $12.

The C-Side: Sundown Sessions 7 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Electric Xperience 8 pm; Fredster’s, 1720 Fennell St., Maitland; free; 321-444-6331.

Emo/Pop Punk Night: Deserted Will 8 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $10; 407-673-2712.

ESN: Evolution Presents: The Glitch Mob, IT HZ (Chee x Jon Casey) OAKK 8:45 pm; Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4603 W. Colonial Drive; $30; 407-295-3247.

Flash and The River Rats 9 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Heavy Hitter, Demsfightinwords, Pieced Up, Endbringer, Yosemite In Black, Spine Eater, Torcher 5:30 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-673-2712.

Martin Ikin 8 pm; Elixir, 9 W. Washington St.; $10-$20; 407-985-3507.

Noah Hicks, Tylynn Allen 7 pm; Tuffy’s Music Box, 200 Myrtle Ave., Sanford; $15-$160; 323-208-2141.

Orlando Girls Rock Camp Camper Showcase 2 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $10-$30; 407-673-2712.

Sage., Twin Suns, Take Lead 8 pm; Iron Cow, 2438 E. Robinson St.; $12-$15.

Summer Serenade: Woodwinds 6 pm; Bok Tower Gardens, 1151 Tower Blvd., Lake Wales; $25-$35; 863-676-1408.

Summer Spectacular Concert Series: Don Felder 6 pm; SeaWorld Nautilus Theater, 7007 SeaWorld Drive; $134.99-$297.97.

The Summoning: Wuhhappen, Xpdiva, Inmyinterweb, Aboyizagun, Say, Earthlover 9 pm; West Orlando Suites, 4439 Old Winter Garden Road; $10-$15.

Suzy Park Quartet 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $25-$35; 407-636-9951.

Voodoo Glow Skulls, Less Than Jake, Devon Kay and the Solutions 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $26.50-$70; 407-934-2583.

SUNDAY, JULY 23

Fleur Shore 6 pm; Elixir, 9 W. Washington St.; $10; 407-985-3507.

Jayo 10 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Neverless, Burned Out, The Years After, Holding On For Dear Life 7 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $5; 407-270-9104.

Overkill, Exhorder, Heathen 6 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $27-$75; 407-934-2583.

Pool Kids, Sydney Sprague, Chase Petra 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $18-$20.

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

Summer Spectacular Concert Series: Rodney Atkins 6 pm; SeaWorld Nautilus Theater, 7007 SeaWorld Drive; $134.99-$297.97.

Thrull, Trash World, Second Impact, Throwin Up 7 pm; house show, DM for address: instagram. com/trashworldfl; $10.

MONDAY, JULY 24

Dverse Music Fest 8 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $88.25-$122.25; 407-934-2583.

Kaleigh Baker 7 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

TUESDAY, JULY 25

DoXy, Wave Coast 7:30 pm; Stardust Video and Coffee, 1842 E. Winter Park Road; 407-623-3393.

Fall Out Boy, Bring Me The Horizon, Royal and the Serpent, Carr 6:30 pm; MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Florida State Fairgrounds, Tampa; $50-$169; 813-740-2446.

Matt Lapham and Friends 9 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

THEATER

54 A re-imagination of the iconic nightclub of the 1970s. A 360-degree experience featuring live music, dancing, and high-end cocktails. 8:45 pm Saturday; Renaissance Theatre Co., 415 E. Princeton St.; $40-$250; rentheatre.com.

54 After-Hours 10:30 pm Saturday; Renaissance Theatre Co., 415 E. Princeton St.; $25-$250; rentheatre.com.

Dreamgirls Meet the Dreams, three young and talented singers of color in the revolutionary 1960s. Through Aug. 6; Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden; $30-$59; 407-877-4736; gardentheatre.org.

Jimmy Buffet’s Escape to Margaritaville

The perfect mini-vacation for your tropical-lovin’ heart. Through Aug. 6; Athens Theatre, 124 N. Florida Ave., DeLand; $30-$35; 386-736-1500; athensdeland.com.

Mass Appeal A drama laced with comedy focusing on the conflict between a complacent Roman

Catholic pastor and an idealistic young seminarian. 8 pm Saturday-Sunday; Savoy Orlando, 1913 N. Orange Ave.; $20-$27; savoyorlando.com.

Spring Awakening: A Benefit Concert Rock out to reimagined versions of the incredible Tony award-winning songs. 8 pm Friday-Saturday, 3 pm Sunday; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $15$40; 407-613-2991; newgentheatrical.org.

Xanadu A struggling artist is searching for inspiration when a beautiful Greek muse descends from Mount Olympus and encourages him to build the world’s greatest creation — a roller disco! Through Aug. 6; Osceola Center for the Arts, 2411 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee; 407-846-6257; osceolaarts.org.

COMEDY

George Lopez “OMG Hi! Comedy Tour.” 7 pm Friday; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $60.50-$75.50; 407-351-5483; hardrock.com.

Jinkx Monsoon “Everything at Stake Tour.”Sunday 7 pm; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; 407-351-5483; age 18+; $52-$256; hardrock.com/live.

What Do You Want From Us?! Stand-up comedy show directed by you, the viewer, via anonymous real-time voting to determine the content. Saturday 9 pm; Bull and Bush, 2408 E. Robinson St.; $10; 407-896-7546; facebook.com/elross.

EVENTS

9th Annual Putt N’ Pour Pub Crawl Part pub crawl, part mini golf tournament and all fun. Noon Saturday; Thornton Park District, 10 N. Summerlin Ave.; $15-$20; thorntonparkdistrict.com.

Campfire Come share your stories, poetry, art, puppetry, music, anecdotes, whatever you’ve got to pass around. 7 pm Wednesday; Unfurl Collective, 115 N. Laurel Ave., Sanford; 407-4530331; facebook.com/unfurlcollective.

Bowling for Rollers Fun-raiser for individuals with disabilities, their families, friends and caregivers to come together and enjoy a fun-filled day of bowling and camaraderie. 3 pm Sunday; Boardwalk Bowl Entertainment Center, 10749 E. Colonial Drive; $18; 888-265-4890; goscin.org.

Hot in the City 10 am Sunday; Alchemy Hair Salon, 600 N. Bumby Ave.; 407-650-8022; instagram.com/hotinthecityorl.

Local Author Festival Meet and greet local authors from a variety of genres will share their experiences and books. Each author will have books available for purchase and signing. 2 pm Sunday; Orlando Public Library, 101 E. Central Blvd.; free; 407-835-7323; attend.ocls.info.

WWE Friday Night SmackDown 7:45 pm Friday; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $20$120; 800-745-3000; amwaycenter.com.

BY ROB BREZSNY

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The sometimes overly clever author Oscar Wilde said, “When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.” I reject that warped view of reality and assure you it will have no bearing on your life in the coming weeks. If you formulate your prayers with care and discernment, they will lead you to rewards, not problems. Maybe not the exact rewards you imagined, but still close to your hopes and helpful in the next chapter of your life story. (P.S.: No sloppy, lazy, careless prayers, please. Be precise and clear.)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Leo theologian Bernard McGinn defines mysticism as “the consciousness of the immediate presence of God.” In other words, people having a mystic experience are filled with a visceral sensation of the divine intelligence. It’s not just an idea or concept; it’s a deeply felt communion infused with intimate tenderness. You Leos will be more likely than usual to have such contact in the coming weeks — if you want it. If you don’t want it, or don’t believe it’s real, or don’t think it’s possible, well, then, you can of course resist it. But why not give it a whirl? There’s nothing to lose, and it could be fun.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Here’s a parable for you. Once upon a time, there was a woman who could read the future in the night sky. She regarded the planets and stars as her divine informants. On one moonless evening, she took a walk down a dirt road near her home. It was so dark she could barely see two feet ahead of her. Oops! She should have brought a flashlight. Lost in wonder, she gazed up at the heavenly bodies, watching and listening for revelations they might have for her. Then one of the lights, the planet Saturn, whispered, “Stop and look down, friend.” The woman turned her eyes from the sky to the ground just in time to find she was two strides away from stepping into a deep, muddy hole. What’s the moral of the tale? Here are some possibilities. No. 1: Sometimes the heights provide useful information about the depths. No. 2: Soaring visions may help you tune in to practical details. No. 3: To become aware of important facts you’ve overlooked in your daily rhythm, consult your higher mind.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A Libran writer I know received many rejection notices when he launched his career. I was amazed at how undaunted he was. In fact, he was the opposite of daunted. He taped copies of his rejection notices to his bedroom wall. Seeing the evidence of his failures motivated him. It drove him to improve his writing and churn out even more articles. It fueled his search for a wider array of publications that might

host his work. During the fourth year of this approach, luck and fate turned in his favor. Within the next eight months, 12 of his pieces appeared in print. My muses tell me, Libra, that you need to hear this story right now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The cartoon character Bart Simpson is one of the stars of The Simpsons animated TV show. According to him, “Life is a paradox. You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.” While that principle may sometimes be true, I believe you will be exempt from it in the coming weeks. In fact, I suspect you will be as free as it’s possible for a human to be of grueling contradictions, frustrating oppositions, clashing truths and paralyzing contraries. There’s a good chance you will also outwit and avoid annoying incongruities and silly arguments. Congratulations in advance, Scorpio! Take full advantage of this phase of simple clarity.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The dragon has appeared in the myths and legends of many cultures. Europe, China and Mesoamerica are just a few places where the fire-breathing flying reptiles have fascinated the human imagination. In some traditions, they are dangerous and predatory. In China, though, they have been harbingers of good fortune and symbols of great power. Emperors claimed the dragon as their special emblem. In assigning the dragon to be your soul creature, Sagittarius, I am drawing from Chinese lore. What would you like to accomplish that would benefit from you having access to fierce, dynamic, indomitable energy? Call on the dragon for help and power.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “There is a world of people who will love you for who you are,” writes author Cheryl Strayed. “A whole, vibrant, fucked-up, happy, conflicted, joyous and depressed mass of people.” In the coming months, one of your prime tasks is to specialize in communing with these folks. Make it your intention to surround yourself more and more with interesting, imperfect, ever-changing life-lovers who appreciate you for exactly who you are — and who inspire you to grow more and more into the full idiosyncratic glory of your authentic self.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): What psychic or prophet is most popular with A-list celebrities? I can assure you it’s not me. Few of my millions of readers are world-famous. What about the planet’s most scientifically accurate astrologer? Who might that be? It ain’t me. I don’t regard astrology as a science, and I mistrust those who say it is. In my view, astrology is a mythopoetic language and psychospiritual system that

nurtures our souls and helps liberate us from our conditioning. We shouldn’t try to get “scientifically accurate” information from it. Now I encourage you to do what I just did, Aquarius. Have fun telling people who you are not, what you don’t believe in, and which goals you aren’t interested in pursuing.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): To come up with your astrological reports, I study the positions of the sun, moon and planets in relation to your sign. That’s the technical part of the work, the framework within which I unleash my intuition and imagination. To augment this work, I meditate and pray, asking higher powers to guide me in providing useful information for you. I often consult books written by my favorite astrology writers. (I’m currently reading Steven Forrest’s The Elements Series.) I also ask my deep mind to slip me info that might not be accounted for by traditional factors. How about you, Pisces? How do you do the work that you love and care about? Now is a good time to take inventory and make necessary adjustments.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your deep psyche will soon well up with extra creativity and fertility. I hope you will eagerly tap into these gifts. You should assume that you will be more imaginative and ingenious than usual. You will have an enhanced ability to solve problems with vigor and flair. In what areas of your life would you love to gently erupt with a burst of reinvention? Which of your habits might benefit from being cheerfully disrupted? Give yourself permission to change whatever bores you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): My teacher Paul Foster Case said the color yellow is midway between warm, exciting red and cool, calming blue. “Yellow has an equilibrating influence,” he wrote. “It stimulates the finer functions of the brain, is of assistance in developing alertness and discrimination, and helps to establish emotional balance.” According to my astrological analysis, Taurus, you should emphasize this hue in the coming days. If you call on yellow to help strengthen the qualities Case describes, you will place yourself in sweet alignment with cosmic rhythms.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Because I enjoy joking with you, I am slightly tempted right now to give you one of the following nicknames: Fidgety, Twitch, Jittery, Quivers or Shakes. But I will take a more serious tack. Let’s instead see if we can influence you to slow down, stabilize your rhythm, get really steady and secure, and stand strong in your foundational power spot. Would you consider adopting any of the following nicknames? Anchor, Unshakeable, Sturdy, Rock Solid, Staunch, Steadfast, Resolute.

‘FIRST TRAP’

BY DAN SAVAGE

I’m a 25-year-old woman who has never been in a relationship. As a consequence, I’ve never kissed anyone and obviously never had sex. I’m not from a conservative family and sex has never been a taboo for me — however, as a teenager, I disliked my body, I’ve always been shy and introverted, and I felt awkward interacting with the opposite sex. At 22, when I finally felt ready to date, the pandemic started. Now, it has been three years and my life isn’t going the way I was expecting it to when I was younger. I’m dealing with mental health issues, and I lost whatever confidence I had in my early 20s.

As I’m getting and feeling older, I’m anxious and desperate about this situation. Irrationally, I think that I’m the only 25-year-old in the world who’s still a virgin and I’m extremely ashamed of this. I’m worried that I’m missing a lot of opportunities and that later on I’m going to regret this. At this point, I don’t mind the idea of meeting someone through a dating app and having disinterested sex (I’m not looking for a serious relationship), but I’m worried that my potential partner might notice that I’m completely inexperienced. At this point I feel like that I will never have the chance to be intimate with someone.

My questions:

No. 1: Should I tell them?

No. 2: Should I look for someone older and more sympathetic of my situation?

No. 3: Are dating apps the only solution?

No. 4: I generally feel more attracted to

men once I get to know them. How long can I reasonably ask someone who is looking for something casual to wait?

No. 5: Anything else I should know?

This Desperate Girl

My answers:

No. 1: Yes, you should tell them.

I know, I know: the thought of telling someone you’re inexperienced before having sex for the first time fills you with anxiety. But you know what will cause you more anxiety? Worrying that someone — your first someone — is going to realize you’re inexperienced before he can fill you with his dick. Now, you’re still going to feel anxious when you have sex for the first time; a lot of people feel anxious about sex the hundredth time. But pretending you’re someone or something you’re not — pretending you’ve done this a hundred times already — is going to make you feel more anxious in the moment than you need to or should. Also, being honest about your inexperience will simultaneously decrease your chances of winding up in bed with someone who wouldn’t want to be with an inexperienced partner and increase your chances of winding up in bed with someone who will be patient and understanding.

No. 2: The right person, i.e., the more sympathetic person, might be older (by a little or a lot), he might be younger (by a little or a lot) or he might be close to your own age (by hours or days or weeks).

You’re not looking for the right number, TDG, you’re looking for the right guy. Someone you feel comfortable being honest with, someone who’s willing to invest a little time getting to know you and, most importantly, someone who regards your inexperience as a responsibility. Not a burden, not an opportunity, but a responsibility.

Some guys won’t want that responsibility; they’re the wrong guys for you. Some guys won’t be willing to get to know you; they’re the wrong guys for you. Don’t think of guys who pass or even ghost as having rejected you, TDG — think of them as having done you a favor. If the wrong guys get out of your way, TDG, the right guy (or guys) will get your attention.

No. 3: Most people — mildly experienced, moderately inexperienced, severely experienced — meet on dating apps these days.

According to the Pew Research Center, one in five partnered adults under the age of 30 met their partners or spouses online. Pew doesn’t have a stat for people who met their last hookup online, but if one in five people your own age met their committed romantic partners online — and one in 10 of all partnered adults met their committed romantic partners online (according to the same study) — then we can safely say that one in way more than five people your age met their last (or first!) hookup online. Get on the dating apps.

No. 4: We’re in the midst of a sex recession.

According to a study conducted by Indiana University — a study conducted just before the pandemic — one in three men between the ages of 18 and 24 hasn’t had sex in the past year; according to a study conducted by New York University in 2022, 34 percent of young women are single and 63 percent of young men are single.

Now, some of those single men are unfuck-

able hate nerds, as comedian Marc Maron famously described them (think guys sitting in front of their computers all day, watching porn, playing video games and attacking women), but they’re not all unfuckable hate nerds.

Some of these guys have histories similar to your own: They were shy, slow to launch and then the pandemic hit. Which means there are lots of men out there, including millions of men close to your own age, who are just as inexperienced as you are. So, instead of being something that complicates your ability to connect with the right guy (or guys), TDG, your inexperience could be something that helps you connect.

Don’t put “inexperienced and terrified!” in your profile — don’t lead with it — because that could attract the attention of guys seeking to leverage your inexperience against you. No, this is something you’ll want to share with a guy you’ve been texting with for a bit and have a good feeling about. Meet up for a quick coffee in a public place, TDG, and have un-cancellable plans immediately after your date.

If the guy passes the vibe check — if he doesn’t come across like an unfuckable hate nerd, if he resembles his photos and if he doesn’t try to pressure you to cancel the plans you made for after your coffee date — tell him you’re interested in seeing him again and that you’re a pandemic virgin. There’s a pretty good chance he’ll be one too.

No. 5: You’re telling these guys one thing they need to know about you — you’re inexperienced — but their reaction will tell you everything you need to know about them.

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Sims: Household goods; Francisco Colon: Truck and trailer Store 1333: 13125 S. John Young Pkwy, Orlando FL. 32837, 407.516.7005 @ 10:00 AM: Cortney Younghome items, Nydia Caraballo-boxes/ documents, Tonya Williams-home items, Edwin Perez-gym bags,totes,box, Milena Cuadra-home items, Kevin Howard-home items, Brenna Conway-home items. Store 1334: 5603 Metrowest Blvd Orlando FL, 32811 407.5167751 @ 12:00PM: Antony Lee Wilkins: Music equipment; Cameo Ellis: Boxes, furniture; Felicia Redden: household goods; Jimmy Chavez-Capen: building materials; Johnee Thompson: 1 bed, 1 couch, end tables, clothing, shoes, business products; Keyundra Johnson:

household goods; Kim Longley: luggage, clothes, bins, boxes, desk; Lashawnta Harris: Living room set; Lucretia Johnson: household items; Stanley Pierre: household goods Store 1335: 1101 Marshall farms rd Orlando ,fl 34761 407.516.7221@ 12:00pm: Desmond Willis-Hand tools, power tools, tool boxes,bags, Desmond Willis-Hand tools, power tools, toolboxes, bags. Building generations of hope-Chair, Tv, bags, bicycle, boxes, clothes, file. Todd Schlott-tv, mattress, ladder, lawn mower. Store 8753: 540 Cypress Pky, Poinciana, FL 34759, 863.240.0879 @ 12:45 PM- Tiffany Estrella Bins, Boxes, Rudolph Williams Household items, Anthony Lewis Household items, Shanice Morales Household items, Quentin Brown Household items, Luz Rosa Clothes, Shoes, TV, Ruby Andrew Boxes, Personal items Store 7057: 13597 S. Orange Ave Orlando FL 32824, 407.910.2087 @ 10:30

AM- Diana Blandon: household itemsShelby Negron: king bedroom set boxes with clothes- Tameka Davis: 3 bedroom set, mattress, boxes, electronics, Tv, pictures- Kyle Alonzo: household items. Store 7143: 6035 Sand Lake Vista Dr, Orlando FL 32819, 407.337.6665 @ 11:00 AM: Kavita Lutchmedial- furniture, Susan ReussHousehold items, Gardy Ovide- Furniture, Nikeria Newberry- Clothes, shoes Store 8460: 4390 Pleasant Hill Rd Kissimmee FL 34746 (407) 429-8867 @12:15 PM: Jerime Jessette Cordero Alvarez- Housegoods; VELANDE SEIDE- Household Items; Juan Velez Mosquea- bedroom set; Jennifer Logan- Baby stuff; Christopher UmanaCar parts; Helena Perry- boxes, bedding, fridge, bar, appliances, clothing, misc items; Zico Muller- Boxes; Emma PereiraOne bedroom fully furnished Store 8136: 3501 S. Orange Blossom Trail Orlando FL 32839 407.488.9093 @12:00PM: Autumn Dycus-Household items ,Boxes:John Keedy-Clothes ,Boxes ,Household Appliances:Donald Dixon-Household items, Boxes,:Johnny Taylor-Clear boxed shoe racks ,Furniture,Pictures:Christopher Henderson-Tools ,Appliances,Boxes: Tiffany Matondo- Furniture,Household Appliances ,boxes,Dressers:Ricketta D.Johnson-Clothes ,Bed,Boxes,Personal Items. Store 8612: 1150 Brand Ln Kissimmee FL 34744, 407.414.5303@ 12:30PM: Mary Vargas- furniture, boxes, tools; Jonathan Toro Alvarado- pallet jacks and tools; Olga Cruz- boxes & bags, toys, clothes, tv; NICHOLE WOON- Furniture, holiday decorations; Timothy Mcmiller- one bedroom home. Store 7306: 408 N. Primrose Drive Orlando, FL 32803 321.285.5021@ 12:15PM: Aviana Sims- Appliances, furniture. Store 8778: 3820 S Orange Ave Orlando FL 32806, 321-270-3440 @ 1:00 pm. Norma Stringer household items/ Christina Marie Griffin-Eichelberger Household items/ Geo Alzugaray Household items clothes/ alexis exume household items, Boxes/ Brandon Sanchez Furniture, Boxes, Collectibles. Store 8931 3280 Vineland Rd Kissimmee FL 34746, 407.720.7424 @ 1:30 PM: Shaton Ray boxes & shelves, Jahkiah Hicks suitecase, Vanessa Martinez Tv stand, tables, chairs & household items, asia allen boxes and small stuff, Odai Nabut Furniture and personal items, Kevin Perry furniture. Store 7420: 800 Beard Rd Winter Garden FL, 34787, 407.551.6985 @ 12:00PM: Armani Frazier, exercise equipment, weight set, dining table, mattress, box spring , bed frame. tv. Totes. Store 7590: 7360 Sandlake Rd Orlando FL, 32819 , 407.634.4449 @ 11:45AM: Fabiano Dantad- Boxes, electronics, household items; Marie Jean-Baptiste- clothes, bags; Lavail Lanier-toys, household items, electronics; Sherry Andrede- Boxes,

clothes, microwave, misc items; Toni Smith- washer, dryer, totes, clothes; Jeffrey Lee- Furniture, chair, boxes; Amy Maza- day bed, chair, boxes; Nazneen Chowdhury- 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.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. JUVENILE DIVISION: 3/TYNAN CASE NO: DP22-271 IN THE INTEREST OF MINOR CHILD: A.T. DOB: 05/13/2022. NOTICE OF ACTION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS

STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Keara Thompson (Address Unknown). 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 Honorable Circuit Judge Greg A. Tynan on August 23, 2023 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. The Hearing will be conducted in person. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT 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 26th day of June, 2023. This summons has been issued at the request of: Stacy McDuffie, Esq., Florida Bar No.: 0056020 Senior Attorney for State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, Children’s Legal Services/ DCF Stacy.McDuffie@myflfamilies.com.

By: /s/ CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, Deputy Clerk (Court Seal)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. DIVISION: 7/HIGBEE, CASE NO.: DP20-430 In the Interest of: J.S. DOB: 05/23/2018, S.S. DOB: 04/22/2019, minor children. NOTICE OF ACTION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA. TO: DEMARIO SLAUGHTER, ADDRESS UNKNOWN WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the abovereferenced children, you are hereby commanded to appear on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. before the Honorable Judge Heather Higbee, Juvenile Division, Courtroom 6, at the Orange County Juvenile Justice Courthouse, located at 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS OF THIS CHILD (OR CHILDREN).

IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE NAMED IN THIS NOTICE. WITNESS my hand and seal of this court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 5th day of July, 2023. This summons has been issued

at the request of: Cynthia J. Rodriguez, Esquire, Florida Bar No. 1026123 Children’s Legal Services,400 West Robinson Street, Suite S192, Orlando, Florida 32801 Cell 407-353-2480, Office 407-563-2307 cynthia. rodriguez4@myflfamilies.com. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal)

Notice of Public Auction for monies due on storage units located at U-Haul company facilities. Storage locations are listed below. All goods are household contents or miscellaneous and recovered goods. All auctions are hold to satisfy owner’s lien for rent and fees in accordance with Florida Statutes, Self-Storage Act, Sections 83.806 and 83.807. The auction will start at 8:00 a.m. on August 3rd, 2023 and will continue until all locations are done. U-Haul Moving and Storage at Maitland Blvd, 7815 North Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32810; D58 Donna Hipp $448.40, AA3772A

RENEE SMITH $5,716.40, AA0952C JAY

STRANGE $1,144.50, C22 Shakira Scott $567.45, O121 Gregory Jackson $882.80, U94 MAURICE MATTHEW $281.20, D19

Zyiah Godfrey $485.30, C43 Ashley Rogers $715.80, D23 Sara SInger $593.90, C63

Ashley Houston $925.10, C08 Zyiah

Godfrey $604.70, U100 Naya Banks

$281.20, L70 Zyiah Godfrey $802.60, C54 Karen Nau $676.10 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Altamonte Springs, 598 West Highway 436, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714; AA2269G ANDREW ONJUKKA

$1,202.75, 829070Patrick Sullivan $2,451.27, 829070Cresta Pillsbury $1,202.75, 829070Michael Kachinski $828.50 U-Haul

Moving and Storage at Semoran Blvd, 2055 State Rd 436, Winter Park, Fl 32792; 1070 Stephanie Follett $431.30, 1155

Brittany smith $398.24 U-Haul Moving and Storage at Longwood, 650 North Ronald Reagan Blvd, Longwood, FL 32750;

B078 BEN MAGALDINO $750.62, B023

LADAJAH RENE $703.76, E012 Lincoln

Taylor $399.28, B035 Marcus Fisher

$432.20, B062 JENNIFER COATES $399.35, A074 madelyn perez $383.36, B068

Naiovi Rodriguez $549.60, E065 gregory

mcmillan $455.15, E064 Kirk Sapp $484.48, A031 SHATOYA SMITH $703.76 U-Haul

Moving and Storage at Lake Mary Blvd, 3851 S Orlando Drive, Sanford, Fl 32773; 1261 SHELTON JACOCKS $545.81, 2026

OLEANDER CSISKO $510.60, 1430 raejean

Deloach $327.35, 1728 Kimberely Alley

$295.40, 1075 Anastacia Davis $591.05, 1405 Rondald Reinhardt $543.11 U-Haul

Moving & Storage of Sanford, 3101 S Orlando Drive, Sanford, FL 32773; 1833 debra stallworth $504.05, AA4123G John Williams $439.25, 0129 FRANK MARTIN

$597.28, AB1319D Thomas Bryant $305.60, AA7935N Sandra Hudson $626.40, AB4700C Sandra Hudson $578.30, 1702

Damon Conner $436.56, 1285 Kimberly Taylor $264.41, 1190 Denise Green

$264.41, AB6034A Thomas Bryant $385.80, AA3174D John Williams $439.25, AA8207K

Chimere Bright $626.40, AB0436C Sandra Hudson $578.30, AA1848R Majorie James

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$276.88, AA6622H Oscar Hayes $706.70, 1996 Jaslynn Estrella $619.80, AB1247A

Jami Rodriguez $451.00, 1767 Ronald Kelly

$360.26, AA5250M Oscar Hayes $706.70, 1279 Georgina Hernandez $458.68, 0159

Kerry Davis $554.68, AA5924R Sandra Hudson $626.40 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Sanford on Rinehart Road, 1811 Rinehart Road, Sanford, Fl 32771; 3177 Sean Kirlew $836.12, 3037 Sarah Ammon $557.54.

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 of Kissimmee 2629 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial HWY 08/03/2023: 2314 Brooklyn

Grant, 3124 Danielle Simon, AA3298K Danielle Bauza, 1010 Normane Johnson, 2363 Kaishla Candelario Alvarado, AA1589N Danielle Simon, 2124 Ramon Rivera, 1036 Felix Brito, 1035 Alexus Pettiford. U-Haul of Gatorland 14651 Gatorland Dr. 08/03/2023: 723 Jennifer Mata, 1078 Sadie Wilber, 356 Brunilda Beaz, 705 Markiva Grant, 434 Angela Pierson, 341 Rafael Velazquez Manzano, 891 Hector Claudio, 210 Jorge Merced, 914 Jennifer Mata, 527 Michael Zurita, 319 Peggy Villalona, 368 John Eustace, 500 Giordano Abreu Nunez. U-Haul of Lake Nona 7800 Narcoossee Rd 08/03/2023: 3191-93 Taylor Hamby, 1220 Eric Rogers, 1061 Wanda Adorno, 2158 Steven Bross, 3150 Joseph Duval, 3214 Maria Serrano, 3195 Oriana Alfaro, 3397 Rigoberto Vivas, 3218 Francisco Rodriguez, 3261 Kellie Coley, 1229 Lakeisha Choice, AA2472F Christopher Luckando, AA1903G Christopher Luchando, AA6815C Christopher Luckando, 3442 Bridget Cashman, 1400 Marcus Anderson, 2221 Monica Fukushima, 3128 Raquel Ruiz, 3183 Paula Hazlett, 2386 Nydia Alvarado, 1067 Katherine Sedan, 1189 Jorrell Logan. U-Haul of Hunters Creek 13301 S. Orange Blossom Trl 08/03/2023: AA6483R Catherine Black, 3166 Danny Rodriguez, 1720 Carolina Castillo, 1244 Yamayra Velazquez-Ortiz, 2145 Luis Duran. 1069 Yendis Munguia, 3168 Star Breedlove-Biggers, 3125 Anthony Brown.

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.

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Legal, Public Notices

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, August 1, 2023 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: 11 Terence Clay / Clay Enterprise

20 Landon Shell Mackey Personal Mini Storage Forsyth-2875 Forsyth Rd Winter Park FL, 32792-at 10:00 am: 367 Adrian

Ellis 401 Yvette Rivera 445 Jordan Taylor

488 Caitlynn Christensen Personal Mini Storage West-4600 Old Winter Garden Rd Orlando, FL 32811-at 11:30 am: 105

Antonie Nicolae 161 Yolanda Jones 178

Chatara Battles 245 Ernst Louis 307 Ali

Daneshpour 310 Ramnarine Mohabir 313

Tammi Jones 330 Loretta Delores Jenkins

350 Marie Desir 386 Jean Sergeline 427

Nadege Jourdan 521 Jessica Pettigrew

525 Champaighnia Shambriah Horice

533 Adrian Collins 591 Shyrl Denise

Williams 726 Hair on Site - Mojorya

Pascal Personal Mini Storage Lake

Fairview-4252 N Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, FL 32804-at 11:00 am: 89 Charity

Estelle 603 Angellia Walker Personal Mini Storage Edgewater-6325 Edgewater Dr Orlando, FL 32810-at 11:30 am: 0128 Daniel

Sanchious 0208 Latashier Collier 0716

Kenneth Marson 0915 James Owens 0932

Sharon Mckinnie 0944 Kenneth Macdon-

ald Jr. 1403 Cornile Smith 1733 Alayna

Peterson Personal Mini Storage Forest City Rd-6550 Forest City Rd Orlando, FL

32810-at 12:00 pm: 1021 Jessica Montoya

Castro 1086 Ylonda Barnes, SouloSista

Cre8tions 1093 Lashane Roger 1098

Sandra Rivera 1121 Porchsa Miller 3033

Sabrina Maddox 3130 Teofilo Oscanoa

Leon 3158 Audrey Bowden 3179 Tasha

James 3204 Beverly Campbell 3232 LC

Gibbs, Jr. 3234 Betty Clark 3244 Charmaine

Jackson 4048 Shanice Robinson 4053

Victor Hernandez 7103 Mhichel Felucien 7105 Evelyn Jackson.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE

To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Retail Sales, LLC will sell at public lien sale on July 27, 2023, the personal property in the below-listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 9:30AM and continue until all units are sold. The lien sale is to be held at the online auction website, www. storagetreasures.com, where indicated. For online lien sales, bids will be accepted until 2 hours after the time of the sale specified. PUBLIC STORAGE # 07001, 900

S Kirkman Road, Orlando, FL 32811, (407) 986-7703 Time: 09:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 1102Williams, Tarques; 1103 - Borders, Kayle; 1204 - Brown, Marquis; 1303 - Jackson, Genise; 1405 - Robinson, Tawana; 1407 -

Sheree, Tawana; 1418 - Johnson, Jerlin; 1505 - Winters, Ladaja; 1603 - Martinez, Gizehl; 1611 - Louis, Lenncy; 2115 - Gaines, Pirscilla; 2202 - Stewart, Preston; 2207Mcarthy, Travis; 2307 - Mitchell, Jayvon; 2415 - Lopez, Claudia; 2512 - Brown, Ahyanna; 2527 - Mierzejewski, Natasha; 2602 - Ansley, Monett; 2608 - Cowell, Okenio; 3114 - Stringer, Ahnyah; 3122 - Borden Doctor, Toni; 3210 - WASHINGTON, La'Shawn; 3512 - Mccaskill, Kelly; 3524 - Johnson, William; 4108 - Deloatch, Lamond; 4124 - Ortiz, Dontae; 4126 - Jackson, Charlene; 4212 - Manigat, Gregory; 4309 - Stephens, Gloria; 7114 - Vainer, Emanuel; 7117 - Dangerfield, Amber; 8111 - Saint, Elnade; 8114 - Johnson, Imoni; 8122 - Walcott, Noreen; 8123 - Morris, DiAna PUBLIC STORAGE # 07031, 1355 State Road 436, Casselberry, FL 32707, (407) 574-4516 Time: 09:45 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com

2218 - Puckett, Shirley; 2531 - Henderson, Christine; 2701 - Geffrard, Jannet; 3103

- CROCKETT, BRITTNEY; 3231 - Iglesias, Thalia; 3523 - Phifer, RYON PUBLIC STOR-

AGE # 08327, 5602 Raleigh St, Orlando, FL 32811, (407) 930-4816 Time: 10:00 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com.

0006 - Bailey, Astley; 0026 - Jones, Sierra; 0055 - Mena, Moraima; 0062 - Mack, Takira; 0071 - law, Sidney; 0077 - Bean, Willie; 0098 - Gibson, Susan; 0109 - Lewis, Natalie; 0191 - Ray, Lamar; 0212 - Wilson, Quincy; 0240 - Miller, Andre; 0265 - pierre, Sergot; 0269 - Ferreira, Derick; 0270Hodges, Gladys; 0279 - Rials, Linda; 0291

- Giles, Jasmine; 0299 - Gibson, Susan; 0300 - Codallo, Alfonso; 0327 - Bridges, Derek; 0329 - Anderson, Deandre; 0344

- Chapman, Jamarr; 0393 - Paramore, Terrill; 0407 - figueroa, Kelly; 0442 - Berry, Mirlande; 0459 - Logan, Christopher; 0481 - wlliam, oquendo; 0496 - Percell, Jeff; 0508 - Dale, Valana; 0512 - Blake, Tayari; 0539 - Mccants, Jeffrey PUBLIC STORAGE

# 08723, 1241 S Orlando Ave, Maitland, FL 32751, (407) 495-1863 Time: 10:15 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com

0052 - Augustine, Rain; 0457 - Dennis, Wayne PUBLIC STORAGE # 08753, 4508 S Vineland Road, Orlando, FL 32811, (407) 734-0681 Time: 10:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com

0101 - Harrell, Adrieana; 0123 - runyan, Koree; 0322 - Manning, Rodney; 0502Johnson, William; 0509 - perry, Joshua; 0522 - Barber, Richard; 0703 - law, sidney; 0824 - Vazquez, Lizbeth; 0834 - Flukers, Tarnecia; 0905 - Whitlock, Orestes; 1003 - Brizard, Alnatas; 1005 - Hayes, Omega; 1130 - Rawls-graham, Dequicia; 1206 - Rosado, Antonio; 1220 - Harland, Emma; 1222 - Rawls-graham, Dequicia; 1316 - Hutchison, CoCintheane PUBLIC STORAGE # 08762, 1023 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL 32803, (407) 505-7981 Time: 10:45 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures. com. 1022 - Fuller, Carson; 1135 - burke, nekisha; 3002 - Morales, Stephaney; 3023 - COLON, JESUS; 4064 - Valdes, Jessica PUBLIC STORAGE # 08767, 1842 W Fairbanks Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789, (407) 494-2918 Time: 11:00 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures. com. 3028 - Fuller, Sue; 3163 - Amos, Carl PUBLIC STORAGE # 08769, 653 Maguire Blvd, Orlando, FL 32803, (407) 955-4627

Time: 11:15 AM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. 0201 - Rath, Mark; 0204 - Rath, Mark; 1029 - Xiao, Yu; 1037 - Moor, Meagan; 2117 - Terry, Kathy; 3045 - Wright, David; 3143 - Schwalb, Philip PUBLIC STORAGE # 20136, 3900 W Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32808, (407) 374-5979 Time: 11:30 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. A022Green, Anthony; A023 - Cedieu, Joseph;

A030 - Wattree, Monique; A043 - Robbins, Ashley; B001 - Peterson, Anthony; B039Miller, Michael; B042 - Marsden, Kimberly; B045 - Reeder, MARQUESScott Freescia; C029 - Bash, Randy; C069 - Robinson, Kadetra L; C074 - Peterson, Anthony; D005 - Walker, Temeika; D006 - mason, Kevin; D032 - Ragin, Herodise; D035 - Allen, Marcus; D107 - Coleman, Anthony; D115Lindsay, Shamika; D121 - Claudin, Rodney; D130 - White, Amanda; D136 - Thomas, Rikea; D137 - Key, Jacquese; D138Love, Dwayne; D145 - Simmons, Paris; E025 - Henry, Richard; E026 - Sampson, Denise; F016 - patterson, Brittany; F032 - Anderson, Jerald; F034 - Batts, Bruce; F039 - Patterson, Ebony; F053 - Sigler, Laquasia PUBLIC STORAGE # 25850, 2525 E Michigan St, Orlando, FL 32806, (407) 604-0341 Time: 11:45 AM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. 1009Walsh, Lauren; 2004 - Zuniga, Yarilee; 4005 - Morris, Nekia; 4009 - Pesotti, Nichole; 5014 - Milam, Virginia; 5350 - Ladawn, Zantisha; 6108 - Keitt, Tasha Davis; 6331 - Nabut, Odai; 6423 - Zwicker, Sandy; 6425 - Keefe, Rosa; 6449 - Nerette, Jean Emmanuel; 6602 - Marshall, Eric PUBLIC STORAGE # 27221, 1625 State Road 436, Winter Park, FL 32792, (407) 545-3653 Time: 12:00 PM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. B008 - Revette, Jennifer; C017 - Kici, Michael; C044 - Parker, Harold; D009 - Kingsford, David; D022 - Turner, John; D038 - Trendle, Josh; D041 - Zeller, Alicia; D044 - Caldwell, Kimberly; E016 - Herring, Jamie; E017 - Garwood, Winston; E025 - Montalvo, Ian; E026Negron, Anexie; E030 - Gomez, Wilfredo; E086 - James, Sullivan; E110 - Oldfield, ANDREW; E149 - Summers, Anthony; E171

- Housley, Johnta; E206 - Ramirez-Rivera, Antonio PUBLIC STORAGE # 28076, 1131 State Road 436, Casselberry, FL 32707, (407) 505-6401 Time: 12:15 PM Sale to be held at www.storagetreasures.com. B004

- Tobler, Elijah; B035 - James, Stephen; C024 - roque, Clara; C064 - Jackson, Jeremiah; C096 - Pelham, Matthew; C101 - Gerard, Ashlie; D023 - Johnson, Brenda; D058 - shiflette, Benji; D065 - Frye, Mandy; E028 - Evelyn-Raveneau, Angus M; E070 - Ellerbe, Gregory; F046 - Rivera, Tommy; F049 - Hipp, Donna; G044 - Crawford, Paige; G045 - Ward, Janyss PUBLIC STORAGE # 28331, 5401 LB McLeod Road, Orlando, FL 32811, (407) 986-5749 Time: 12:30 PM Sale to be held at www. storagetreasures.com. 1115 - Lewis, Gregory; 1135 - DaQuin, Jacquelin; 2206 - Diaz, Augusto; 2255 - Freitas, Victor; 2271 - Scot, Joe; 2282 - Turner, Eugene; 2300 - Rayner, Kelvin Ray; 2326 - Peterson, Anna. 2255 – Tiexera, Victor. Public sale terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. All sales are subject to cancellation. We reserve the right to refuse any bid. Payment must be in cash or credit card-no checks. Buyers must secure the units with their own personal locks. To claim tax-exempt status, original RESALE certificates for each space purchased is required. By PS Retail Sales, LLC, 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201. (818) 244-8080

Notice of Public Sale: Pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on July 28th, 2023 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: 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.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 5341 – 2310 W Carroll St, Kissimmee, FL 34741 to satisfy a lien on TUESDAY, August 8,2023 at approx. 11:00 am at www. storagetreasures.com: Thaidy Hernandez, Digna Acosta, Sajan Premajan, Milagros Navarro, Amanda Baker, Brandon Miguel Espada, Luis German Malave Arriaga, Kyle M Ambrocio,Lucien Fabian Bishop

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 6174 – 1004 North Hoagland Blvd. Kissimmee, Fl. 34741 to satisfy a lien on TUESDAY, August 8,2023 at approx. 11:30 am at www.storagetreasures.com: Curtis Roy Barrett Jr, Curtis Barrett, Melanie

Monclova, Melanie Monclova DeJesus, Melanie Monclava, John Wesley Yale

Jr Eustace, Elizabeth Andre NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 6177 – 1830 E Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy. Kissimmee, Fl. 34744 to satisfy a lien on TUESDAY, August 8,2023 at approx. 12:00pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Theresa Austin, Katrina Laura Adams, Christopher Plaza, Andria D Benedetto NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 0671 – 100 Mercantile Court, Ocoee, Fl 34761 to satisfy a lien on WEDNESDAY, August 9, 2023 at approx. 10:30 am at www.storagetreasures.com: Troy Allan Pendleton, Penny Leigh Brienza, Victoria Joy Laney, Emiahas Aheen Hadley, Ann Robinson Wakefield, Jasmine Lee, Susan Addison Stewart, Susan Stewart, Salvatore Romano lll, Victoria Joy Laney NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 0693 – 1015 North Apopka Vineland Road, Orlando, FL 32818 to satisfy a lien on WEDNESDAY, August 9, 2023 at approx. 11:00 am at www.storagetreasures.com: Guynsly

Prevalus, Jasmine Francis, Lakeata Green, L Green, Arnold Pierce, AP, Rose Petit Frere Stinfill, Kristine Sabillion, Kesha Holder, Diedre Danielle Bryant, D Bryant, DB, Lekeshia La Wanda Parker, L Parker, Khorian A Moore, Khorian Augustus Moore, Ashley Pugh, Ashley, Vincent Ramirez, VR, Davierre Thomas, Casey, Casey Evener Fenelon, Nashali Pinet Santiago, Malcolm Risquez , Frisnel Mauvais, EN, Cornicia Pinkins, CP, Collins Edwards

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 0420 –5301 N. Pine Hills Road, Orlando Fl 32808 to satisfy a lien on WEDNESDAY, August 9, 2023 at approx. 11:30 am at www.storagetreasures.com: Angela Harrison, Lachandra Campbell, Latony Ann Flint, Lisa Thomas, Deneshia Rhynes, Elizabeth Alejandro, Tekeavias Latherio Byrd, Eric Williams, Debbie Legrand, Keith Mckenzie, Shenice Surrency, Jubel Guerine, Rodnelder Mcwhorter, Kamaria Jackson, Patricia Ann Style NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 0430 –7400 West Colonial Dr, Orlando Fl 32818 to satisfy a lien on WEDNESDAY, August 9, 2023 at approx. 12:00 pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Doniel Richmond, Cedric Watkins, Cedric Lanier Watkins, Vivian Fair, Christopher C Madrid, Christopher Madrid, Christena S Taylor, Nancy Lewis, Kayla K Walters, Kayla Kandice Walters, Tyreek Neuton Powell NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 5868 –4752 Conroy Storage Lane, Orlando Fl 32835 to satisfy a lien on THURSDAY, August 10, 2023 at approx. 10:30 am at www.storagetreasures.com: Bri’ashia Ann Yania Pankey, Joshua Chirillo, Shamara Scott, Princess Bonilla, Alisia M Martinez, Jada Nicole Greene, Ramon Pinero, Lynnecia Christian, Deborah Kelly, Kia Jones NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold

for cash by CubeSmart # 5961 – 1540 Sullivan Rd., Davenport, FL 33896 to satisfy a lien on THURSDAY, August 10, 2023 at approx. 12:00 pm at www.storagetreasures.com: John Jr Galati, Amanda Ellen Bentley Scott, Karina Soriano, Kevin Ray, Jacob Huess Songer, Clifton Frye, David Bradley, Kenard Daley, Antorya Harris.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Self-storage unit contents of the following customers containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart # 5694 – 7720 Osceola Polk Line Rd., Davenport, FL 33896 to satisfy a lien on THURSDAY, August 10, 2023 at approx. 12:00 pm at www.storagetreasures.com: Ashley Schaffer, Alejandro Jaramillo.

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:

8/8/2023

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TAOI 2020

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ZHNG 2011

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JBLC 2019

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TOYT 2014

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MERZ 2015

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FORD 2007

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JEEP 2007

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HYUN 2017

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MAZD 2010

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LAND ROVER 2014

8/9/2023

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HYUN 2016

8/10/2023

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TOYT 2018

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CHEV 2010

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CHRY 2010

8/17/2023

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TAOI 2021

2021 N. Main St., Kissimmee, FL 34744, Towlando Towing and Recovery

Legal, Public Notices

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:

8/10/2023

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KAWK 2023

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NISSAN 2015

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NISS 2002

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JEEP 1995

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MAZD 2016

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TOYT 2009

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BMW 2007

8/12/2023

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BUIC 2014

8/14/2023

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HOND 2022

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

NOTICE OF SALE

Vehicles will be sold as is, no warranty. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid. Terms of bids are cash only. Buyer must have funds on hand at time of sale:

2007 Nissan

VIN: 1N4AL21E17N468923

2018 Jaguar

VIN: SAJAR4FX3JCP27088

2012 Chevrolet VIN: 1G1ZC5E05CF312782

2008 Ford

VIN: 1FMDK03W28GA18087

2008 Chevrolet

VIN: 2CNDL13F286033563

2015 Nissan

VIN: 1N4AL3AP6FC273949

2001 Harley VIN: 1HD1CAP161K156404

2019 Landrover

VIN: SALYL2ENXKA213618

2013 Hyundai

VIN: KMHCU4AE7DU455974

To be sold at auction at 8:00 am. on August 9, 2023 at 7301 Gardner Street, Winter Park, FL. 32792 Constellation Towing & Recovery LLC

REQUEST FOR BIDS Southland Construction, Inc. is requesting proposals from local minority and women-owned businesses to provide subcontracting, and vendors of material procurement pricing for Project C006397 Bridge Expansion Joint & Pedestal Repairs. Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (CFTOD) program has established a fifteen percent (15%) DSBE participation goal for this project. Contract work consists of providing all labor, materials, equipment, and incidentals necessary to construct Bridge Expansion Joints and Pedestal Repairs. Project scope involves replacing the 12 existing expansion joints on 6 (six) bridges that are experiencing deterioration. For plans, specifications and to download links, Call 407-889-9844 or request the project files by emailing estimating@scifl.com. Please submit your

bid to Southland Construction, Inc. at estimating@scifl.com by no later than 5:00 PM Monday 7/24/2023.

Employment

Accounts payable specialist. Manage client invoicing, payments and reconciliation; making payments of vendor invoices and bills; responds to client inquiries; entry of Accounts Payable transactions as well as other data entry; maintain precise records; prepare financial reports; knowledge of brazilian tax laws. Req.: 12 months of experience as Accounts Payable Specialist. Please send resume to SA Finance and Accounting Inc at 5728 Major BLVD, Suite 309, Orlando, FL 32819 or to carol@safinacc.com

AMD has multiple openings for the following positions in Orlando, FL: Silicon Design Engineer to Research, design, develop, and/or test electronic components and systems for semiconductor and related device manufacturing. All positions require related degree and/or experience and/or skills. Multiple open positions. For full information, incl. benefits, & to apply online, visit our careers page at https://www.amd.com/en/ corporate/careers and click the FIND JOBS button.

Leland Management, Inc. (Orlando, FL) seeking Institutional Cook to plan menu, monitor and record food temperatures to ensure food safety, prepare menu items using bulk cooking methods and special dietary and nutritional restrictions, in both small and large quantities, rotate and store food apportion and serve food to staff and client in a cafeteria environment. Requires high school diploma (foreign equivalent accepted) and 2 years’ experience as professional cook. Must be available weekend, holidays, and extended periods of time. Able to lift a minimum of 40 lbs., and bend, twist, and stoop repeatedly. Send cover letter and resume to: Leland Management, Inc., Attn: T. Clement, 6972 Lake Gloria Blvd, Orlando, FL 32809.

Sales Representative. To sell tour experiences in Costa Rica to the public (i.e. Sport Fishing, National Park Tour, Horseback riding, Tortuga Island tour, ATV tour, Kayak and Paddle); To sell events and transportation in Costa Rica to the public (i.e. bachelor party, corporate events); Prepare and submit sales contracts for orders; Answer customers’ questions about products, prices, availability; Learn and provide detailed product information to complete the sales; Handle customer’s complaints and cancellations; Prepare sales report; Contact prospective clients to discuss how our services meet their needs; Maintain customer records. Req.: 12 months of experience in Sales. Please send resume to Jaco Dreams Corp at 1801 E Colonial Dr, Suite 215 #295 Orlando, FL 32803 or to Jacodreamscr@gmail.com

Facilities Maintenance Tech 1 - Facility Operations

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

6574184

Quality Assurance Technician (Fire Rescue) Polk County Board of County Commissioners

6573450

Executive Director of Early Learning, Licensed Child Care YMCA of Central Florida

6574112

Controls Specialist I University of Central Florida

6574109

HRD Senior AnalystCompensation Orange County Sheriff’s Office 6574094

Telephonic Case Manager GreatInsuranceJobs.com 6574082

Financial CounselorRegistration Orlando Health 6574037

Financial Aid Funds Specialist Full Sail University 6573969

Instructor - Bill Frederick Park City of Orlando 6573967

DETENTION DEPUTY TEA (TEMPORARILY EMPLOYED OR APPOINTED) TRAINEE SPONSORSHIP FOR CORRECTIONS

Seminole County Sheriff’s Office 6573965

Sales Representative Exploria Resorts

6573429

Front End Loader Operator - Commercial Route Driver City of Winter Garden 6573398

Assistant Executive Housekeeper (Manager)Embassy Suites by Hilton Orlando LBV South Embassy Suites OrlandoLake Buena Vista South 6573299

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