Commissioner Nicole Wilson: Recent Episodes
Nicole Wilson
It's been a busy couple of weeks in Commissioner Wilson's office, and we're here to catch you all up! Since our last check-in, we had an eventful BCC meeting and county budget hearings, a Sunshine Meeting mix-up, and many district-specific events.
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Join Commissioner Wilson and Senior Aide Riley Hodges for our weekly check-in show! Here's what's on the list this week:
Recap of Tuesday's BCC Meeting:
- Winter Garden drainage, roadways, and sidewalk maintenance
- Back-to-school Head Start update
- Visit Orlando board nominations
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Hurricane season preparedness
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Septic tank upgrades/transitioning to sewage
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Rent Stabilization & Tenant Bill of Rights measures discussed at the BCC special session this morning
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Join Commissioner Wilson and her staff for our weekly check-in show! We're starting with a conversation on rent stabilization, then moving into a ton of other key agenda items.
This is also a bittersweet episode because we're saying goodbye to senior aide Lee Perry. Our queen of constituent services has accepted an offer to become the campaign manager for House Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith. In her stead, please welcome new staff member Rhiley Hodges!
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Join Commissioner Wilson and Senior Aide Lee Perry for our weekly check-in show! This week, we'll be touching on last week's BCC (including a Bird Island update) as well as recent community meetings in Gotha and elsewhere.
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Join Commissioner Wilson, Lee Perry, and Hannah Gutner for our weekly check-in show! Here's what we cover in this video:
Previous Events:
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Earth Day Recap
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Split Oak FCT vote
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Denim day
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Net metering bill was vetoed by DeSantis
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Avalon Rural Settlement & Independence HOA
BCC Recap:
- Transportation sales tax
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Dock Ordinance
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Elysian Public Engagement opportunity
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Discovery Church frustrations
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Join Commissioner Wilson and her staff for our weekly check-in show! We discuss our trip to Tallahassee to protest the destruction of Split Oak Forest, as well as key items on the agenda at next Tuesday's BCC meeting.
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Join Commissioner Wilson, Lee Perry, and Hannah Gutner for our weekly Office Hours show! We'll be recapping the week's events and discussing what to look out for at next week's BCC meeting.
Events: - Right of Nature Symposium at Barry
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Tildenville Shooting
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Intern appreciation day
Items from last week's BCC meeting:
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Elysian planned development: apartments across from Waterleigh
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Bird Island: ordinance to protect this conservation land from boats
Upcoming:
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Gopher tortoise day was a huge success but Split Oak Forest is under attack
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Right to Clean Water
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Rent Stabilization
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Boat Dock Ordinance
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Hunters creek meeting
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Transportation Sales Tax
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Today, Lee Perry was joined by organizing manager of the Sierra Club, Cris Costello! Cris has been organizing the grassroots for the Sierra Club since May 2007. She is the Senior Organizing Manager for the Sierra Club Our Wild Florida Campaign, which encompasses the Everglades Restoration, Red Tide, Stop Pre-harvest Sugar Field Burning, and Wildlands campaigns.
For info on the battle to stop toll roads from expanding into rural/protected areas, visit https://noroadstoruin.org
To learn more about stopping the harmful practice of burning sugar cane fields, visit http://stopsugarburning.org/
Please call Governor DeSantis's office at 850-717-9337 and tell him to veto the insanely harmful H.B. 741/S.B. 1024 Net Metering Bill, as well as Bill SB620, which is estimated to cost local governments over $900 milllion each year!
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Join Commissioner Wilson and her aide, Lee Perry, for our weekly check-in show! This week, we talked about how we celebrated Water Conservation Month and Women's History Month, then gave a rundown of key items on the week's BCC Meeting agenda.
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This week, Lee and Hannah are joined by Naqiy Mcmullen of CFL4Transit (Central Floridians for Public Transit). Naqiy is a passionate transit and housing activist who co-founded Orlando YIMBY and currently leads CFL4Transit. He wants to make Orlando a more bikeable, walkable and transit-friendly community. He is studying at Florida Atlantic University for a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning, with an emphasis on transportation planning and improving road safety.
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Join Commissioner Wilson and Senior Aide Lee Perry for our weekly check-in show! It's been an extremely busy week, so here are some topics we'll be touching on:
- Children Advisory Board Groups
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Selnik Development meeting
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Discovery Church meeting
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West Orange Bus Compound meeting
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Redistricting
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Transportation Open House (Feb. 28)
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Join our weekly office hours segment with special guest Robin Witt! Robin (She/Her/Hers) is an LGBTQ+ activist in Orlando, FL, and Board Member of the Rainbow Democrats. She is a tireless advocate for transgender rights and works to elect LGBTQ+ and Ally candidates at both the state and local levels of government.
We'll be recapping weekly local events, including yesterday's OCPS bus compound meeting and tonight's Discovery Church rezoning meeting. Then we'll discuss the many looming legal threats to the LGBTQ+ community, and how we can combat them.
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Join us for our weekly check-in show with Commissioner Wilson and Lee Perry! This week, we recap key takeaways from Tuesday's BCC Meeting, provide updates on Split Oak Forest, and preview some upcoming events.
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Join Commissioner Wilson and her staff for an in-depth discussion with activist Valerie Anderson about the developing threats facing Split Oak Forest.
Please visit friendsofsplitoak.org to find a wealth of information and resources to aid in the fight to save Split Oak Forest!
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In this special edition of our weekly Virtual Office Hours, Lee Perry is joined by marine biologist Dr. Wanda Jones and activist Katrina Shadix to discuss the ongoing mass death of the manatees in our waterways. We break down the causes and potential courses of action for this tragic phenomenon.
Please visit stopthestarve.net for info on how you can help!
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Join Commissioner Wilson and Senior Aide Lee Perry for this edition of our weekly check-in show! Topics discussed this week include:
- MLK Recap - voting rights are under attack
- COVID Updates - 2 million cost for corrections to compensate for hospitals and travel nurses.
- Split Oak is under attack
- GOTHA meeting with the impact the turnpike authority will have.
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Join Commissioner Wilson and staff members Lee Perry and Hannah Gutner for our weekly check-in show! Today's show will include local COVID updates, a recap of Tuesday's BCC meeting, and more redistricting updates.
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Join a quarantined Commissioner Wilson for our first live discussion of 2022! Covered topics include the Tree Protection Ordinance, COVID updates, what to look out for at the upcoming BCC meeting, and more!
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