Orlando City Hall does not care what the black community wants. City officials proved that point recently when they announced that they will not change the time or location of the Citizens Police Review Board. That panel of appointees is charged with reviewing the results of internal investigations into police brutality. It meets 8:30 a.m. on first Wednesday of the month at Orlando City Hall. Though the meeting is open to the public, very few people attend because the time and location make it difficult for working people to speak to the board. For more than a year a variety of people have asked for the meeting time and location be changed. The goal was to make it easier for working people and people of color – those most likely to have had negative encounters with police -- to attend the meeting and address board members. Recently city officials rejected the request. In a written statement, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer’s spokeswoman explained the city’s position...

Why did the little kids cross the road? To get to Orlando’s Northwest Community Center. Adult helps children cross W.D. Judge Drive What those little kids and their parents don’t know, is that soon they will be dodging more than 700 tractor-trailer rigs daily. How’s that? Because in their infinite wisdom, the Orlando City Council unanimously approved construction of the massive Princeton Oaks warehouse complex on W.D. Judge Drive, just down the block from the popular Northwest Community Center. Neighbors oppose the development because it will disrupt their peaceful community and is hurting the environment and the Wekiva River because the developers have ripped down more than 1,500 trees. Northwest Community Center W.D. Judge Drive is a two-lane thoroughfare that is commonly used as a cut through between John Young Parkway and Mercy Drive. In addition, there are local motorists going to an apartment complex on W.D. Judge and the Evergreen Park single-fam...