"When a tyrant falls and a homeland calls, where does a patriot’s duty truly lie?"

J & Washington, in collaboration with the T8020 Community, is proud to preview the future rollout of PolyDavid—our proprietary predictive market engine designed specifically for the granular chaos of local politics.

If you own a home in Dr. Phillips, rent an apartment in Pine Hills, run a small business in Lake Nona, or just drive our roads every day, this story is about one thing: your money. 

ORLANDO, FL  – In a bombshell press conference held today in Orlando, Florida's Chief Financial Officer, Blaise Ingoglia, pulled back...

The process of redistricting is a cornerstone of our democracy, designed to ensure fair and equitable representation for all citizens.

So now I ask you again: Where is the outrage? And what are you going to do with it?

The economic pain we feel as parents doesn’t stop with us. It bleeds into the future of our children, and it shows up loudest in one place: education.

Central Florida is home to more than 2.7 million people. Roughly one in three is Hispanic. We are the workforce behind Orlando’s booming tourism economy, behind the hospitals, the construction sites, the schools. And yet, our average household income still lags tens of thousands of dollars behind.

Orange County leaders are in hot water. Governor Ron DeSantis and state officials are taking a hard look at how local Democrats have been spending taxpayer money. What they found is not good news for families who work hard to pay their taxes.

Welcome back to Crystal Negron's compelling series. Now, in Part Two, "Transforming Culture Into Power—When the Numbers Speak, We Must Act," Crystal delves deeper into the real-world barriers that Hispanic entrepreneurs face, providing data that underscores systemic challenges in accessing capital.

Crystal Negron concludes her transformative three-part series not with soaring rhetoric, but with a battle cry backed by hard data and harder truths. Part Three strips away any remaining illusions about the barriers facing Central Florida’s Hispanic community—revealing that 44% of Hispanic-owned businesses are denied loans compared to just 34% of white applicants, and that Florida deliberately obscures these disparities by not requiring banks to report lending outcomes by rac

Off-cycle scheduling means Orlando’s municipal elections occur during non-presidential and non-midterm years, when voter engagement typically reaches its lowest levels.

On June 30, 2025, Governor Ron DeSantis signed off on Florida’s $117.4 billion budget—but the real story lies in what he cut.