Mayor Kevin McCann really, really, really DOESN’T WANT your taxes lowered. In an after-hours rant which generated comments late into the evening, the embattled Mayor with a history of making misstatements about city finances before state auditors and using the city credit card for personal travel threatened to shut down…
Winter Springs Community Association – Weekend Read Over the past several weeks, we’ve been reviewing new financial data, audit findings, and public records related to how taxpayer dollars are being managed in Winter Springs. What we’re seeing raises important questions—and reinforces concerns many residents have expressed for years. 1. Trash…
Winter Springs residents were informed today of a reclaimed water outage affecting the eastern service area was caused by equipment failure at the East Wastewater Reclamation Facility. The city commission is meeting tonight with $750,000 of additional spending slated for approval without discussion on the consent agenda. These emergency repairs are NOT…
At last night’s City Commission meeting, the City of Winter Springs honored former Mayor Charles Lacey with a Key to the City in recognition of his many years of public service. The honor was approved unanimously by all five commissioners, reflecting broad appreciation for Lacey’s leadership and long-standing commitment to…
Jesse Phillips, founder of the Winter Springs Water Quality Initiative and long-time community advocate, has released his first book, Our Home, Our Rule. Drawing on lessons from Winter Springs, the book examines how flawed charter design and weakened accountability can undermine effective local self-government. Reflecting on years of local advocacy, Phillips…
Hey friends, let’s keep this short: To justify grabbing $227,000 in cash and letting the Seahawk Cove development move forward unchanged, Mayor McCann spun the deposit into the Arbor Fund as an environmental mitigation effort. So we pulled the records. We reviewed every receipt the city provided from the Arbor…
Many of you have supported us in the past, and I need your help again. We just got notice that the City is about to double the Tuscawilla Tax — the special maintenance assessment tax that pays for our landscaping/fountains upkeep. They’re moving fast on this, even before they respond to our…
Winter Springs, FL – 4/10/2025– In a major win for the people of Winter Springs, Veolia has formally notified the city that it will cancel its contract to operate the municipal water and wastewater system. The move comes after years of mounting pressure from residents concerned about water quality, rising…
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: For years, Winter Springs residents have watched audit after audit reveal serious failures in our city’s finances, infrastructure, and water system—only to see those findings ignored or spun away by city leadership. We’ve had investigations by: Each time, the conclusions were clear: Winter Springs has mismanaged public funds, violated environmental regulations,…
Winter Springs Residents, The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) has issued a WARNING LETTER to the City of Winter Springs, citing serious violations in our wastewater system. This is yet another sign that our city’s leadership has failed to protect our water and our community’s health. Despite years of resident concerns, Mayor McCann has downplayed the…