Please find the following official tax increase notice as published per state law by the City of Winter Springs: FACT CHECK TAX-PAYER FUNDED MISINFORMATION: The City of Winter Springs has allocated $197,000 tax payer dollars for an election year marketing spree, which has included misinformation sites touting a science center which doesn’t exist, and the…
NO Super Walmart–1,200 petitions in 48 hours
Winter Springs residents have signed over 1,200 petitions in under 48 hours, including more than one thousand petitions in a single day, to fight a proposal to put a Super Walmart along 434 and Vistawilla Drive. The petition drive was sponsored by the Winter Springs Community Association, which has also…
Winter Springs Water ADVISORY
Winter Springs Resident, Please find the following important update on Winter Springs water and supporting documentation provided by the Winter Springs Community Association: CONSENT ORDER & FINES Be advised the City of Winter Springs is currently under two Consent Orders which levied initial fines in excess of $175,000 for issues…
Who Is Commissioner Kevin Cannon?
Here’s a quick primer on Kevin Cannon. His career has been marked by pro-development voting record and running afoul environmental standards. Campaigning vs Governing Despite running on an anti-development platform, Mr. Cannon has chosen to govern differently than he campaigned. Pictured below is a list of all of the projects…
Local Government Transparency
The Winter Springs Community Association submitted the following statement urging City Commissioners to support SB 510, which brings much needed transparency to local government: Mayor & Commissioners: The Winter Springs Community Association urges the Winter Springs Commission to support SB 510 which is currently making its way through the legislature….
For Immediate Release: DEP Fines Winter Springs for Wastewater System Failures
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued a consent order which included fines stemming from an investigation into a massive fish-kill incident affecting several Winter Springs neighborhoods early last year. The initial fine levied on December 13 was $150,000 with allowances to take certain actions to lessen the fine….
More than 10,000 gallons of sewage spilled in Winter Springs in four separate incidents
Over the course of the summer months, in the aftermath of the self-induced water shortages, the city’s agreement to pass a resolution affirming several of our Association’s key assertions about the city being in violation of our Consumptive Use Permit, failing to follow through on reclamation plant plans and failing…
Water Investigation Update: Veolia contractually agreed to address reclaimed water plant in 2019 in contract “carefully” reviewed by Commissioner Cannon
Below is a segment of the public testimony Kevin Cannon and the City Commission tried to BLOCK from being entered into the public record. This report is part of a series of reports of revelations stemming from the Winter Springs Community Association’s resolution which contained key admissions from the city,…
Water Investigation Update: past leaders left city with 300 million gallon cushion and funded projects to meet future needs
NOTE: at the end of the meeting, your city commissioners led by a Commissioner Kevin Cannon tried to FORCIBLY BLOCK this testimony from being entered into the PUBLIC RECORD. Read for yourself: Tonight the City of Winter Springs held a special meeting (which they are calling an “investigation”) into our…
Winter Springs Report: Discolored, Corrosive Water and more TTHMs
Did you see the glossy taxpayer funded water report? Or the gaslighting video the city put out explaining to educated adults how to read it? Remember being told your water changing colors was no big deal? Well, it turns out this is an indication of contaminants, a health concern and…