Winter Springs refuses to repay taxpayers after Inspector General finds millions in misappropriated funds

After experiencing critical infrastructure failures to our roads, water system and bridges during Hurricane Ian, county commissioner Jay Zembower requested an audit of the City of Winter Springs’ use of Penny Sales Tax funds. Several failed bridges should have been maintained using these funds. The county’s Inspector General audit found…

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CITY EMPLOYEE: “Non-compliant” wastewater pumped from plant flooding Winter Springs BLVD & golf course

If assertions of Winter Springs employee are true, fecal matter likely flowed through golf course, Bear Creek Nature Preserve, Greenbriar Drive and Howell Creek before dumping into Lake Jessup. By Jesse PhillipsWinter Springs Community AssociationWinter Springs Water Quality Initiative A Winter Springs Public Works employee reached out to us with…

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OFFICIAL NOTICE: Winter Springs Tax Increase

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…

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PROGRESS! Plans to Fix 434 upgraded

The plans to Fix 434 were recently upgraded in priority by MetroPlan, a regional organization which helps determine how transportation dollars are spent in Seminole and other Central Florida counties. The organization upgraded a plan to improve traffic flow along SR-434 between 417 and Oviedo to its number two priority….

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