Orlando Weekly
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The Orlando Weekly is an alternative newsweekly distributed in the Greater Orlando area of Florida
. It features local news, views, arts, entertainment, local music coverage, an events calendar and classifieds. With several awards from the [Association of Alternative News Weeklies], and the Society of Professional Journalists, many have recognized the paper's record of editorial excellence. In recent years, the paper has also been critical of the anti-homeless laws passed in Orlando http://www.orlandoweekly.com/columns/story.asp?id=9536, the 2007 venues deal http://www.orlandoweekly.com/features/story.asp?id=11611, Florida Gov. Rick Scott and the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation (a local multi-agency vice unit). In 2007, the MBI staged a raid that arrested three advertising agents for "supporting prostitution:" the paper considers this act retaliation for past negative coverage of the agency http://www.orlandoweekly.com/features/story.asp?id=11910.
On Feb. 27, 2008, the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation dropped all charges in the criminal case. Agreement with MBI
The Orlando Weekly organizes an annual feature Best of Orlando issue that features the best places to eat, best music acts, best arts, etc.
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. It features local news, views, arts, entertainment, local music coverage, an events calendar and classifieds. With several awards from the [Association of Alternative News Weeklies], and the Society of Professional Journalists, many have recognized the paper's record of editorial excellence. In recent years, the paper has also been critical of the anti-homeless laws passed in Orlando http://www.orlandoweekly.com/columns/story.asp?id=9536, the 2007 venues deal http://www.orlandoweekly.com/features/story.asp?id=11611, Florida Gov. Rick Scott and the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation (a local multi-agency vice unit). In 2007, the MBI staged a raid that arrested three advertising agents for "supporting prostitution:" the paper considers this act retaliation for past negative coverage of the agency http://www.orlandoweekly.com/features/story.asp?id=11910.
On Feb. 27, 2008, the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation dropped all charges in the criminal case. Agreement with MBI
The Orlando Weekly organizes an annual feature Best of Orlando issue that features the best places to eat, best music acts, best arts, etc.