How Valencia College got caught in the middle of an Orange County fight
Valencia College leaders posed for a picture with the $2.1 million paper check, texting each other congratulations on netting such a big donation that would help so many students.
Soon, however, that joy faded as the Central Florida community college found itself ensnared in a public controversy about Orange County Supervisor of Elections Glen Gilzean’s spending.
A Florida Politics public records request revealed that one Valencia official was concerned the school didn’t have enough oversight to alert Orange County before accepting the taxpayer money from the Gov. Ron DeSantis-appointed election supervisor.
“As I said in the beginning, this was going to cause us issues. The promise that was...
