🌱 Universal Resort Hiring 5,000 + Fired Fire Chief Sues Orange County

Get on up, Orlando! Let's get you started this Sunday with everything you need to know going on around town today.

First, today's weather:

An afternoon thundershower. High: 86 Low: 70.

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Here are the top five stories today in Orlando:

1. Universal Orlando is expanding its hiring efforts, searching for more than 5,000 new team members for full-time, part-time, seasonal and professional career opportunities. Universal Orlando will be hosting an open call in-person job fair on Thursday, May 5 for all park hourly positions including attractions, aquatics, food services, culinary, custodial, warehouse, operations, merchandise, sales, and more. (ThrillGeek)

2. A former battalion chief with Orange County Fire Rescue is suing over what he claims was an "unlawful termination" for insubordination amid a now voided vaccine mandate for county employees. Stephen Davis was fired in October 2021 after he refused to discipline and issue written warnings to firefighters who failed to comply with Orange County's vaccine mandate for county employees. (Click Orlando)

3. Fourth Watch, a Georgia real estate entertainment development company, is suing OHL for breach of contract and CPR for tortious interference with a contract, according to court documents. According to Fourth Watch, the opposing parties reneged on a 2017 contract and gave hundreds of acres to Universal Orlando instead. (Florida Politics)

4. UCF police department said a suspect accused in a shooting at the downtown UCF campus earlier this month was arrested Friday. Orlando police identified the alleged shooter as 19-year-old Careem Pryce. Police are accusing Pryce of shooting at three people outside UCF student housing in downtown Orlando on April 17, after he followed them from a bar, according to police. (WESH)

5. A federal judge in Orlando ruled Friday that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention properly mandated masks for airline passengers, a contrary decision to an order issued by a federal judge in Tampa less than two weeks ago. (Florida Politics)

Today in Orlando:

• Peach U Pick at Honey Feast Honey Farm. (9:00 AM)
• Free Family Mini Photo Sessions at Lake Mary. (9:00 AM)
• Ivanhoe Village Community Clean-Up For A Cause at Lake Ivanhoe Boat Dock Orlando. (9:00 AM)
• 11th Annual Cinco De Mayo Car Show at Ace Cafe Orlando. (10:00 AM)
• UCF Knights Baseball Vs. Tulane University Baseball at John Euliano Park. (2:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Florida Governor DeSantis said on The Ingraham Angle that dissolving Disney's special district should be a "wake up call" for the billion dollar company. He went on to say the company was promoting an ideology of "pansexualism" and was punished for it by Florida legislators. (Orlando Weekly)
• Give the gift of Broadway this Mother's Day and see Beautiful - The Carole King Musical at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts from May 13 to May 15. Seats are still available. (Facebook)
• There is a call for artists. Are you ready to celebrate 51 years of Fall Fiesta in the Park this November? Join Fiesta in the Park. Apply now online at fiestainthepark.com. (Facebook)

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Alrighty, you're all caught up for today! I'll see you around.

— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.

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